Experimental Vaccine to Prevent Fentanyl Overdose Enters Human Trials
An experimental “anti-fentanyl” vaccine developed by ARMR Sciences, Inc. of New York and the University of Houston has entered Phase 1/2 human trials, according to a June 17 press release issued by the company. The vaccine candidate has spent years in development and vaccine developers say it represents a potential intervention in America’s ongoing overdose […]
First Trimester COVID-19 Shot Linked to Birth Defects in New Registry Study
A new registry-based cohort study out of Iran published in Sage Journals on June 15, 2026, has found a higher incidence of congenital anomalies, or birth defects, in babies born to women who received a COVID-19 shot within the first trimester of pregnancy compared with those who did not get vaccinated or were vaccinated after […]
AI Designed a Universal Coronavirus Vaccine for Viruses Not Yet in Existence
University of Cambridge researchers have developed what they describe as a “fundamentally new” type of vaccine designed exclusively using artificial intelligence (AI), marking the first time a vaccine’s active antigen was created entirely through computational modeling and tested in humans. The vaccine candidate, pEVAC-PS, was developed by DIOSynVax Ltd., a biotechnology company founded out of […]
Study Finds Ivermectin and Mebendazole Beneficial in Treating Cancer
A new peer-reviewed study on ivermectin and mebendazole as a cancer treatment has been published in the international oncology journal Anticancer Research. The study found that 84.4 percent of cancer patients taking ivermectin and mebendazole for six months reported cancer disappearance, tumor regression, or cancer stabilization.1 Described by its authors as the largest real-world human […]
AI-Fabricated Citations Infiltrating Medical Literature May Influence How Doctors Treat Patients
A first-of-its-kind audit of 2.5 million academic papers, published on May 7, 2026 in The Lancet, has identified more than 4,000 papers containing fake references that could not be traced to real publications. The audit analyzed over 97 million references across 2.5 million academic papers, marking the first academic study to examine the scale of […]
Ebola Bundibugyo Vaccines in Development Four Months Before Outbreak
An Ebola outbreak in the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was confirmed by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on May 15, 2026. Through laboratory analysis, health officials confirmed that the outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo ebola strain, for which there is no vaccine currently […]