Reports of Blindness After Popular Weight Loss Injections
Nine new reports of blindness in patients who used Ozempic and Mounjaro, which are injectable GLP-1 agonist drugs containing semaglutide or tirzepatide, have prompted experts to sound the alarm on yet another potential side effect of the popular weight loss drugs. Sudden vision loss and blindness due to block of blood flow to the eyes […]
USDA Gives Conditional License for Bird Flu Vaccine Given to Chickens
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a conditional license approval for an inactivated avian flu (bird flu) vaccine to be administered to chickens eaten by Americans. The license is being granted due to H5N1 influenza virus infections spreading in U.S. poultry. The United States has avoided giving H5N1 vaccine to until now. The […]
Antibiotic Use Linked to Chronic Disease, Colon Cancer
A growing body of evidence demonstrates that antibiotics have serious unintended downstream health effects including colon cancer and chronic diseases such as allergic, autoimmune, metabolic, and psychiatric disease.1 A research article published in the journal Gut Microbes outlines several major studies linking antibiotics to adverse health outcomes, potential causes, and what health care providers should […]
FDA Approves GSK’s 5-in-1 Meningococcal Vaccine
On Feb. 14, 2025, British pharmaceutical and biotechnology company GSK plc announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved its 5-in-1 meningococcal vaccine PENMENVY for licensure and use in individuals aged 10 through 25 years. The vaccine targets five major serogroups of the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis (A, B, C, W, and Y), which […]
Young Girl Denied Heart Transplant Over Refusal to Get COVID and Flu Shots
The mother of a 12-year-old girl said an Ohio children’s hospital denied her daughter a spot on an organ transplant list due to her vaccination status, specifically the COVID-19 and flu shots. The mother, Jeneen Deal, who is related to Vice President J.D. Vance’s half-siblings through marriage, adopted Adeline from China when she was just […]
Measles Outbreak in Texas
There has been a lot of media attention given lately to the measles outbreak in Texas. The outbreak now accounts for 90 cases—77 of them involving children under the age of 18. It has been reported that “most of those infected” either have not be vaccinated for measles or have an “unknown vaccination status,” while […]