Vaccination Rates Decline Worldwide
Vaccination rates have significantly decreased around the world from pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, according to a 2023 immunization coverage report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF last month. The report, released on July 14, 2024, is the world’s most extensive dataset on vaccination trends targeting 14 diseases. This report analyzed estimates from 185 […]
Novel Breast Cancer Vaccine Technology Receives Japanese Patent
Anixa Biosciences, Inc. of San Jose, California announced on July 17, 2024, that its collaborator, the Cleveland Clinic, has received a “Decision to Grant” notice from the Japan Patent Office (JPO) for the patent application titled “Vaccine Adjuvants and Formulations” for its novel breast cancer vaccine technology. The company is two decades into developing a […]
Bird Flu Outbreak in Oregon Leads to Mass Euthanization of Poultry
In November 2023, Oregon’s commercial poultry farm businesses experienced the first avian (bird) influenza outbreak in the state. In response to the outbreak, the state’s Department of Agriculture reported that approximately 800,000 chickens were euthanized.1 The two commercial poultry operations affected by bird flu were located in Linn and Marion counties in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. […]
Washington, DC Will Not Allow Unvaccinated Students to Get a Public School Education
District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) students who failed to get the school district’s mandated vaccines were prohibited from attending school beginning Dec. 5, 2023. At the beginning of the 2022-23 school year, 23,000 DC public school students had not received all the mandated vaccines.1 Although the school vaccine mandates have always been in place […]
“Needle-Free” Vaccines Pushed by Gates Foundation, U.S. Government
The pharmaceutical industry is continuing to receive funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. government to develop vaccines that can be administered without using a syringe. Last month, the Gates Foundation awarded a $23.6 million grant to Micron Biomedical, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia to manufacture needle-free vaccines. This was followed by […]
Private Equity Buyouts of Health Care Facilities Comes With Cost to Patients
The rising trend in burnout of health care workers in recent years has presented an opportunity for private equity corporations in the United States to invest in the health care market at record high rates.1 For several decades, multibillion-dollar corporate giants have been gaining control of many sectors of American society, including the food industry […]