Most U.S. Health Care Workers Reject COVID-19 Booster Shot This Year
A recent study published in U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) showed a decline in the uptake of COVID-19 shots among health care workers in the United States this year.1 During the 2023–2024 respiratory virus season, fewer than one in six health care personnel working in acute […]
Idaho Health Department Bans Giving COVID-19 Shots
In Idaho, the Southwest District’s Board of Health has voted to prohibit COVID-19 shots from being administered in its medical facilities, a regional public health department in Idaho, has been prohibited from administering COVID shots to residents in six counties along the Idaho-Oregon border.1 The regional public health department serves Adams, Canyon, Gem, Owyhee, Payette […]
Canadian Man Euthanized After Diagnosis of ‘Post COVID-19 Vaccination Syndrome’
A man in his late 40s from Ontario, Canada, who had a history of mental illness, underwent euthanasia under the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program, after program assessors concluded that his physical decline was most reasonably attributed to post COVID-19 “vaccination syndrome” that developed after he received three COVID shots. The term remains controversial, […]
Immno-Castrator Vaccine to Sterilize Dogs Released in Chile
Chile has introduced a new vaccine that temporarily sterilizes dogs for one year. The vaccine, known as Egalitte, is expected to be sold in several countries, and was developed to provide dog owners an alternative to irreversible surgical castration.1 It was initially intended to address Chile’s growing population of stray dogs.2 “This is the first […]
Man’s Face Paralyzed After Receiving Pfizer’s COVID Shot
Larry Lowe, a 54-year-old resident of Omagh, Northern Ireland, experienced facial paralysis after receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech’s Comirnaty mRNA COVID-19 shot on Dec. 15, 2021. Prior to getting vaccinated, Lowe was healthy and physically active. Shortly after he receiving the shot, he developed numbness on the right side of his face and persistent pain. “I had […]
Alarming Rise in Heart Attack Rates Among Young Adults in U.S.
Heart attacks were once considered a condition primarily affecting older adults, but concerning new data reveals a rise in heart attack cases among healthy young adults. In 2019, approximately 0.3 percent of Americans aged 18-44 years old experienced a heart attack; however, that figure increased to 0.5 percent in 2023, translating to one in every […]