NC Court Upholds Decision to Deny Access to COVID-19 Origins
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has sided with the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill allowing the university to withhold thousands of pages of genetic engineering research pertaining to the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The three-judge panel upheld the lower court’s decision to deny the public health interest group, U.S. Right […]
CDC Changes Recommendations for Six Childhood Vaccines
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced updates to the national childhood vaccine schedule involving six vaccines (rotavirus, COVID-19, influenza, meningococcal disease, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B) following a presidential memorandum directing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to review and revise its recommendations. The changes clarify which vaccines […]
Vaccine Safety Signals Were Detected Early. Why Did Regulators Wait So Long to Act?
We examine the timeline of vaccine safety signal detection and regulatory response using publicly available data from the United States Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, and the European Medicines Agency. We walk through how pharmacovigilance systems work, what happens when […]
AAP and Other Medical Groups Sue Secretary of Health and Human Services
Large medical groups including the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have sued U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in response to recent changes to federal vaccine policy, including removal of the COVID shot from the federally recommended childhood vaccine schedule for healthy children The AAP, American College of Physicians, Infectious […]
CDC Awards $1.6 Million Grant to Study Hepatitis B Vaccination in Newborns
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a $1.6 million federal grant to Danish researchers to study hepatitis B vaccination in newborns, with a stated focus on determining the optimal timing and delivery of the vaccine routinely administered in the U.S. to infants on their first day after birth. Researchers from […]
CDC Will Offer Contract to Investigate Link Between Autism and Vaccination
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) intends to award a contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to investigate links between autism prevalence and vaccination according to a notice on the federal website. The notice, posted in September 2025, indicated that the CDC planned to issue the fixed-price contract to the New York […]