CDC Officials Involuntarily Quarantine Americans After Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise Ship
Officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued mandatory federal quarantine orders to 18 American citizens who had been passengers aboard the M/V Hondius, an expedition cruise ship on which there was an outbreak of the deadly Andes strain of hantavirus. None of the 18 Americans had tested positive for the […]
Workers Fired for Refusing COVID Shot Receive $4.25 Million Payout
On May 18, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that A G Equipment Company, (AG) a compressor packaging manufacturer in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, will pay $4.25 million to 43 former employees to settle a religious and disability discrimination lawsuit.1 2 In the fall of 2021, A G mandated that all employees receive […]
Legislation in House of Representatives to Expand Pro Vaccine Messaging and Vaccine Surveillance
A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Apr. 21, 2026 would use billions of dollars in Medicaid funding to pressure states into adopting federally approved vaccine messaging and expand the U.S. government’s surveillance of children’s vaccination records. Introduced by Representative Kim Schrier, MD of Washington, H.R. 8425, the Strengthening the Vaccines for […]
Former Aide to Anthony Fauci Indicted for Concealing COVID-19 Records
On Apr. 16, 2026, a federal grand jury in Maryland indicted David M. Morens on charges that he conspired to conceal government records from the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. Morens, 78, served as senior adviser to the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) from 2006 to 2022, working directly […]
West Virginia Vaccine Mandate Upheld by U.S. Fourth Circuit
On Apr. 8, 2026, a federal appeals court found that West Virginia’s compulsory school vaccination law does not violate the First Amendment, despite the state not offering a religious exemption. In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed a preliminary injunction that had temporarily allowed a virtual school student […]
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 […]