Big Pharma Companies are Exploiting the World’s Poor
Medicines are not evolving as fast as the multinational companies would like them to. Many drugs which have been around for a while don’t generate any more income because the costs of the patents have already been written off. So in order to make money, big companies nowadays are constantly looking for new opportunities and […]
Veterans Denied Benefits for What They Call Vaccine-Related Injuries
The federal government is refusing to compensate some veterans who say they were forced to get the smallpox vaccine and suffered dehabilitating side effects. Any veteran will tell you when you’re out on a mission, you don’t complain. Sean Kelly, a local marine, didn’t complain and he’s now living with constant pain—pain the federal government […]
Chronic Illness “Short Film” | Julia Cimorose
I have chronic illness. People also call it invisible illness. I just look like a normal girl, right? Well, I’m not. I have many different illnesses. Dysautonomia. POTS—Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. EDS—Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. MCAS—Mast cell activation syndrome. … Which those three are a trifecta. CRPS—Complex regional pain syndrome. CIRS—Chronic inflammatory response syndrome. CAPS—Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome. […]
To Vaccinate or Not? Two Mothers ‘Debate’
Karen in her home in Seattle and Celina on nearby Veshon Island are separated by more than Puget Sound. When it comes to vaccinating their children for whooping cough they’ve come down on very different sides of the fierce debate currently raging in their community. With my two kids, we’ve done a spaced out vaccine […]
What to Do When Vaccines Go Wrong
Every year, millions of people receive vaccines. These vaccinations are designed to keep people healthy. But sometimes things go wrong, and when that happens patients can only seek recourse at what’s known as Vaccine Court—a government program run by the Department of Health that compensates the injured. … If you’ve never heard of Vaccine Court, […]
Indonesia: Measles, Chickenpox Kill Dozens of Children
Asmat tribe in Papua. Barely alive. Their bodies exhausted and weak from hunger and disease. Undernourished, they’re battling against outbreaks of measles and chickenpox. Military medical teams have arrived in some remote areas. Maria Epam and her husband Linus had to travel for five hours and their six-month-old daughter would not survive. Our daughter has […]