Larry Palevsky, MD on the Five Criteria of a Vaccine
I was taught in medical school what makes an injection a vaccine. Medical students and residents are told that an injection becomes a vaccine if it does five things. First, it gives you antibody immunity to a specific virus or to a specific single bacterium. Second, we are told, it’s a vaccine if you are protected from getting […]
NIH Cuts Funding for “Vaccine Hesitancy” Research
Certain areas of research funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is being reduced or discontinued with the justification that these areas no longer align with the agency’s current priorities. One of the areas in which funding will be cut is millions of dollars in NIH grants for studying vaccine hesitancy and strategies […]
HHS Plans to Close FDA Loophole that Allows Food Companies to “Self-Affirm” Safety of Ingredients
On Mar. 10, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revise a long-exploited loophole that allows food companies to “self-affirm” that their ingredients are safe.1 2 The FDA’s Generally Recognized as Safe, or GRAS, food designation was created by Congress in […]
CDC Plans to Conduct Study on Reported Link Between Vaccines and Autism
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is planning to conduct a study to explore persistent reports that there is a link between vaccines and autism, according to a Mar. 7, 2025 report first published by Reuters1 and followed by The Washington Post on Mar. 7, 2025.2 A Department of Health and Human Services […]
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Recalls 1.5 Million Bottles of Generic ADHD Drug
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a subsidiary of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. of Mumbai, India, is recalling 1.476 million bottles of a generic Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) medication called atomoxetine from the U.S market, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).1 Eli Lilly had once marketed the branded version of the drug, Strattera, but stopped […]
Iowa Bill Advances Requiring Drug Companies to Waive Immunity from Design Defect Vaccine Injury Lawsuits
An Iowa House of Representatives subcommittee advanced a bill that would prevent the sale, distribution and administration of vaccines in the state unless vaccine manufacturers have waived immunity from being sued in civil court for product design defect. The bill requires drug companies to waive immunity from vaccine design defect claims even though blanket immunity […]