Live Experimental Pneumonic Plague Vaccines Being Developed After Repeated Attempts
University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) researchers have developed live attenuated experimental pneumonic plague vaccines that, according to a July 28, 2026 press release, fully protected mice in a preclinical study. The findings were published in Science Translational Medicine and, according to UTMB researchers, “challenge decades of assumptions about how immunity to plague works and […]
WHO Report Projects Cancer Cases Will Nearly Double Worldwide by 2050
The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Status Report on Cancer 2026, released on July 8, 2026, projects that, without urgent action, new annual cancer cases will nearly double, from the current 20.6 million to nearly 35 million by 2050. While heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, cancer ranks second. The WHO attributes […]
Meningococcal B Vaccine Fails to Protect Against Gonorrhea
A new randomized controlled trial (RCT) published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has found that the Meningitis B vaccine does not prevent gonorrhea infections despite a year-long mass vaccination campaign targeting at-risk men in the United Kingdom. After gonorrhea cases exceeded the highest levels ever recorded, the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) […]
Oncologist Calls for Banning COVID-19 Shots, as Congress Debates Whether They Cause or Accelerate Cancer
British oncologist and immunologist Angus Dalgleish, MD called for a ban of COVID-19 shots in testimony during a U.S. Senate hearing on COVID shot safety on June 3, 2026, citing an observed “marked increase in unexpected cancers among boosted patients.” Heard by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, the subcommittee convened to discuss whether mRNA […]
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 […]