Thimerosal to Be Banned from Use in All Vaccines in U.S.
In 1999, the U.S Public Health Service, along with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and vaccine manufacturers, jointly agreed that any potential risk from thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative found in some inactivated vaccines, warranted its removal as soon as possible. Over the next few years, most routine pediatric vaccines in the U.S. became thimerosal-free […]
Pfizer’s COVID-19 Shot Linked to Serious Damage to Eyes
A new peer-reviewed study out of Turkey has found that the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 biologic (Comirnaty) may cause significant and measurable changes to eye health that, for some individuals, could contribute to long-term or even permanent vision complications. The study, published in Ophthalmic Epidemiology on July 14, 2025 tracked 64 patients over a 2.5-month period, […]
Survey Finds Most U.S. Parents, Pregnant Women Reject CDC’s Vaccine Schedule
A survey from researchers at Emory University and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that only 35 to 40 percent of pregnant women and parents of young children in the United States intend to accept all government recommended vaccines.1 The survey was published as a research letter in the JAMA Network […]
Dental Floss Tested as a New Route for Vaccine Administration
In a 2025 study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, researchers reported that applying floss laced with vaccine components such as proteins and inactive viruses along the gum lines of mice triggered an immune response.1 The goal is to use dental floss to vaccinate large numbers of people during a pandemic. The researchers found that “Floss-based […]
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 […]
Study Calls for Genetic Screening Before Infants Get Vaccinated
A new peer-reviewed study published in the International Journal of Medical Sciences suggests that genetic differences in how infants metabolize vaccine ingredients may play a critical and previously underrecognized role in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)—the unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant under one year old. The authors of the study, published on Apr. […]