CDC Gives More Than $3 Billion to Local and State Health Departments
Officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that they are distributing $3.2 billion to state, local, and territorial health departments across the United States in what they describe as an attempt to “strengthen” public health initiatives. CDC director Rochelle Walensky, MD said the money will give local agencies critical funding […]
Group B Strep Vaccine for Pregnant Women on Fast Track for FDA Approval
Pfizer is conducting phase 2 trials for the development of a vaccine that will target pregnant women to prevent newborns from infection with Group B Streptococcal (GBS). The vaccine was granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in September and the agency has indicated it will fast track the product’s […]
Oxford Study Finds Increased COVID Infection Rate Among the COVID Vaccinated
Researchers from Oxford University in the United Kingdom published a study in The Lancet finding that those who received two doses of COVID-19 shot were 44 percent more likely to be infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus than those who were unvaccinated.1 2 The study, published on June 30 2022, collected data from Dec. 8, 2020 […]
Another Study Confirms COVID Vaccine Alters Menstrual Cycles
A study published in the BMJ Medicine in August 2022 involving almost 20,000 women found an association between those who received a COVID-19 shot and an increased length in menstrual cycles. Of the 15,000 vaccinated women in the study, two-thirds received Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID messenger RNA (mRNA) biologic, but the data also included women who received […]
Study Finds Aluminum in Vaccines May Raise Asthma Risks
A new federally funded study has found a possible association between aluminum-containing inactivated vaccines injected into children under age two and the risk of developing asthma before age five. Researchers are urging caution in interpretation of the results of the retrospective observational study and say more research is needed to confirm the findings.1 Researchers gathered […]
FDA Issues New Warning of Cancers Linked to Breast Implants
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety communication on Sept. 8, 2022 warning that certain cancers may develop in scar tissue “capsules” that form around breast implants. Cancers cited in the report include squamous cell carcinoma and various lymphomas. The malignancies are not exclusive to a certain type of implant and have […]