WHO Report Projects Cancer Cases Will Nearly Double Worldwide by 2050
The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Status Report on Cancer 2026, released on July 8, 2026, projects that, without urgent action, new annual cancer cases will nearly double, from the current 20.6 million to nearly 35 million by 2050. While heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, cancer ranks second. The WHO attributes […]
U.S. Dentists Pushed to Vaccinate Patients
Historically, health care providers administer routine vaccines in primary care doctors’ offices or retail pharmacies. Over the past decade, several U.S. states authorized licensed dentists to administer vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now public health officials are evaluating proposals to permanently allow dental practices to routinely administer vaccines and provide vaccine education to patients. The […]
Sanofi Sues Pfizer and Moderna Over COVID-19 mRNA Shot Technology
More than six years after the introduction of COVID-19 shots, litigation over the technology behind the shots continues to expand. On July 15, 2026, Sanofi SA of France announced that it had filed two patent infringement lawsuits in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against Pfizer, Inc., BioNTech SE, and […]
Oral Vaccine Being Developed for Invasive Bacterial Diarrhea
Researchers are taking steps toward developing an live attenuated oral vaccine aimed at preventing invasive bacterial diarrhea caused by the Shigella bacteria.1 The Shigella bacteria can cause shigellosis—an intestinal infection characterized by diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps. It is one of four highly contagious bacteria that infects tens of millions of people around the world.2 […]
Meningococcal B Vaccine Fails to Protect Against Gonorrhea
A new randomized controlled trial (RCT) published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has found that the Meningitis B vaccine does not prevent gonorrhea infections despite a year-long mass vaccination campaign targeting at-risk men in the United Kingdom. After gonorrhea cases exceeded the highest levels ever recorded, the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) […]
CDC Again Changes Wording About Vaccines and Autism
Before Nov. 19, 2025, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) featured language on its website declaring point blank that vaccines do not cause autism. Specifically, at that time the CDC stated: “Studies have shown that there is no link between receiving vaccines and developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD). No links have been […]