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 […]
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 […]