RSV Vaccines for Senior Adults Linked to Guillain-Barré Syndrome
On Feb. 29, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) presented a preliminary analysis that showed that 23 adults over the age of 65 who received a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine developed Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS).1 When a person develops GBS, including after an infection or […]
Pancreatic Cancer Increasing More in Young Women Than Men in the U.S. and U.K.
Data from Cancer Research U.K. (CRUK) showed that, since the 1990s, the rates of pancreatic cancer have significantly risen by up to 200 percent in women under the age of 25. Oncologists said that they do not have an explanation for why there is a significant surge in the rates among young women, with no […]
Agricultural Pesticide Found in 80 Percent of Americans Tested
A new study published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology reported the detection of chlormequat chloride—an agricultural pesticide known to have developmental and reproductive toxicity—in the U.S. population and food supplies. Chlormequat was detected in 80 percent of urine samples tested.1 Currently in the United States, chlormequat is only permitted for use […]
Walgreens Sued for Wrongfully Giving COVID Shots to Children
Parents in Evansville, Indiana have filed a lawsuit against Walgreens pharmacy store for administering the wrong vaccine to their children. Alexandra and Joshua Price took their four-year-old son and five-year-old daughter to Walgreens to receive influenza vaccines on Oct. 4, 2021, but instead the children were given adult doses of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Comirnaty mRNA ((messenger ribonucleic […]
CDC Reports Errors in RSV Vaccines Given to Pregnant Woman, Monoclonal Antibody Shots to Children
A new problem involving the RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) vaccines given to adults over age 60 and monoclonal antibody shots given to infants and children has been highlighted in a recent emergency newsletter called the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity, which is distributed to health care providers.1 […]
Bird Flu Outbreak in Oregon Leads to Mass Euthanization of Poultry
In November 2023, Oregon’s commercial poultry farm businesses experienced the first avian (bird) influenza outbreak in the state. In response to the outbreak, the state’s Department of Agriculture reported that approximately 800,000 chickens were euthanized.1 The two commercial poultry operations affected by bird flu were located in Linn and Marion counties in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. […]