Texas Attorney General Sues Pfizer Over COVID Shot
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, has sued pharmaceutical company Pfizer over its Comirnaty mRNA ((messenger ribonucleic acid) COVID-19 gene therapy. Paxton contends that Pfizer misled the public by claiming that its product, which had a purported 95 percent efficacy rate against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, would end the COVID pandemic.1 The lawsuit filed in Lubbock County […]
Medical Journals Publishing Tens of Thousands of Fake Scientific Papers
Medical journals are increasingly riddled with fake scientific papers put out by “paper mills”—profit-oriented organizations that produce and sell fabricated manuscripts or ones containing manipulated scientific data. In the past year, approximately 70,000 (1.5 – 2 percent) of published scientific papers were generated by paper mills. It is estimated that, over the last two decades, […]
NewsGuard and U.S. Government Sued for Defamation, Libel and Slander
Consortium News (CN) has sued the U.S. government and NewsGuard Technologies Inc. alleging that they conspired to censor and defame the online independent news outlet. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, asserts that NewsGuard, working with the government, violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and committed defamation, libel and slander against […]
Pfizer Will Charge Patients $1,390 for COVID Anti-Viral Paxlovid
Pfizer, Inc. plans to charge consumers more than double the price charged to the U.S. government for its COVID-19 anti-viral drug nirmatrelvir-ritonavir, sold under the brand name Paxlovid. A five-day course of the drug to treat COVID will soon cost patients $1,390. According to researchers, it costs Pfizer $13 to manufacture the supply of pills […]
U.S. Spends the Most on Health Care, Has Worst Health Outcomes
Despite the United States spending twice as much money on health care, the health of Americans is worse than other high income nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), according to a 2023 report by the Commonwealth Fund.1 In 2021, the U.S. expenditure for health care was $11,912 per person. Germany was […]
DoD Will Pay $1.8 Million for Legal Fees of Troops in COVID Vaccine Mandate Cases
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has settled two lawsuits with military service members who challenged the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.1 Pursuant to Settlement Agreement signed in the middle district of Florida, DoD will pay Liberty Counsel $1.8 million to cover attorney’s fees, costs and other litigation expenses that accumulated when the military service […]
