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When Poop Becomes Medicine!
Authored by: Venkat Rao I wondered how to phrase the title of this article, because it is not about the well-established fact that...
Venkat Rao
Dec 7, 20243 min read
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Coronavirus and Cancer—is There a Link?
Authored by: Venkat Rao Is coronavirus disease linked to cancer? Most known symptoms of COVID-19, generally short-term in nature, are...
Venkat Rao
May 17, 20245 min read
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ARE VEGETARIANS LESS LIKELY TO GET COVID-19?
Authored by: Venkat Rao Is not that an interesting postulation—vegetarians or those following a plant-based diet are less likely to...
Venkat Rao
Feb 17, 20245 min read
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SARS-CoV-2 is a Teratogenic Virus: Fetus Exposed To The Virus During Pregnancy Linked To Delays in Neurological Development
Authored by: Venkat Rao SARS-CoV-2 virus, among others is a teratogenic pathogen. A team of Brazilian investigators report remarkable...
Venkat Rao
Jan 6, 20243 min read
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Drinking Bleach to Prevent COVID-19 Infection—Did This Really Happen?
Authored by: Venkat Rao This story consists of two parts: Part One is the sensational information widely circulated, in 2020, including a...
Venkat Rao
Aug 13, 20236 min read
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Dogs Can Accurately Detect COVID-19 in Humans
Authored by: Venkat Rao A team of British scientists working with the Medical Research Council in Gambia went to a local school and...
Venkat Rao
Jun 17, 20236 min read
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Origin of SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus—Part 2: Interpret New Findings
Authored by Venkat Rao Part 1 of my report on the origin of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus examined that question in light of a new study...
Venkat Rao
May 6, 20238 min read
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Origin of SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus—Part 1:New Developments
Authored by: Venkat Rao There are new developments on the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 global...
Venkat Rao
Apr 4, 20235 min read
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The Silent Pandemic: Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs
Authored by: Venkat Rao The Nevada Public Health officials recently reported a case of a women who died in Reno from an infection that...
Venkat Rao
Feb 20, 20235 min read
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What Caused Damar Hamlin's Cardiac Arrest?
Authored by: Venkat Rao A short answer is, ‘we do not know’. But a nuanced answer is a bit more troublesome. Here is what happened on...
Venkat Rao
Jan 14, 20236 min read
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Health Security Highlights of 2022
Authored by: Venkat Rao There was no dearth for health security challenges during 2022. To name a few, Omicron variants known by various...
Venkat Rao
Dec 31, 20223 min read
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COVID-19 Pandemic Year 3: 2022 Lessons Learnt
Authored by: Venkat Rao As 2022 draws to a close, it is a good time to take stock of the two years of COVID-19 pandemic: what went well...
Venkat Rao
Dec 20, 20229 min read
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Origin of Omicron—The Most Contagious Virus In Human History
Authored by: Venkat Rao Leaving aside for at least now the source and origin of the Wuhan SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, more...
Venkat Rao
Dec 7, 20225 min read
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NFL Games Linked to a Spike in COVID-19 Cases?
Authored By: Venkat Rao Were National Football League (NFL) games a source for spread of COVID-19? A study just published in the Journal...
Venkat Rao
Nov 26, 20226 min read
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War Against Malaria Rages On
Authored by: Venkat Rao I was at the just concluded Annual Meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) held...
Venkat Rao
Nov 13, 20226 min read
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COVID-19 Impact on Life Expectancy in the United States Most Severe Since World War II
Authored by: Venkat Rao Breakthrough health research and innovations in biotechnology and medicine doubled the life expectancy of human...
Venkat Rao
Oct 27, 20225 min read
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Superbugs in Stock for Sale at the Grocery Stores
Authored by Venkat Rao Are the nation’s largest grocery chains stocked with food products at-risk of exposure to superbugs? A new report...
Venkat Rao
Oct 18, 20226 min read
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What is “Flurona,” and Why it Should Concern us?
Authored by Venkat Rao Early in 2020 an unvaccinated teenager in Los Angeles tested positive for Flu and COVID-19 infections at the same...
Venkat Rao
Oct 11, 20225 min read
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Psychiatric and Neurological Risk Burden Imposed by COVID-19
Authored by: Venkat Rao Iceberg comes as a good analogy to what we currently know about the neurological and psychiatric disease burden...
Venkat Rao
Oct 4, 20225 min read
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What is Common Between Monkeypox and AIDS virus?
Authored by: Venkat Rao In a just published disease surveillance report, a high prevalence of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, among...
Venkat Rao
Sep 18, 20224 min read
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