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 […]
Antibiotics Largely Ineffective for Children in Asia-Pacific Region
A recent report published in The Lancet Regional Health–Southeast Asia from previously published studies found high levels of resistance to the antibiotics commonly used for empirical treatment of sepsis and meningitis in babies and children in the Asia-Pacific region.1 Researchers from the University of Sydney in Australia conducted this study to guide the empiric treatment […]
Blood Pressure Drug Recalled After Oxycodone Found on Production Line
Drug manufacturer KVK-Tech, Inc. has issued a voluntary recall of blood pressure drug betaxolol after oxycodone was discovered on the production line. The recall notice, published Sept. 29, 2023 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), says the precautionary measure is being taken following the discovery of a single 5 mg Oxycodone Hydrogen Chloride […]
FDA Panel Statements Prompt Pharmacies to Pull Popular Nasal Decongestants from Pharmacy Shelves
Conventional over-the-counter cold meds promise cold symptom relief right on the front of their packaging, but U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisors have stated that an active ingredient in many popular cold medicines is not effective in relieving congestion when taken orally. An advisory panel for the FDA unanimously concluded recently that phenylephrine, a […]
Nearly 50 Percent of Federal Panelists Making Dietary Recommendations Have Money Ties to Food Industry
About half of the members of a U.S. federal government panel that shapes dietary recommendations in the United States have significant financial ties to big agriculture, processed food companies, weight loss companies, pharmaceutical companies, and other corporate organizations a recent report reveals. An additional four committee members had “possible” financial conflicts of interest.1 The Dietary […]
Blacklisting and Censorship Violates Freedom of Thought, Speech and Conscience | Barbara Loe Fisher
This is a commentary about a special report I have researched and written on the systematic shaming and blaming of parents with vaccine-injured children and the silencing of my voice and information published by the charitable National Vaccine Information Center in the digital public square—both before and after the declaration of a coronavirus pandemic in […]