West Virginia Vaccine Mandate Upheld by U.S. Fourth Circuit
On Apr. 8, 2026, a federal appeals court found that West Virginia’s compulsory school vaccination law does not violate the First Amendment, despite the state not offering a religious exemption. In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed a preliminary injunction that had temporarily allowed a virtual school student […]
Australia’s COVID-19 Shot Injury Compensation System Criticized for Delays and Alleged Threats
Australia’s COVID-19 shot injury compensation system is under scrutiny, with injured individuals describing a slow, complex, and distressing process that has left many without timely support while their health and financial situations worsen.1 2 The federal government introduced the COVID-19 Vaccine Claims Scheme in 2021 as a “simple and quick” way to compensate people who […]
CDC Considers New Medical Code to Classify Vaccine Injuries
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is considering a proposal to formally recognize injuries associated with COVID-19 vaccinations as a diagnosable condition that can be recorded in medical records.1 The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), a standardized system used to classify diagnoses, symptoms, and procedures, could be updated under the proposal. Introduced […]
Study Finds All Major Pharmaceutical Companies Implicated in Bribery Schemes
A study published in February 2026 in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics is the first to compile decades of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) enforcement records into a single analysis. Researchers Kohler, Khan, and Bowra reviewed OECD Working Group on Bribery reports from 1999 through early 2025 and found that virtually […]
U.S. Fertility Rates Near Historic Lows
Fertility rates in the United States are now among the lowest levels ever recorded, based on provisional data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) earlier this month. According to the CDC report, the general fertility rate declined to 53.1 births per 1,000 women ages 15-44, down 23 percent since 2007, […]
The Informed Consent Principle: A Guide for Public Health Policy and Medical Ethics
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo invited NVIC Co-founder and President Barbara Loe Fisher to make a Grand Rounds presentation on the history of mandatory vaccination and the human right to exercise voluntary, informed consent to vaccination. This is a video of her presentation for employees of the Florida Department of Public Health in Tallahassee on […]