Cardiac Deaths Have Increased 17 Percent in Years Following the COVID-19 Pandemic
A new population-based study conducted by researchers at Harvard-affiliated Mass General Brigham has found that cardiac deaths have increased significantly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with many occurring in homes rather than hospitals. Published May 30, 2025 in JAMA Network Open, the study offers one of the most comprehensive analyses to date examining […]
FDA Approves Yeztugo as Injectable Product to Prevent HIV in Adults and Adolescents
Last week, Gilead Sciences, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Yeztugo (lenacapavir), the company’s injectable HIV-1 capsid inhibitor, for use as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Yeztugo is not labeled a “vaccine” but is a pharmaceutical product intended to reduce the risk of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) via sexual activity […]
New Jersey Bill Requires Automatic Enrollment in State Electronic Vaccine Tracking Registry
Lawmakers in New Jersey have approved legislation that would require enrollment in the state’s electronic vaccine tracking registry, unless citizens actively opt out in writing. The bill for an “opt-out” vaccine tracking system, rather than operating an “opt-in” system, comes in response to decreased vaccination rates in recent years and health officials maintain it will […]
Clinical Trials Now Required for Annual COVID Shots Given to Healthy Adults
On May 20, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that new clinical trials will be required to approve annual COVID-19 booster shots for healthy adults under age 65. In a joint editorial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, FDA commissioner Marty Makary, MD and the director of the FDA’s Center […]
Know the Risks of Rhogam and Vitamin K Shots Given to Pregnant Women and Newborn Babies
Pregnant mothers and newborn babies are routinely given a number of shots. Two controversial shots are Rhogam and vitamin K. Since the 1970’s, mothers-to-be whose blood work shows that they are Rh factor (Rhesus factor) negative are told to get a shot of Rh immunoglobulin (RhoGAM) during pregnancy, as well as after delivery if the […]
CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel Purged
On June 9, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. fired all 17 members of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) committee that makes national vaccine policy—the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). “A clean sweep is necessary to reestablish public confidence in vaccine science,” Secretary Kennedy […]