Health Care Workers in Kentucky Given Criminal Liability Protection for Medical Errors
On Mar. 26, 2024, Kentucky’s governor, Andy Beshear, signed a new law that makes Kentucky the first state to grant criminal immunity to health care providers for unintentionally making medical errors that result in harm to the patient. House Bill 159, received unanimous support from both the Kentucky House and Senate members. The new law […]
CDC Investigating Reports of Illnesses from Botox Injections
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of Apr. 12, 2024, a total of 18 people from nine states have reported adverse reactions after receiving Botox injections from unlicensed or untrained individuals or in “non-healthcare” settings, such as homes and medi-spas. The states reporting adverse reactions to Botox include Colorado, […]
NC State University Building Investigated for Manmade Organic Chemicals (PCBs) Causing Cancer
In November 2023, the Poe Hall building, which is the College of Education and Psychology Department at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, was tested positive for the presence of manmade organic chemicals known as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).1 According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), PCBs are have been shown to cause […]
Study Shows Increased Cancer Deaths After Third Dose of mRNA COVID Shots in Japan
A 2024 study published in The Cureus Journal of Medical Science evaluated how age-adjusted mortality rates (AMRs) for different types of cancer changed during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2022) in Japan.1 Age adjusted rates is a statistical process to make fair comparisons between groups of different ages, especially with diseases such as cancer that tend to […]
“X” Owner Elon Musk to Pay Legal Bills of Canadian Pediatrician in Libel Lawsuit Over Free Speech Censorship
Canadian pediatrician Kulvinder Kauer Gill, MD has been given a helping hand by entrepreneur Elon Musk, owner of “X” (formerly Twitter), who volunteered to pay her legal bill in a libel lawsuit against the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CSPO) in Canada. In 2021, the CPSO, which is a regulatory body that grants […]
Artificial Intelligence Technology Predicts COVID Shot Uptake
Findings from a new study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research Public Health Surveillance showed that a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool is able to predict whether someone is willing to get a COVID-19 shot. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Northwestern University aimed to determine the predictive power of a small […]