Use of Vaccination Metrics in Physician Payment Programs Discouraged by CMS
A new State Health Official (SHO) letter from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)—the federal agency that oversees Medicaid and sets quality and payment standards for state health programs nationwide—provides new federal guidance that challenges a long-standing federal policy financially incentivizing physicians to vaccinate their patients, particularly children.1 CMS announced on Dec. 30, […]
Former Top CDC Officials Hired by California to Invalidate CDC’s New Public Health Policies
Governor Gavin Newsom of California has hired two former senior officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help launch California’s Public Health Network Innovation Exchange (PHNIX).1 California, which has partnered with the states of Washington and Oregon, has introduced an alliance that will write public health guidance and issue vaccine […]
The Third Big Lie of Vaccinology
The Third Big Lie of Vaccinology—Insisting My Immunity is Dependent on Your Vaccination—runs contrary to basic logic and rationality. This Big Lie is based on fear-mongering and scapegoating, two of the most irrational and anti-scientific approaches to manipulating human behavior. It is surprising and dismaying that this lie is successfully foisted upon the population so […]
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, […]
Former FDA Director Regulating Vaccines Joins Eli Lilly
The former director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), Peter Marks, MD, PhD, who was responsible for the agency’s regulation of the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, joined drug giant Eli Lilly and Company after resigning from the agency on Mar. 28, 2025.1 Dr. Marks alleged […]
Cancer Treatments Using mRNA Technology Targeted as COVID Shots Sales Decline
BioNTech SE and Moderna, Inc., two leading pharmaceutical companies that developed the mRNA COVID-19 biological, are facing new financial and regulatory challenges as demand for COVID booster shots continues to fall and U.S. health policy changes reshape the vaccine market.1 Moderna cut its 2025 sales forecast to between $1.5 billion and $2.2 billion, down as […]