by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Sep 29, 2021 | Activism, COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, Seasonal
Delta is Hunting You and Your Children Ins and Outs of Booster Shots Winter is coming. People will spend more time indoors, and the opportunity to spread Covid-19 is greater. Among the unvaccinated, the Delta variant is turning this into a massacre. Vaccination is...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Aug 1, 2021 | Activism, COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
By Dr. James Katz, MD, MPH The Delta variant of COVID-19 is the fourth major mutation of the pandemic. It has modified spike proteins which attach more efficiently to human cells than the original COVID-19. Its genetic programming is more potent — infected cells...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jul 26, 2021 | Dental Health, Food, Health and Diet, Healthy Aging, Heart Health, Oral Health, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health
Seven Minutes a Day is All It Takes To save money, save your teeth, and preserve your health. By Dr. James Katz, MD, MPH Inflammation of the gums is associated with heart disease, stroke, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and pneumonia. DNA from oral bacteria have been...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | May 18, 2021 | Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Fitness Gear, Infectious Disease, Lyme Disease, Outdoors, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health
By Dr. James Katz, MD, MPH Just When You Thought you Could Go Outside — It’s Lyme Disease Season 2021! In the last year, three more significant articles were published confirming the safety and effectiveness of permethrin treated clothing against Lyme disease. A two...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Mar 7, 2021 | COVID-19, Pandemic, Patient Care, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
By Dr. James Katz, MD, MPH A very pleasant bubbe (grandmother) came to the Moderna vaccination clinic in Newton for her first of two shots. She was concerned side effects from her second dose of the Moderna vaccine, scheduled for March 25, might interfere with her...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Feb 15, 2021 | Activism, COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
How to Build a Frankenstein Virus by Accident How could a virus escape a high security lab? Accidents in biosafety laboratories are frequent. The Wuhan Viral Institute has the largest collection of coronaviruses in the world. The WVI has safety issues; humanity is...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jan 9, 2021 | COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
Is it More Dangerous? Will Vaccines Still Work Against It? A mutated Wuhan virus variant is fueling a growing coronavirus outbreak in Kent, England. It has spread in the background in nearly thirty other countries. Mutations in coronaviruses are normal and occur at a...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Dec 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Exercise, Fitness, Infectious Disease, Outdoors, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, Seasonal, Weather
Modifying the Rink Works; Masks on the Players Does Not The governors of Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, Minnesota, and other states have closed indoor ice rinks due to because they are COVID infection sites. Community skating rinks are designed to keep a slab of ice...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Nov 19, 2020 | Activism, COVID-19, Disease, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Policy, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
We are Standing on the Cliff with Our Toes over the Edge In the First Wave of Covid, we were led to believe the disease spread through surface contact or people coughing nearby. However, when Covid hit nursing homes, patients confined to their rooms succumbed to the...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Oct 6, 2020 | Aging, Cardiac health, Cholesterol, Circulatory System, COVID-19, Heart Health, Patient Care, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
Statins Prevent Coronavirus Infection Complications The statin drugs, such as Lipitor, Crestor, etc. reduce the severity of SARS-COV-2 (coronavirus) infections. In three separate studies, one in Malaysia and two at the University of California at San Diego, early...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Sep 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Disease, Flu, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Patient Care, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Justice Department Approves Pharmaceutical Monopoly to Manufacture Anti-COVID Antibodies James Katz MD The COVID-19 related collapse of the hospitals in Queens, New York, is burnt into the minds of Americans. Who would be the next...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Aug 16, 2020 | Activism, COVID-19, Medications, Pandemic, Policy, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
Tested in a Total of 76 People …But It’s So Good, You Don’t Need to See the Data Russia approved the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine August 11. It has been tested in just 76 people. It is to be given to a small number of citizens from vulnerable groups, including...
