FDA Ordered to Release Data on Emergency Use Authorization of COVID-19 Shots
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been ordered to disclose data it relied on when authorizing COVID-19 shots. U.S. District Court Judge Mark Pittman in Fort Worth, Texas ordered the FDA to release their file on “emergency use authorization” (EUA) related to the Pfizer/BioNTech Comirnaty COVID biologic to a group of scientists. Accordingly, […]
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 […]
U.S. Government is Funding Gain-of-Function Research in China to Make Bird Flu More Infectious

The U.S government is again funding gain-of-function (GoF) research with Chinese scientists to make a dangerous virus even more potent. This time it is with birds not bats. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) gave $1 million to fund risky research on bird flu viruses to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China; the […]
FDA Panel Statements Prompt Pharmacies to Pull Popular Nasal Decongestants from Pharmacy Shelves

Conventional over-the-counter cold meds promise cold symptom relief right on the front of their packaging, but U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisors have stated that an active ingredient in many popular cold medicines is not effective in relieving congestion when taken orally. An advisory panel for the FDA unanimously concluded recently that phenylephrine, a […]
Billions of Dollars in U.S. COVID Relief Aid Stolen

COVID-19 relief aid fraud ran rampant in the United States during the pandemic. Billions of dollars of government relief aid that was meant to stabilize the U.S. economy was instead pilfered. Social security numbers of federal prisoners and people who had previously passed away were used to redeem unemployment checks, while federal loan applicants were […]
U.S. Keeps COVID Vaccine Mandate for Non-Citizens Entering Country by Air

On Jan. 4, 2023, the U.S. Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) extended its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for non-citizens and non-immigrants traveling to the United States by air until Apr. 10, 2023. The previous mandate expired on Jan. 9.1 The U.S is one of a few countries that require COVID vaccinations when flying into US airports without […]