Ethics

Pfizer Settles Anti-Kickback Violation Claims for Nearly Million

Pfizer Settles Anti-Kickback Violation Claims for Nearly $60 Million

Military Veteran Denied Organ Transplant in Ohio Over COVID Shot Status

FDA Official Leaves Agency Through the “Revolving Door” and Returns to Pfizer

Big Pharma’s Revolving Door With Government Health Agencies

by Carolyn Hendler, JD

September 19, 2023

More than half of the staff at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) go to work for pharmaceutical giants ...

U.S. Colleges, Companies Reinstate COVID Mask and Vaccine Mandates

by Rishma Parpia

August 27, 2023

Even though the World Health Organization (WHO) and U.S. government declared an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency in May 2023, ...

Massachusetts State Troopers Reinstated After Being Fired for Refusing COVID Shots

by Carolyn Hendler, JD

August 14, 2023

Seven Massachusetts state troopers who lost their job after refusing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which was ordered by a ...

There’s No Need to Ban These Vaccines

by David Bell | Guest Writer

July 30, 2023

Opinion | Individual sovereignty means that people can make their own choices, based on their own assessment of risk. It means that ...

New York Repeals COVID Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers

by Carolyn Hendler, JD

June 5, 2023

New York health officials have repealed the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. This state public health law reversal came only ...

Most Authors of Psychopharmacology Textbooks Have Financial Conflicts of Interest

by Rishma Parpia

June 5, 2023

conflicts of interest among textbook authors and editors

A 2022 study published in Community Mental Health Journal examined nine commonly used psychopharmacology textbooks to identify financial conflicts of interest of ...

Homebirthed Newborn in Texas Forcibly Taken Away from Parents

by Amber Baker

May 8, 2023

In a case that highlights the growing power struggle between doctors, government officials and parents over medical treatment of children, a Black ...

Health Care Workers Offered Money to Raise COVID Shot Uptakes

by Rishma Parpia

April 23, 2023

U.S. Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky has released a document titled "Vaccine Provider Incentive Program" drafted by health insurance provider Anthem Blue ...