DHHS Investigating Risks of Getting COVID Shots During Pregnancy
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is compiling case examples of reported harm related to receiving COVID-19 shots during pregnancy, according to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal in early September.1 Health officials plan to eventually publicly release the information they are compiling on the potential relationship between COVID shots and […]
European Commission Probes Sanofi for Possible Antitrust Violations Related to Flu Shots
French pharmaceutical company Sanofi said that European Commission (EC) officials carried out unannounced inspections at its premises in France and Germany as part of an investigation into its conduct in the seasonal influenza vaccine market.1 It is not clear whether the investigation has any impact beyond Europe, but Sanofi produces influenza vaccines for the U.S. […]
Barbara Loe Fisher on Medical Exemptions to Vaccination
[I]n most cases, exemptions to vaccination are an illusion, a smokescreen. Exemptions are a tacit approval and validation of oppressive vaccine mandates controlled by ‘medical authorities,’ who we have to beg for the legal right to decline to take a product that can injure, kill or fail to prevent infection so we can go to […]
CDC Committee No Longer Recommends MMRV Vaccine for Children Under Four
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met on Sept. 18-19, 2025 to review recommendations on childhood vaccines, including the combined live virus measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (MMRV) shot, marketed under the brand name ProQuad®. In a notable shift, the panel voted not to recommend the […]
Depo-Provera Birth Control Injection Linked to 53 Percent Greater Brain Tumor Risk
A substantial body of research has linked a popular birth control injection—medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), marketed under the brand name Depo-Provera®—to meningiomas, the most common type of brain tumor. While meningiomas are typically classified as benign, untreated tumors or atypical and malignant cases can still grow aggressively and lead to life-threatening complications such as increased intracranial […]
The Battle Over Injecting Hepatitis B Vaccine Into Babies on the First Day After Birth
Last week, a very public battle over the wisdom of the at-birth hepatitis B vaccination policy started playing out at a Sept. 18-19, 2025 meeting of U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) when a majority of the newly appointed members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)1 went head to head with pharmaceutical […]