Autism Rate for American Children Now 1 in 33 and Likely Worse
Opinion | If you do a Google search for the current prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among children in the United States, you will likely come across the rate of 1 in 36. That’s the rate that was confirmed by an analysis published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) epidemiological […]
Medical Tourism Among Americans on the Rise
The number of people from the United States traveling abroad for medical care has surged in recent years. Although precise statistics are unavailable, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that millions of Americans now seek treatment in other countries.1 The phenomenon of medical tourism, where patients travel abroad for affordable or […]
COVID Shot Injury Claims Rarely Being Paid by U.S. Government
A report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) showed that claims made under the Health and Human Services (HHS) Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP) during the first few years of the COVID-19 pandemic have risen 27 percent since the program started receiving claims in 2009. However, only three percent of the COVID shot injury […]
WHO Declares HMPV Outbreak in China a Global Health Emergency
Are we looking at the early stages of what will become yet another declaration of a global pandemic? The World Health Organization (WHO) last week declared that an outbreak of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China is a global health emergency. At a press conference in Geneva on Jan. 2, 2025, WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus announced […]
Consumption of Seed Oils Linked to Colon Cancer
Processed and ultra-processed foods have been the highlight of many recent news stories over the past several years, and for good reason. Rates of chronic disease, mental disorders, and obesity in the United States continue to increase while the crushing weight of the financial burden on society also increases. Doctors and researchers have found yet […]
First Severe Case of Human Bird Flu Confirmed in U.S.
Officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have confirmed diagnosis of the first severe human case of “bird flu” or H5N1 avian influenza. They determined that the hospitalized patient, a resident of Louisiana, was exposed to “sick and dead birds in backyard flocks,” although the source of the infection in the […]