California’s Autism Epidemic Worse Than Ever
On June 29, 2015, then-governor of California Jerry Brown signed into law California Senate Bill 277. The law, which took effect on July 1, 2016, removed the personal belief/religious exemption to vaccination for children attending public and private schools and daycare centers. SB 277 was followed by SB 276 and its companion bill SB 714 […]
Pfizer COVID Shot Linked to Death of Woman in Minnesota
An 82-year-old woman died in a hospital in Twin Cities, Minnesota on June 2, 2022, 16 days after receiving a second booster dose of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Comirnaty messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 shot. Described by one of her two daughters, Leanne Goth, as a “vital, energetic person,” Darlene Carlson was vaccinated on May 17 and within five […]
Omicron Found Mostly in Vaccinated Americans So Far
On Dec. 1, 2021, the first case of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant known as Omicron (initially designated “B.1.1.529”) in the United States was confirmed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in California. The case involves a fully vaccinated individual in San Francisco who had returned from a trip to South Africa […]
Pfizer Raises Sales Forecast for COVID-19 Biologic to $33.5 Billion in 2021
Pfizer, Inc. reported that the company sold $7.8 billion worth of their COVID-19 biologic BNT162b2 in the second quarter of this year raising the company’s 2021 sales forecast for the two-dose vaccine to $33.5 billion from the previously estimated $26 billion.1 The $7.8 billion from direct sales of the shot is split with its German […]
State and Local Governments and Companies Offer Incentives to Get Vaccinated for COVID-19
Story Highlights As the demand for COVID-19 vaccines slows across the country, governments and businesses are offering a wide range of incentives to try to boost vaccination rates. In addition to a variety of cash lotteries, some of the offerings include air travel, college scholarships, state park passes, fishing or hunting licenses and complimentary food […]
CDC Funds New Hampshire Vaccine Registry
New Hampshire’s Executive Council voted on Dec. 18, 2019 to accept $1.5 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to create an Immunization Information System (IIS). According to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, New Hampshire is currently the only state without vaccine tracking system.1 The IIS electronic tracking […]
Rare Disorder May Explain 11-Year-Old’s Sudden Odd Tics and Moodiness
Spring came late to Minnesota this year… the land of 10,000 lakes still frozen long past usual. But in the pleasant town of Prior Lake, April marked a year since the Barnes family’s lives changed forever. Eleven-year-old Parker, the oldest in the top bunk—a rambunctious, outgoing boy until midway through fourth grade. Parker started acting […]
