CDC Funded Pro-COVID Vaccine Podcasts and Ad Campaigns
Nonprofit organizations received millions of taxpayer dollars from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support vaccine-confidence initiatives that included podcasts, paid social media advertisements, and other advertising campaigns designed to influence public attitudes toward COVID-19 shots and encourage Americans to comply with federal COVID shot recommendations and mandates. Among the initiatives […]
Federal Appeals Court Questions Judge’s Block of Kennedy’s Vaccine Advisory Committee Appointments
A U.S. federal appeals court has questioned the authority of a Massachusetts judge who suspended 13 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), a federal vaccine advisory committee appointed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. The three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit heard […]
Study on Experimental COVID-19 Biologic Retracted Over Fabricated Data, Falsified Images
A July 2022 peer-reviewed study published in Science Translational Medicine about the potential benefits of another experimental COVID-19 vaccination was retracted on Oct. 14, 2026, due to fabricated data and falsified images, according to the journal’s retraction notice.1 The original study contained four key claims by researchers: that an experimental COVID-19 shot could protect against […]
Inhaled mRNA Respiratory Vaccines to Be Developed Under $20.7 Million Government Contract
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System has received a five-year federal agreement worth approximately $20.7 million to develop mRNA vaccine technologies targeting respiratory pathogens. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Defense through the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), with support provided through its Joint Science and Technology Office (JSTO) […]
New Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Developed by South Korean Company
South Korean biotechnology company Optipharm is developing vaccines to reduce the country’s reliance on imported biological products. The company is also researching the use of genetically modified pig organs for human transplantation. The two projects use different technologies and target different problems. Optipharm is developing vaccines using virus-like particles, or VLPs, while its transplant research […]
NIH to Launch Research Center on Vaccine Injuries
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) will launch a clinical research program and dedicated center to study individuals who were harmed by vaccines, including COVID-19 shots. Officials at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) discussed establishing the research center at the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland, with the program potentially beginning […]