Novavax Signs Licensing Agreement With Pfizer for Vaccine Adjuvant Technology
Novavax, Inc. and Pfizer, Inc. have signed a licensing arrangement allowing Pfizer access to Novavax’s Matrix-M adjuvant technology to boost immune response to vaccines. The agreement will allow for use in vaccines targeting up to two infectious diseases.1 Novavax’s Matrix-M technology is an aluminum-free adjuvant designed to enhance the immune response in protein-based vaccines such […]
New Food Pyramid Calls for Placing Real Food at the Center of Health
Under direction of U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the U.S. government has released an updated food pyramid and dietary guidelines for Americans. The new guidelines prioritize “high-quality protein, healthy fats, fruits, vegetables and whole grains,” while also avoiding highly processed foods and refined carbohydrates.1 “My message is clear: Eat […]
Australia Adds New Mental Health Risks to Ozempic and Other Rapid Weight Loss Drugs
The government of Australia has added two new safety warnings about mental health and contraception for the popular GLP-1 agonist drugs like Ozempic designed to facilitate rapid weight loss. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), which regulates pharmaceutical products for Australia, issued the new safety warnings in December.1 Health professionals say that, while there is no […]
CDC Will Offer Contract to Investigate Link Between Autism and Vaccination
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) intends to award a contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to investigate links between autism prevalence and vaccination according to a notice on the federal website. The notice, posted in September 2025, indicated that the CDC planned to issue the fixed-price contract to the New York […]
Data on Myocarditis Risk from COVID-19 Shots Hidden
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) commissioner Marty Makary, MD, MPH recently said in a prepared statement that the Biden administration withheld data on heart inflammation risks from the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. The statement was made less than a week after the FDA’s top vaccine regulator, Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH confirmed that at least […]
Tens of Millions of Americans Experienced COVID-19 Shot Side Effects
It has been nearly five years since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fast-tracked the COVID-19 mRNA biologic and distributed it under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommending the COVID shot for every American. This was followed by many workplaces and universities across the […]