Danish Researcher Whose Studies Were Used to Deny Vaccine-Autism Link Pleads Guilty
Poul Thorsen, a Danish researcher whose research was used to counter claims that vaccines cause autism, pled guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges on Sept. 1, 2026 in a federal court in Atlanta.1 Thorsen, 65, traveled to the United States as a visiting scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
OB-GYN Trade Group Breaks with CDC and Makes Own Maternal Vaccination Recommendations
The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) has split from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the first time ever, releasing its own 2026 recommended maternal vaccine schedule.1 2 The new schedule is endorsed by 13 medical societies and health organizations including the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and […]
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 […]
Denmark Publicly Apologizes for Involuntary Birth Control in Greenland
From 1966 to 1991, thousands of Greenlandic women and girls as young as 13 years old were fitted with intrauterine birth control devices without their knowledge or consent under the direction of Danish authorities. Records of 4,500 women—about half of the 9,000 women of fertile age living in the country at the time—who were victims […]
Study on Aluminum Vaccine Adjuvants Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be
On July 15, 2025, a study conducted in Denmark was published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine that concluded there is no evidence of a link between the aluminum vaccine adjuvant in and a wide range of chronic health conditions, including asthma, autism, and autoimmune diseases. The cohort study looked at data from 1,224,176 […]
WHO Declares Monkeypox a Global Health Emergency
On Aug. 14, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox (mpox) a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). “Today, the Emergency Committee met and advised me that in its view, the situation constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,1 2 3 […]