Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry Competes for Vaccine Market Share
China’s National Medical Products Administration has announced that two Chinese pharmaceutical companies, Walvax Biotechnology and Innovax, have been approved to start selling their own version of drugs previously available only through global pharmaceutical giants Pfizer, Merck and GlaxoSmithKline.1 Cecolin, developed by Innovax, will compete in the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) arena against Merck’s Gardasil and […]
Massachusetts Health Care Workers Refusing Free Flu Shots
Story Highlights Hundreds of health care workers in Massachusetts are declining the annual flu shot. Health care worker flu shot requirements vary from state to state. A recent study questions the scientific validity of mandating annual influenza vaccinations for hospital workers. Hundreds of health care workers in Massachusetts, including those in nursing homes and kidney […]
Life Expectancy Continues Downward Slide in America
During 2015, renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs appeared in a video titled “The Fatal Flaw of the Anti-Vaccine Movement.” In the video, Sachs attempted to explain why Americans and people in other wealthy countries are much better off now in terms of health than they have ever been, and that this is due to technology, vaccines […]
AAPS Sues Rep. Adam Schiff for Censoring Debate on Vaccines
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) is suing U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA). The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Jan. 20, 2020 by the AAPS and Katarina Verrelli, alleges that Rep. Schiff abused the federal government’s authority when he wrote Amazon, Facebook and Google last year […]
Big Pharma Companies are Exploiting the World’s Poor
Medicines are not evolving as fast as the multinational companies would like them to. Many drugs which have been around for a while don’t generate any more income because the costs of the patents have already been written off. So in order to make money, big companies nowadays are constantly looking for new opportunities and […]
2020: Both Sides All In, As Vaccine Legislation Revs Up
There were a record 221 vaccine-related pieces of legislation introduced across 40 states (plus Washington, DC) in 2019. Some battles were won, some were lost, while other battles loom in the near future. 2020 is likely to be a crucial year in the U.S. for medical choice, parental consent, religious freedom, open debate, and Constitutionally-guaranteed […]