Fauci Privately Worried About COVID Shots Causing Miscarriage
More than 34,000 text messages from former director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Anthony Fauci’s government-issued phone in 2021 have been made public, according to an Aug. 10 statement from Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin. Among the newly released records are four pages of timestamped screenshots […]
Florida Attorney General Demands Catholic Schools Accept Religious Vaccine Exemptions or Lose Voucher Funding
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent a letter to the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops on July 31, 2026 demanding that Catholic schools in the state begin granting religious exemptions from student vaccine requirements or risk losing eligibility for the state’s educational scholarship programs. The demand landed on an institution that has spent years defending […]
Texas Attorney General Investigates AAP’s Financial Ties to Childhood Vaccine Recommendations
When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched a wide-sweeping investigation into financial incentives tied to childhood vaccinations in January, his office issued more than twenty civil investigative demands to pediatric providers, insurance companies, and vaccine manufacturers across the country. Seven months later, that investigation has expanded. Paxton’s office has now issued a civil investigative demand […]
Pennsylvania Makes School Vaccine and Exemption Rates Public
As vaccine exemptions continue to increase across Pennsylvania and public health officials warn about the risk of diseases spreading, the administration of the Governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro launched a new online tool that allows parents to view vaccination and exemption rates for individual schools. State officials say the tool is designed to increase transparency […]
Amish Families in New York Lose Religious Vaccine Exemption Case
On June 30, 2026, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a group of Amish families for the second time upholding New York state’s elimination of the religious exemption to school vaccine requirements. The families now face more than $118,000 in fines for noncompliance with the state’s mandate.1 New York legislatures voted to […]
COVID-19 Inquiry in U.K. Faces Scrutiny and Criticism
The United Kingdom COVID Inquiry has come under renewed criticism following allegations that it failed to publish evidence challenging aspects of the country’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout, while also facing accusations that it endorsed the government’s monitoring and censoring critics of lockdowns. Together, the two controversies have prompted debate over whether the government’s COVID Inquiry has […]