Infections Infections and Infectious Diseases News from Science In recent years, our understanding of infectious diseases and the body's defenses has grown rapidly. New studies show how early and sophisticated our immune system reacts – often long before we feel the first symptoms. At the same time, new pathogens, global supply chains and resistant germs make it clear how complex and vulnerable our protection system is.  News On The Basics In The Research How our body is prepared for the worst [...]

 . . . With Progress Into the Future November 2025 My dear friends, colleagues and supporters, I must admit as we approach the holidays and the end of another year, I found sitting down to write this monthly commentary challenging. There are still so many aspects of the virus and political situations that are discouraging and negative, that I went looking for something – anything – that would be positive and encouraging as we approach the change into another season and another year. It was a challenge, but well [...]

Energy and Exhaustion Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Possibilities and Opportunities of Complementary Procedures Especially since the emergence of Long- and Post-COVID syndromes, chronic fatigue syndrome has stepped into public awareness much more clearly. For those affected, this clinical picture can mean a significant restriction of their previous life. Like a chameleon, it is very difficult to assess and can be associated with a wide variety of symptoms. Those affected are often very desperate and feel left alone because research here is still [...]

October 2025 My dear friends, colleagues and supporters, Have you had a chance to wander around this new OIRF.com website? One doc told me about nights of deep dives until 2 AM finding treasures while others have commented on the ease of moving around and finding the things you remembered or were looking for. I’m thrilled with the response and it’s rewarding to know the years of effort and struggle to complete the uploads and formatting have offered you easy accessibility to the decades of publications and materials. Thank [...]

Main Focus A Dreaded Symptom Picture Polyneuropathy and the Possibilities of Naturopathy For those in a hurry Naturopathy can offer many starting points for polyneuropathy to alleviate symptoms, avoid side effects and increase well-being. In addition to input from Hildegard von Bingen, Dr. Schuessler and homeopathy, among others, you will also find mental considerations in this article. Polyneuropathy is a dreaded symptom picture that is usually the result of other diseases. At the same time, problematic accompanying symptoms can appear. Although polyneuropathy is not yet [...]

Immune training or risk Epigenetic Changes From mRNA Vaccines A new study shows that mRNA‑vaccinations leave profound traces in the immune system. But what does long-term immunity generated in this way mean for health? In their 2024 study, Prof. Jan Rybniker and his team showed that SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination triggers permanent epigenetic changes in immune cells – especially in macrophages. According to the study, it changes a certain protein in the cell nucleus – the so-called histone H3 at the K27 site – by means of a chemical marker [...]

September 2025 My dear friends, colleagues and supporters, I simply cannot think of any greater news nor a more exciting announcement. After four years of research, recovery and transition, I am so very pleased to announce that the recently completed (well for now, anyway) OIRF.COM website has gone live! Welcome! My gratitude is unbounding for my tech support, Chad Jerrett of JR Direct IT & Marketing Services in Delta, BC Canada. Chad initially worked for OIRF as my assistant back in the mid-1990s prior to our move to the [...]

Regarding The WHO’s Disturbing Plans Why on Earth am I going to all the trouble to translate from German and publish in English these two articles with the interview between the medical journalist Robert Hein and the lawyer and expert on the medical industry Beate Bahner? Well . . . first of all do you really think that this kind of information involving the WHO only applies to Germany and is not connected with, or the same as, the experiences here and in all other countries of the world? [...]

Society The WHO’s Disturbing Plans Part 2, Control and Power Through the Pandemic Treaty The planned WHO pandemic treaty endangers our freedom of expression, our medical self-determination as well as the fundamental rights of nation states, explains Beate Bahner. In this second part of the interview, she goes more exactly into what we could expect if it is implemented. raum&zeit Interview with Beate Bahner, Heidelberg, by Thomas Hein, Bingen Thomas A. Hein: Now let's move on to the central topic of [...]

Society The WHO’s Disturbing Plans Part 1, “Global Tyranny Is To Be Continued” Since the beginning of the Corona pandemic, the lawyer Beate Bahner has been bracing herself against the pillars of the narrative and defending our fundamental rights. In an interview with Thomas A. Hein, she talks about the sluggish process of reappraising [past] laws and envisioning [new] laws that would allow dictatorship-like conditions in a similar situation. raum&zeit interview with Beate Bahner, Heidelberg, by Thomas A. Hein, Bingen Thomas [...]