Ebola Outbreak Pushing Development of Vaccines for Bundibugyo Strain
The current outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda which began only a couple of weeks ago is already reportedly the third largest in history and, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, “spreading rapidly,” with more than 900 suspected cases of the […]
Study Finds All Major Pharmaceutical Companies Implicated in Bribery Schemes
A study published in February 2026 in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics is the first to compile decades of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) enforcement records into a single analysis. Researchers Kohler, Khan, and Bowra reviewed OECD Working Group on Bribery reports from 1999 through early 2025 and found that virtually […]
ACIP Reports on First “Do-It-Yourself at Home” Nasal Flu Shot
In September 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed the first of its kind live attenuated nasal spray influenza vaccine to be administered at home during the 2024-2025 “flu season.” Adults up to the 49 years of age are eligible to self-administer the FluMist Home vaccine or give it to their children aged […]
I Was Injured in the COVID Vaccine Trials and Still Struggle Every Day | Brianne Dressen
When I got my COVID vaccine, my reactions started within an hour. It started with tingling down the same arm as my injection. It moved to my other arm. It moved to my legs. And then it moved to my head, into my brain. And I had this horrific electrical pulsating sensation through my body… […]
Yale Study Links COVID Shots to “Alarming” Immune System Condition
While many medical professionals hail the COVID-19 shots as a life-saving breakthrough and key to ending the pandemic, reports of long term health problems similar to those suffered by people who were infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus have persisted since the COVID biological was rolled out nationwide in early 2021. A wide range of clinical […]
WHO Names 17 Pathogens as Top Priorities for Global Vaccine Development
A new World Health Organization (WHO) study published in eBioMedicine last week highlights 17 viral and bacterial pathogens that are major sources of endemic disease around the world and that WHO officials believe should be urgently prioritized for vaccine development. The study marks the WHO’s first global effort to systematically prioritize endemic pathogens with epidemic […]