The Truth About Whooping Cough in the U.S.
Once again, this year, Americans are being warned that B pertussis whooping cough cases are on the rise and society is being endangered by parents who don’t vaccinate their children. That myth goes back to the early 1980s when parents of DPT-injured children in the U.S. were calling for a less reactive pertussis vaccine, because […]
Flu Shot Recipients “More Likely” to Get Influenza Than Unvaccinated
The American Medical Association (AMA) cites that the influenza vaccine is estimated to be 40-60 percent effective at preventing serious infections or death from the influenza virus that affects up to 40 million Americans every year. However, for the 2024-2025 flu “season” the influenza vaccine not only missed the mark on effectiveness, but is linked […]
CDC’s ACIP Forms Workgroup to Back New Lyme Disease Vaccine and Monoclonal Antibody Products
At an Apr.15-16, 2025 meeting of the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), it was announced that a workgroup had been formed to further development of a new vaccine for Lyme disease. The first session of the new group will take place in May with a presentation scheduled […]
HHS Halts Funding for Development of Next-Generation COVID Biologics
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has stopped U.S. government funding for the development of next-generation COVID-19 biologics by two companies, GeoVax, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia and CastleVax, Inc. of New York. The project had been funded by Project NextGen, a Biden administration initiative under the U.S. Center for the Biomedical Advanced […]
Guillain-Barré Syndrome Warning Added to Shingrix Vaccine in Australia
In February 2024, Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), the country’s national regulatory authority for drugs and, initiated an investigation into a potential association between GSK plc’s Shingrix shingles vaccine, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), which causes inflammation and damage to the nerves, that may include paralysis.1 The investigation was prompted by two reports of GBS following Shingrix […]
U.S. Government Accused of Hiding Deadly E. Coli Outbreak
A deadly E. coli outbreak reportedly linked to food was kept hidden by the U.S. government health agencies according to a new lawsuit. The California legal case alleges that a November 2024 E. coli outbreak sickened 89 people in 15 states.1 One person died while 36 others were hospitalized, including a nine-year-old boy who suffered […]