The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) is the state news agency of North Korea. The agency portrays the views of the North Korean government for both domestic and foreign consumption. It was established on December 5,1946,and now features online coverage.
Sir Peter Karel,Baron Piot,is a Belgian-British microbiologist known for his research into Ebola and AIDS.
World Community Grid (WCG) is an effort to create the world's largest volunteer computing platform to tackle scientific research that benefits humanity. Launched on November 16,2004,with proprietary Grid MP client from United Devices and adding support for Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) in 2005,World Community Grid eventually discontinued the Grid MP client and consolidated on the BOINC platform in 2008. In September 2021,it was announced that IBM transferred ownership to the Krembil Research Institute of University Health Network in Toronto,Ontario.
Matthias Rath is a doctor,businessman,and vitamin salesman. He earned his medical degree in Germany. Rath claims that a program of nutritional supplements,including formulations that he sells,can treat or cure diabetes,cardiovascular disease,cancer,and HIV/AIDS. These claims are not supported by any reliable medical research. Rath runs the Dr. Rath Health Foundation,has been closely associated with Health Now,Inc.,and founded the Dr. Rath Research Institute.
Joseph Michael Mercola is an American alternative medicine proponent,osteopathic physician,and Internet business personality. He markets largely unproven dietary supplements and medical devices. On his website,Mercola and colleagues advocate unproven and pseudoscientific alternative health notions including homeopathy and opposition to vaccination. These positions have received persistent criticism. Mercola is a member of several alternative medicine organizations as well as the political advocacy group Association of American Physicians and Surgeons,which promotes scientifically discredited views about medicine and disease. He is the author of two books.
North Korea ranks among some of the most extreme censorship in the world,with the government able to take strict control over communications. North Korea sits at the bottom of Reporters Without Borders' 2023 Press Freedom Index,ranking 180 out of the 180 countries investigated.
Miracle Mineral Supplement,often referred to as Miracle Mineral Solution,Master Mineral Solution,MMS or the CD protocol,is a branded name for an aqueous solution of chlorine dioxide,an industrial bleaching agent,that has been falsely promoted as a cure for illnesses including HIV,cancer and the common cold. It is made by mixing aqueous sodium chlorite with an acid. This produces chlorine dioxide,a toxic chemical that can cause nausea,vomiting,diarrhea,and life-threatening low blood pressure due to dehydration.
North Korea has a life expectancy of 72 years as of 2020. While North Korea is classified as a low-income country,the structure of North Korea's causes of death (2013) is unlike that of other low-income countries. Rather,causes of death are closer to the worldwide averages,with non-communicable diseases –such as cardiovascular disease –accounting for two-thirds of the total deaths.
Natural News is a far-right,anti-vaccination conspiracy theory and fake news website known for promoting alternative medicine,pseudoscience,disinformation,and far-right extremism. The website began publishing articles in 2008 and is based in the United States.
Brincidofovir,sold under the brand name Tembexa,is an antiviral drug used to treat smallpox. Brincidofovir is a prodrug of cidofovir. Conjugated to a lipid,the compound is designed to release cidofovir intracellularly,allowing for higher intracellular and lower plasma concentrations of cidofovir,effectively increasing its activity against dsDNA viruses,as well as oral bioavailability.
Big Pharma conspiracy theories are conspiracy theories which claim that pharmaceutical companies,especially large corporations,act in sinister and secretive ways,such as concealing effective treatments,or even intentionally causing and worsening a wide range of diseases,in pursuit of profitability,or for other nefarious reasons. Some theories have included the claim that natural alternative remedies to health problems are being suppressed,the claim that drugs for the treatment of HIV/AIDS are ineffective and harmful,the claim that a cure for all cancers has been discovered but hidden from the public,claims that COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective,and that alternative cures are available for COVID-19. In most cases the conspiracy theorists have blamed pharmaceutical companies' search for profits. A range of authors have shown these claims to be false,though some of these authors nevertheless maintain that other criticisms of the pharmaceutical industry are legitimate.
Young Living is a multi-level marketing company based in Lehi,Utah. Founded by Donald Gary Young in 1993,it sells essential oils and other related products.
There is a cure for the Ebola virus disease that is currently approved for market the US government has inventory in the Strategic National Stockpile. For past and current Ebola epidemics,treatment has been primarily supportive in nature.
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is a foundation that takes donations from public,private,philanthropic,and civil society organisations,to finance independent research projects to develop vaccines against emerging infectious diseases (EID).
The Fabunan Antiviral Injection (FAI) is a patented medicine administered to patient/s by US-based Filipino doctors Ruben and Willie Fabunan,who assured that it can treat dengue fever,chikungunya,dog bite,snakebite,and HIV/AIDS.
Korea Pugang Corporation is a North Korean holding company founded in 1979.
Royal Blood-Fresh (Korean: 혈궁불로정) is a traditional Korean medicine health supplement derived from soybeans. It is manufactured in North Korea and is the most famous product sold by the North Korean company,Pugang Pharmaceutic.
Neo-Viagra-Y.R. ) is a pharmaceutical product produced by the Korea Oriental Instant Medicinal Centre,a state-owned North Korean company. The product was developed in 2005,by north Korean doctor Ryu Il nam. Although marketed as a herbal health supplement based in Koryo medicine,analysis of the product shows that its active ingredient is 50 mg of Sildenafil,though used in a different formulation to genuine Viagra tablets. As the drug has not been independently clinically tested,it may cause serious side effects such as a heart attack or death.
Tetrodocain is medical injection produced by the Korea Jangsaeng Joint Venture Company (조선장생합영회사) in North Korea. The injection was first claimed to be invented by the company in 2004. According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA),the main ingredient of the injection is tetrodotoxin,isolated from puffer poisons,and operates as an anaesthetic. It has been sold for international export on sites based in Russia and China.
