COVID Antiviral Paxlovid Provides “No Significant Benefit” to Vaccinated Seniors
Paxlovid, the antiviral drug that became the go-to treatment for SARS-CoV-2 infections during the pandemic, did not reduce hospitalizations or death in older adults who had gotten COVID-19 shots, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) last month. Researchers who tested the COVID treatment Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) on […]
DHHS Secretary RFK, Jr. and USDA Secretary Both Say “No” to Bird Flu Vaccine for Chickens
Opinion | Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr announced on Mar. 4, 2025 that the avian influenza (“bird flu”) vaccine should not be given to chickens in the U.S. based on emerging evidence that injecting poultry with avian influenza virus (AIV) vaccine could lead to mutations accelerating evolution of the animal […]
Military Veteran Denied Organ Transplant in Ohio Over COVID Shot Status
An Ohio veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces battling congestive heart failure is fighting for his life and for change in heart transplant policies after being denied a heart transplant because he refused to get a COVID-19 shot. Fifty-four-year-old Ken Long was diagnosed with heart failure a year ago after falling ill during a family […]
USDA Gives Conditional License for Bird Flu Vaccine Given to Chickens
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a conditional license approval for an inactivated avian flu (bird flu) vaccine to be administered to chickens eaten by Americans. The license is being granted due to H5N1 influenza virus infections spreading in U.S. poultry. The United States has avoided giving H5N1 vaccine to until now. The […]
Antibiotic Use Linked to Chronic Disease, Colon Cancer
A growing body of evidence demonstrates that antibiotics have serious unintended downstream health effects including colon cancer and chronic diseases such as allergic, autoimmune, metabolic, and psychiatric disease.1 A research article published in the journal Gut Microbes outlines several major studies linking antibiotics to adverse health outcomes, potential causes, and what health care providers should […]
Young Girl Denied Heart Transplant Over Refusal to Get COVID and Flu Shots
The mother of a 12-year-old girl said an Ohio children’s hospital denied her daughter a spot on an organ transplant list due to her vaccination status, specifically the COVID-19 and flu shots. The mother, Jeneen Deal, who is related to Vice President J.D. Vance’s half-siblings through marriage, adopted Adeline from China when she was just […]