COVID Shot Mandate Lawsuit Cost Seattle $875K
The City of Seattle has quietly paid $875,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by Marina Shinderuk, a former 911 police communications supervisor. Shinderuk was terminated in 2021 after declining the COVID-19 shot despite having received a religious exemption from the city.1 Shinderuk had worked for the 911 center for more than 14 years as a telecommunicator. When the […]
Study on Aluminum Vaccine Adjuvants Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be
On July 15, 2025, a study conducted in Denmark was published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine that concluded there is no evidence of a link between the aluminum vaccine adjuvant in and a wide range of chronic health conditions, including asthma, autism, and autoimmune diseases. The cohort study looked at data from 1,224,176 […]
Parents in Michigan Delaying Childhood Vaccination Due to Safety Concerns
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), in partnership with Michigan based I Vaccinate campaign, conducted a statewide survey in spring 2025 of parents with children under the age of six. The survey found that while most Michigan parents keep their children up to date on routine vaccinations, those who fall behind are […]
First-Trimester mRNA COVID Shot Linked to Late-Term Pregnancy Loss
Women who received their first mRNA COVID-19 shot during early pregnancy, specifically between weeks eight and 13, were significantly more likely to experience pregnancy loss than expected, according to a recent study in Israel. The study, which is the first national-scale analysis to examine gestational timing in relation to receipt of the mRNA COVID biologic […]
COVID Shot Religious Objection Lawsuit Revived for Employee Fired by Federal Reserve
A New York Federal Court of Appeals has revived a portion of a lawsuit against the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Two Federal Reserve Bank employees, Jennifer Diaz and Lori Gardner-Alfred, had sued the bank, alleging that they were illegally fired for claiming they had religious objections to the COVID-19 shots. The 2nd U.S. […]
Pre-filled Syringe Version of GSK’s Shingles Vaccine Approved by FDA
On July 17, 2025, officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted a license to GSK plc (formerly GlaxoSmithKline) to distribute a pre-filled syringe version of Shingrix (Zoster Vaccine Recombinant Adjuvanted) vaccine to control outbreaks of shingles (herpes zoster) in adults. The pre-filled syringe version of Shingrix was approved for use by adults […]