Denmark Publicly Apologizes for Involuntary Birth Control in Greenland
From 1966 to 1991, thousands of Greenlandic women and girls as young as 13 years old were fitted with intrauterine birth control devices without their knowledge or consent under the direction of Danish authorities. Records of 4,500 women—about half of the 9,000 women of fertile age living in the country at the time—who were victims […]
Despite Lack of Efficacy, Birth Control Drugs Remain First Treatment for Endometriosis
For almost 70 years, combined estrogen-progestin birth control pills have been a first line treatment for symptoms associated with endometriosis. Like most pharmaceutical drugs, the widely used treatment is a band aid approach. For women with endometriosis, even more frustration is met by the fact that there is no clinical evidence of efficacy and for […]
FDA to Release Report on Child Deaths After COVID Shots
On Sept. 4, 2025, the commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Marty Makary, MD, announced the agency will release a detailed report investigating deaths among children following receipt of COVID-19 shots.1 2 Dr. Makary stated that officials have begun carrying out an “intensive investigation” into reports submitted to the Vaccine Adverse Event […]
AAP and CDC Disagree on Vaccine Use Recommendations
Following new childhood vaccine use recommendations issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released its own childhood vaccine schedule that differs from the CDC’s new recommendations.1 Citing “evidence based” guidelines, the AAP issued a press release stating, “It (the AAP childhood vaccine schedule) differs […]
Some States Take Action to Separate Access to Vaccines from Federal Recommendations
As U.S. federal government vaccine policy shifts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the direction of Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., some state legislators are proposing legislation that separates access to vaccines from federal vaccine use recommendations.1 Under HHS Secretary Kennedy, sweeping changes have already […]
Thimerosal to Be Banned from Use in All Vaccines in U.S.
In 1999, the U.S Public Health Service, along with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and vaccine manufacturers, jointly agreed that any potential risk from thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative found in some inactivated vaccines, warranted its removal as soon as possible. Over the next few years, most routine pediatric vaccines in the U.S. became thimerosal-free […]