U.S. Stillbirth Rates 17 Percent Higher Than CDC Reporting
A significant number of stillbirths are happening in pregnancies the medical system labels as safe and at a higher rate in the U.S. than previously reported, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Mass General Brigham. The study, published in JAMA on Oct. 27, 2025, […]
European Medicines Agency Issues Support for New Recombinant Pertussis Vaccine
A new pertussis vaccine, which has been designed to be used as a booster and for vaccinating pregnant women, has received “positive regulatory support” from the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP). Marketed under the name VacPertagen, the recombinant pertussis vaccine—formulated with genetically engineered proteins rather than inactivated whole […]
Study Finds COVID Shots Harm Kidneys
A new retrospective cohort study of nearly 2.9 million adults using the TriNetX global health database—a large, privacy-compliant network of real-world clinical data from major health care organizations across multiple countries—found that individuals who received an mRNA COVID-19 shot experienced significantly higher rates of acute kidney injury and need for dialysis over a 12-month period […]
Bill Gates Shifts from Climate Change Advocacy to Creating More Access to Vaccines
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced in a new memo that nations should pivot from fighting climate change to preventing infectious diseases through mass vaccination. The Oct. 27, 2025 memo urges readers not to subscribe to a “doomsday outlook” that accepts that nothing can be done to offset the significant impacts of climate change, but to […]
Study: Receipt of Multiple Childhood Vaccines ‘Most Dominant Modifiable Risk Factor’ for Autism
A recent meta-analysis report from the McCullough Foundation has identified routine childhood vaccination as the “most dominant modifiable risk factor” for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Drawing from more than 300 peer-reviewed studies, the analysis compared risk factors contributing to the drastic spike in autism and found one clear factor that stood out as the most […]
CDC Looking to Break Up MMR Vaccine?
On Oct. 6, 2025, the acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Jim O’Neill, called on the manufacturers of the live attenuated MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine to break up the biologic and develop separate shots for the three diseases it targets. “I call on vaccine manufacturers to develop safe […]