FDA Official Leaves Agency Through the “Revolving Door” and Returns to Pfizer
On Feb. 24,2025, Pfizer, Inc. announced that FDA official Patrizia Cavazzoni, MD will rejoin the pharmaceutical company, which makes and sells federally recommended vaccines and drugs, as Pfizer’s Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President. Most recently, Dr. Cavazzoni served as Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at the U.S. Food […]
Gardasil Lawsuit Worth $8 Billion Set for Jury Trial
Merck & Co. is about to face a jury trial defending against a claim that Merck advertisements misrepresented that the Gardasil vaccine was safe and effective. The jury will determine whether the drug giant hid the risks and side effects associated with its lucrative HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccine marketed to children and young adults.1 […]
FDA Bans Red No. 3 Used in Many Processed Foods
The artificial coloring known as Red Dye No. 3 has been banned in cosmetics in the U.S. for 35 years, but it has been allowed to stay in food and medicine. The synthetic dye that gives foods a cherry red color is an ingredient in more than 9,200 products on store shelves in the country. […]
Atrial Fibrillation Linked to Age, COVID-19 and Vaccination on the Rise
Previous research has indicated that approximately 3 million people in the United States have atrial fibrillation (AFib); however, a 2024 study conducted by researchers from the University of California, San Francisco and published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology has found that AFib is actually three times more prevalent in the U.S. […]
West Virginia on Track to Expand Childhood Vaccine Exemptions
Newly elected West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey, within a day of inauguration, issued an executive order1 to establish a process for religious and conscientious objections to state school or state regulated day care center vaccination requirements. This is great news for families in West Virginia who, up to this point, have only had limited medical […]
Autism Rate for American Children Now 1 in 33 and Likely Worse
Opinion | If you do a Google search for the current prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among children in the United States, you will likely come across the rate of 1 in 36. That’s the rate that was confirmed by an analysis published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) epidemiological […]