Improving Science & Restoring Trust in Public Health | Jay Bhattacharya, MD
A substantial part of the NIH portfolio, appropriately, focuses on basic science. Basic science meaning fundamental biological facts that can be used in many many drug studies, other research where you don’t necessarily know specifically in advance when you’re doing it what the application’s going to be. The NIH, very appropriately, funds that work, especially […]
Media Blatantly Misinforms the Public on COVID Vaccination
In a video post on the social media platform X on May 27, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. stated: The COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC recommended immunization schedule. Last year, the Biden administration urged healthy children to […]
“Universal Flu Vaccine” Unveiled by DHHS
On May 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced plans to develop a universal influenza vaccine that would eliminate the need for annual flu shots and offer protection against other pandemic influenza threats, including bird flu and respiratory disease caused by coronaviruses. The initiative, called “Generation Gold Standard,” will cost […]
CDC Plans to Conduct Study on Reported Link Between Vaccines and Autism
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is planning to conduct a study to explore persistent reports that there is a link between vaccines and autism, according to a Mar. 7, 2025 report first published by Reuters1 and followed by The Washington Post on Mar. 7, 2025.2 A Department of Health and Human Services […]
Senator Hawley Applauds Trump-Backed NIH Nominee for Ensuring Ethical Vaccines, Challenging Big Pharma
I will absolutely follow the lead of Secretary Kennedy and President Trump on [prohibiting the use of aborted tissue in NIH-funded research]. During the pandemic, I would often be on Catholic radio, and people would ask me whether the mRNA vaccines were made or developed with aborted fetal stem cell lines, and I had to […]
U.S. Government Extends Liability Shield for COVID Shot Makers
On Dec. 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) announced it would extend through Dec. 31, 2029 liability protections for pharmaceutical companies that produce COVID-19 biologics. According to Bloomberg Law, the liability shield also protects “health professionals prescribing, dispensing or administering vaccines, including state-licensed pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy interns.” The […]