Over $80M BARDA Prize to Create New H5N1 Vaccines to Prepare for “Future” Bird Flu Pandemic
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has launched an $80+ million multi-stage competition for “vaccine developers and researchers, biotech companies, and other innovators” to develop vaccines for pandemic influenza A, or A(H5) bird flu, which includes highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1). The name of the competition is Single Shield Prize, and it “calls […]
Splitting Up the Combination Vaccines
President Trump announced on Sept. 18, 2026 that his administration plans to recommend that certain childhood vaccines be split up into separate shots. The policy proposal is apparently a follow-up to an Executive Order the President signed on Aug. 10 that calls for recommending the number of diseases for which children should be vaccinated be […]
Government Investigation Examines Potential Link Between COVID Shots and Troop Deaths
Army Lieutenant Colonel Theresa Long said in a Virginia federal court that she is reviewing 55,000 troop adverse-event reports and 2,544 troop death reports to determine if any were linked to COVID-19 shots.1 Dr. Long, a board-certified aerospace medicine physician and flight surgeon who holds a master’s degree in public health, said in an Aug. […]
Public Confidence in Measles Vaccine Falls in U.S.
Public confidence in the safety of measles vaccines has declined in the United States, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The survey found that 76 percent of people in the U.S. consider the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine safe for children. That figure was 84 percent in a similar Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in May […]
Measles Transmission by Vaccinated People Documented in Medical Literature
A new systematic review and meta-analysis published in the peer reviewed medical literature confirmed that people who have received measles-containing vaccines can become infected with measles and transmit the infection to others, contributing to measles outbreaks around the world. The study, which was published Aug. 14, 2026 in Expert Review of Vaccines, screened 5,240 peer-reviewed […]
Former CDC Scientist Accused of Stealing $1 Million in Grant Money Extradited Back to U.S.
Former CDC scientist Poul Thorsen was brought back to the United States to face justice for what federal investigators say was a million-dollar fraud scheme—money that was meant to help children. The money was intended to study the relationship between vaccines and autism, it included cerebral palsy in infants, it included fetal alcohol syndrome. But […]