Texas Attorney General Investigates AAP’s Financial Ties to Childhood Vaccine Recommendations
When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched a wide-sweeping investigation into financial incentives tied to childhood vaccinations in January, his office issued more than twenty civil investigative demands to pediatric providers, insurance companies, and vaccine manufacturers across the country. Seven months later, that investigation has expanded. Paxton’s office has now issued a civil investigative demand […]
Johnson & Johnson Agrees to Pay $5.5 Billion to Resolve Talcum Powder Cancer Litigation
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced on July 27, 2026 that it had reached a proposed settlement to resolve approximately 76,000 talcum powder ovarian cancer lawsuits that had accumulated in federal and state courts over more than a decade of litigation. The company committed $5.5 billion toward the resolution, with its first payment not to exceed […]
Sanofi Sues Pfizer and Moderna Over COVID-19 mRNA Shot Technology
More than six years after the introduction of COVID-19 shots, litigation over the technology behind the shots continues to expand. On July 15, 2026, Sanofi SA of France announced that it had filed two patent infringement lawsuits in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against Pfizer, Inc., BioNTech SE, and […]
Amish Families in New York Lose Religious Vaccine Exemption Case
On June 30, 2026, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a group of Amish families for the second time upholding New York state’s elimination of the religious exemption to school vaccine requirements. The families now face more than $118,000 in fines for noncompliance with the state’s mandate.1 New York legislatures voted to […]
Supreme Court Bars Roundup Cancer Lawsuits
On June 25, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that existing federal law prevents failure-to-warn injury lawsuits in state courts against Monsanto Company by individuals whose health deteriorated from exposure to the company’s glyphosate-containing Roundup weed killer. The decision in Monsanto Co. v. Durnell reversed a Missouri jury verdict awarding plaintiff John Durnell $1.25 […]
Declassified U.S. Intelligence Documents Link Dr. Fauci to Coverup of SARS-CoV-2 Lab Leak
On June 18, 2026, outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a collection of declassified documents through the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) alleging that former director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Anthony Fauci, MD used intelligence agencies to suppress evidence that the mutated SARS-CoV-2 […]