MMR Whistleblower
When I showed up to start work at Merck, they were dealing with a potential product recall. It wasn’t just something that was casually discussed, it was a sky-is-falling level event. The crisis surrounded Merck’s blockbuster selling MMR vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella and worries that it might be defective. It was the end […]
Vaccination Rates Decline Worldwide
Vaccination rates have significantly decreased around the world from pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, according to a 2023 immunization coverage report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF last month. The report, released on July 14, 2024, is the world’s most extensive dataset on vaccination trends targeting 14 diseases. This report analyzed estimates from 185 […]
Study Shows Declining Childhood Vaccination Rates in U.S.
A study published recently in the journal Pediatrics showed that in 2019 more than one in six children in the United States aged 19 to 35 months old did not receive all of the doses of vaccines recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).1 The study examined the vaccination uptake rates […]
The Media’s Obsession With the ‘Debunked’ Lancet Study
How many times have you read or heard about the “debunked”1 2 3 study published in the British medical journal The Lancet in 1998 that described “gastrointestinal and developmental regression in a group of previously normal children?”4 Probably lots of times, particularly if you follow the debate on the safety of vaccines and the ethics of mandatory vaccination. […]
Baby Girl in Cuba Dies Two Days After Getting MMR Vaccine
A one-year-old girl died in Cuba on Oct. 9, 2019 two days after receiving an MMR (mumps, measles, rubella) vaccination. Paloma Domínguez Caballero was administered the vaccine at a clinic near Havana on Oct. 7. Within two hours, the toddler began to have symptoms of severe adverse reactions.1 2 According to Paloma’s mother, “First we […]
The Dose Makes the Poison in Pet Vaccines
Story Highlights Almost all states in the U.S. require certain core vaccines for companion animals including dogs, cats and ferrets, with many expected to be repeated annually. Vaccine dosages are given on a one-size-fits-all basis, so that Chihuahua puppies and full grown Mastiffs receive the same amount of vaccine. Despite data showing that small breeds […]