U.S. Colleges, Companies Reinstate COVID Mask and Vaccine Mandates
Even though the World Health Organization (WHO) and U.S. government declared an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency in May 2023, some colleges and companies in the United States have announced they will be reinstating mandates to force people to wear masks and get COVID shots as a condition of getting a college education […]
Massachusetts State Troopers Reinstated After Being Fired for Refusing COVID Shots
Seven Massachusetts state troopers who lost their job after refusing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which was ordered by a former governor in 2021, will be reinstated. An independent arbitrator ruled that the fired state troopers be offered their jobs back with full back pay, seniority rights and benefits.1 In August 2021, former […]
There’s No Need to Ban These Vaccines
Opinion | Individual sovereignty means that people can make their own choices, based on their own assessment of risk. It means that others can advise them, but not compel them. It is a basis for modern human rights and natural law. Public health practitioners like to voice support for these principles, but also really feel […]
New York Repeals COVID Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers
New York health officials have repealed the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. This state public health law reversal came only minutes before oral arguments in a lawsuit brought by health care workers challenging the COVID vaccine mandate were set to be heard before the New York state Appeals Court in Rochester, NY.1 New […]
Most Authors of Psychopharmacology Textbooks Have Financial Conflicts of Interest
A 2022 study published in Community Mental Health Journal examined nine commonly used psychopharmacology textbooks to identify financial conflicts of interest of their authors and editors. The findings showed that two-thirds of psychopharmacology textbooks authors or editors received personal financial payments from pharmaceutical companies. Unlike most medical journals that require authors to disclose their financial […]
Homebirthed Newborn in Texas Forcibly Taken Away from Parents
In a case that highlights the growing power struggle between doctors, government officials and parents over medical treatment of children, a Black couple was finally reunited with their newborn daughter more than three weeks after the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services placed her in foster care over a disagreement about how the infant […]
