Study Finds Lower Conception Rates Among Women Who Got mRNA COVID Shots
A recent large-scale population study conducted in the Czech Republic and published this month in the International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine has found that women who received a COVID-19 biologic prior to conception were significantly less likely to achieve a successful pregnancy compared to their unvaccinated peers. According to authors of the […]
Massachusetts School District Will Exclude Unvaccinated Students This Fall
Newton Public Schools in Newton, Massachusetts will now require all students to be vaccinated before returning to school in the fall of 2025 unless they have a valid medical or religious exemption to vaccination. Superintendent Anna Nolin announced the policy change after a review prompted by a recent increase in chickenpox cases across the district. […]
COVID Antiviral Paxlovid Provides “No Significant Benefit” to Vaccinated Seniors
Paxlovid, the antiviral drug that became the go-to treatment for SARS-CoV-2 infections during the pandemic, did not reduce hospitalizations or death in older adults who had gotten COVID-19 shots, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) last month. Researchers who tested the COVID treatment Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) on […]
Study Finds Sudden Infant Deaths Have Increased
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) last month has found that rates of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) increased 12 percent during 2020-2022, during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. SIDS is the unexplained death of an otherwise healthy infant, typically occurring in babies under one year old. […]
Immno-Castrator Vaccine to Sterilize Dogs Released in Chile
Chile has introduced a new vaccine that temporarily sterilizes dogs for one year. The vaccine, known as Egalitte, is expected to be sold in several countries, and was developed to provide dog owners an alternative to irreversible surgical castration.1 It was initially intended to address Chile’s growing population of stray dogs.2 “This is the first […]
Bird Flu Outbreak in Oregon Leads to Mass Euthanization of Poultry
In November 2023, Oregon’s commercial poultry farm businesses experienced the first avian (bird) influenza outbreak in the state. In response to the outbreak, the state’s Department of Agriculture reported that approximately 800,000 chickens were euthanized.1 The two commercial poultry operations affected by bird flu were located in Linn and Marion counties in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. […]