ACIP Attacked for Urging ‘Shared Decision-Making’
Former CDC director Tom Frieden and colleagues recently published a JAMA opinion piece condemning the CDC vaccine advisory committee’s endorsement of “shared decision-making” for future Covid-19 boosters. They argued the shift was an ethical lapse—even an “abdication of responsibility”—particularly for older adults. But what the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) proposed was nothing […]
U.S. Fertility Rates Near Historic Lows
Fertility rates in the United States are now among the lowest levels ever recorded, based on provisional data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) earlier this month. According to the CDC report, the general fertility rate declined to 53.1 births per 1,000 women ages 15-44, down 23 percent since 2007, […]
U.S. Stillbirth Rates 17 Percent Higher Than CDC Reporting
A significant number of stillbirths are happening in pregnancies the medical system labels as safe and at a higher rate in the U.S. than previously reported, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Mass General Brigham. The study, published in JAMA on Oct. 27, 2025, […]
FDA Official Ties Deaths of 10 Children to COVID-19 Shots
On Nov. 28, 2025, Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer and Director of FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), issued an internal memorandum to FDA staff regarding an FDA investigation into child deaths associated with mRNA COVID-19 shots. The FDA concluded that federally recommended COVID shots have been related to […]
Study Calls for Genetic Screening Before Infants Get Vaccinated
A new peer-reviewed study published in the International Journal of Medical Sciences suggests that genetic differences in how infants metabolize vaccine ingredients may play a critical and previously underrecognized role in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)—the unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant under one year old. The authors of the study, published on Apr. […]
Early Onset Breast Cancer is on the Rise in Younger Women
Data from recent years shows that early onset breast cancer is on the rise, particularly in younger women under age 50. The breast cancer incidence rate is increasing at 1.4 percent annually in those under the age of 50, compared to 0.7 percent for women over the age of 50.1 While breast cancer incidence in […]