First Trimester COVID-19 Shot Linked to Birth Defects in New Registry Study
A new registry-based cohort study out of Iran published in Sage Journals on June 15, 2026, has found a higher incidence of congenital anomalies, or birth defects, in babies born to women who received a COVID-19 shot within the first trimester of pregnancy compared with those who did not get vaccinated or were vaccinated after […]
‘Vaccines Even More Harmful Than Severe COVID’
I took two doses of Pfizer’s mRNA [COVID] vaccine unaware, at the time, that it was, in fact, a prophylactic gene therapy product and unlike any traditional vaccine. I’m a grieving vaccine injured doctor. I’ve been diagnosed with a persistent autoimmune condition related to loss of bifidobacteria in my gut, and advanced blood tests suggested […]
Novavax Expands Matrix-M Adjuvant Deals Through Partnership With Sanofi
Novavax, Inc. of Gaithersburg, Maryland is continuing to move away from relying primarily on direct vaccine sales and is instead focusing more heavily on licensing agreements and corporate partnerships. The company recently expanded deals with pharmaceutical giants Pfizer, Inc. and Sanofi SA as it attempts to build a more stable revenue stream following a sharp […]
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 […]
Patients Request Blood from Donors Who Have Not Received mRNA COVID-19 Shots
A growing number of patients are requesting blood transfusions from donors who have not gotten the COVID19 shot, according to a Mar. 28, 2026 report published in the journal Transfusion. In the report, researchers at Vanderbilt Medical Center Medical Center evaluated 15 cases over a period of two years between 2024 and 2025 in which […]
Pfizer/Valneva Aim for FDA Approval of mRNA Shot for Lyme Disease
On Mar. 23, 2026, Pfizer, Inc. of New York City, NY and Valneva SE of Saint-Herblain, France announced that they would seek regulatory approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an experimental mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) biologic shot against Lyme disease that they have jointly been developing since 2020. The shot, designated […]