AAPS Sues to Stop U.S. Government from Electronically Tracking Certain American Workers
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), a pro-patient association of physicians and surgeons, has filed a preliminary injunction in Texas in an attempt to stop a government mandate compelling Americans to disclose personal information to a national and international electronic database.1 The new mandate would demand that managers of small medical practices, political […]
Pharmaceutical Companies Pay Billions of Dollars to Influence Medical Journal Reviewers
More than half of peer reviewers for four of the top medical journals received $1.06 billion in payments from the pharmaceutical industry during 2020-2022 alone, according to a research letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The payments went to peer reviewers for four of the leading scientific journals—JAMA, the British […]
Moderna Offered Children £1,500 to Enroll in COVID Booster Shot Trial
The Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA), an organization responsible for overseeing the marketing practices of pharmaceutical companies in the United Kingdom, criticized Moderna, Inc. for sending an unauthorized WhatsApp message that proposed a payment of £1,500 (about $2,000) to children for participating in a clinical trial for its COVID-19 booster shot.1 Complaint Filed […]
NIH Scientists Tried to Conceal $710 Million Pandemic Royalty Payout
Data from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) revealed that the nation’s medical research agency and its scientists collected hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties for COVID-19 pandemic-related drugs and vaccines between 2021 and 2023. This information was initially kept secret by the NIH. It was made public by OpenTheBooks.com, an organization that […]
Tuskegee Syphilis Study on Black Americans Created Mistrust of COVID Shots
A 2024 study published in the Journal of Population Economics reveals that the long-term effects of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study conducted between 1932 and 1972 significantly affected the decision making by Black Americans in southern states when they weighed the risks and benefits of getting COVID-19 shots.1 Xiaolong “Chris” Hou, lead author of the study […]
Multiple Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Studies Retracted After Data Manipulation Detected
The reputation of the prestigious Harvard University-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) in Boston, Massachusetts is at stake after seven studies were retracted from the medical literature and over 30 papers were subject to corrections due to errors. The allegations, which involve image duplications and manipulations in biomedical research, first surfaced in January 2024 when microbiologist […]