US Judge Cancels Mask Mandate On Planes And Trains

The mask mandate on planes and trains which was extended by the CDC got cancelled by a US judge saying that it exceeds the CDC’s statutory authority and violates the procedures required for agency rulemaking.

FDA Authorizes First 3 Minute COVID Breath Test

FDA Authorizes First 3 Minute COVID Breath Test

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the first 3 minute COVID breath test publishing an emergency usage permission on Thursday for the very first equipment that can identify COVID-19 in breathing samples, according to the agency.

How Vaccine Messaging Confused the Public

How Vaccine Messaging Confused the Public

Pivotal randomized control trials (RCTs) underpinning approval of Covid-19 vaccines did not set out to, and did not, test if the vaccines prevent transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Nor did the trials test if the vaccines reduce mortality risk. A review of seven phase III trials, including those for Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech and AstraZeneca vaccines, found the criterion the vaccines were trialled against was just reduced risk of Covid-19 symptoms.