Court Orders Store to Pay $110,000 to Employee Fired for Refusing COVID Shots
In 2021, an Arkansas-based furniture retailer Hank’s Fine Furniture, Inc. with 18 branch stores in four states, violated U.S. federal law by denying a religious exemption to Florida assistant store manager Kaitlyn M. O’Neal for her religious beliefs opposed to getting COVID-19 shots. O’Neal was terminated from her position because she refused to comply with the company’s COVID […]
CDC’s Independence, Integrity Compromised by Funding from Private Industry
On its website, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) boasts a “Pledge to the American People” that outlines five commitments. Among these commitments is one to place the benefits to society above the benefits to the government agency. This prohibits employees “from participating in matters that post a conflict of interest or […]
Appellate Court Tosses Out 1,200 Shingles Vaccine Injury Lawsuits Against Merck
The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed approximately 1,200 lawsuits filed against Merck & Co. over its shingles vaccine, Zostavax. The Appellate Court upheld a U.S. District Court ruling that threw out the lawsuits for failing to abide by a court order requiring them to provide clinical test results.1 Zostavax, the first shingles vaccine […]
Navy Members’ COVID Vaccine Case Against Biden Administration is Settled
In 2021, during the height of the pandemic, COVID numbers were high, masks were a new norm, and the vaccine was given across the country. For military members, they were required to get the COVID-19 shots. Some asked for religious exemptions and dozens of Navy Seals filed a lawsuit against President Biden, the Department of […]
Novel Breast Cancer Vaccine Technology Receives Japanese Patent
Anixa Biosciences, Inc. of San Jose, California announced on July 17, 2024, that its collaborator, the Cleveland Clinic, has received a “Decision to Grant” notice from the Japan Patent Office (JPO) for the patent application titled “Vaccine Adjuvants and Formulations” for its novel breast cancer vaccine technology. The company is two decades into developing a […]
‘Does It Bother You?’: Rand Paul Questions Ex-CDC Director About Gain-Of-Function Research
[Dr. Anthony Fauci] said in 2012 that even if a pandemic should occur [as a result of gain-of-function research], the knowledge was worth it. So I guess my question to Dr. [Robert] Redfield was, do you think that taking a coronavirus—the backbone of a SARS coronavirus—and swapping out S proteins from unknown viruses… do you […]
