Texas Man and Dairy Cattle Test Positive for Bird Flu
A man in Texas has tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu after direct exposure to infected dairy cattle. While this is the second recent case of bird flu identified in humans in the United States, it is the first time the disease has been found in dairy cattle.1 The first case of H5N1 in […]
The First Amendment, Brought to You By Pfizer
Pfizer now claims the right of a corporate sovereign, arguing that states have “no legitimate interest in regulating” the company’s commercial speech while demanding the power to censor Americans’ newsfeeds. The call for pharmaceutical supremacy came in Pfizer’s response to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s suit alleging that Pfizer committed fraud and “conspired to censor public discourse.” Pfizer embraces […]
Texas Attorney General Sues Pfizer Over COVID Shot
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, has sued pharmaceutical company Pfizer over its Comirnaty mRNA ((messenger ribonucleic acid) COVID-19 gene therapy. Paxton contends that Pfizer misled the public by claiming that its product, which had a purported 95 percent efficacy rate against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, would end the COVID pandemic.1 The lawsuit filed in Lubbock County […]
Texas House Passes Bill Banning COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates by Employers
Texas is one step closer to banning private employers from adopting or enforcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The CDC says COVID-19 vaccines work well to prevent severe illness, but the vaccines do not stop the spread of the virus as medical experts initially hoped. … The bill reads, ‘An employer may not adopt or enforce a […]
More U.S. Parents Reject HPV Vaccine Over Safety Concerns
A growing number of parents in the U.S. are choosing not to vaccinate their adolescent children for human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a new study published in the June 2023 edition of the journal Pediatrics.1 The study identified HPV vaccine uptake trends in an effort to develop strategies to combat increasing vaccine hesitancy. The researchers […]
Temporary Stay of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Continues for Federal Workers
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Louisiana, in a change of heart from its Apr. 7, 2022 decision, agreed to hear arguments against the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for federal workers. The court will hear the matter en banc which means that there will be a full panel of judges convened. This […]
