Did Covid Vaccines Really Save Millions?
Two years have passed since the official end of the Covid-19 pandemic, yet the topic of vaccination remains highly sensitive in both public and scientific discourse. Attempts to question the legitimacy of the mass vaccination campaign or to raise concerns about potential harms are often met with a moral red line: the widely repeated claim […]
Vindication for the Unvaccinated?
At a recent family gathering, I sat at the dinner table with a group of loved ones for the first time since the Covid-19 fiasco. Most of the cheerful discussion focused on the spectacular event of the week: my mother’s 100th birthday. I was the only person at the table who hadn’t had any form […]
Improving Science & Restoring Trust in Public Health | Jay Bhattacharya, MD
A substantial part of the NIH portfolio, appropriately, focuses on basic science. Basic science meaning fundamental biological facts that can be used in many many drug studies, other research where you don’t necessarily know specifically in advance when you’re doing it what the application’s going to be. The NIH, very appropriately, funds that work, especially […]
New Jersey Bill Requires Automatic Enrollment in State Electronic Vaccine Tracking Registry
Lawmakers in New Jersey have approved legislation that would require enrollment in the state’s electronic vaccine tracking registry, unless citizens actively opt out in writing. The bill for an “opt-out” vaccine tracking system, rather than operating an “opt-in” system, comes in response to decreased vaccination rates in recent years and health officials maintain it will […]
Clinical Trials Now Required for Annual COVID Shots Given to Healthy Adults
On May 20, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that new clinical trials will be required to approve annual COVID-19 booster shots for healthy adults under age 65. In a joint editorial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, FDA commissioner Marty Makary, MD and the director of the FDA’s Center […]
Know the Risks of Rhogam and Vitamin K Shots Given to Pregnant Women and Newborn Babies
Pregnant mothers and newborn babies are routinely given a number of shots. Two controversial shots are Rhogam and vitamin K. Since the 1970’s, mothers-to-be whose blood work shows that they are Rh factor (Rhesus factor) negative are told to get a shot of Rh immunoglobulin (RhoGAM) during pregnancy, as well as after delivery if the […]