The Informed Consent Principle: A Guide for Public Health Policy and Medical Ethics
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo invited NVIC Co-founder and President Barbara Loe Fisher to make a Grand Rounds presentation on the history of mandatory vaccination and the human right to exercise voluntary, informed consent to vaccination. This is a video of her presentation for employees of the Florida Department of Public Health in Tallahassee on […]
The Right to Health Sovereignty
International cooperation on health is a widely accepted global good. Capacity building and development assistance reduce historic health inequalities and, as a result, strengthen economies. Management of cross-border infectious disease threats is best done through joint surveillance, data sharing, and response. Collaboration on norms and standards provides efficiencies and facilitates trade in health products. However, […]
Patients Request Blood from Donors Who Have Not Received mRNA COVID-19 Shots
A growing number of patients are requesting blood transfusions from donors who have not gotten the COVID19 shot, according to a Mar. 28, 2026 report published in the journal Transfusion. In the report, researchers at Vanderbilt Medical Center Medical Center evaluated 15 cases over a period of two years between 2024 and 2025 in which […]
Pfizer/Valneva Aim for FDA Approval of mRNA Shot for Lyme Disease
On Mar. 23, 2026, Pfizer, Inc. of New York City, NY and Valneva SE of Saint-Herblain, France announced that they would seek regulatory approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an experimental mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) biologic shot against Lyme disease that they have jointly been developing since 2020. The shot, designated […]
Pfizer, BioNTech End mRNA COVID-19 Biologic Trial Early
After failing to recruit enough eligible volunteers to generate enough data in the U.S. to meet U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) post-marketing evidence requirements, Pfizer, Inc. and BioNTech SE have halted a large clinical trial of their updated mRNA COVID-19 biologic. The study targeted healthy adults 50 to 64 years of age but fell […]
The Agonising Pain of COVID Vaccination Injury Victims
Sandra Byron had serious medical complications from a COVID vaccine in 2021. My hands have been rated as functionally useless. Can’t be touched. Can’t have a hot shower. Can’t have a normal meal. My brain doesn’t work properly. My speech comes and goes. She put in a claim through a vaccine compensation scheme. That was […]