First Trimester COVID-19 Shot Linked to Birth Defects in New Registry Study
A new registry-based cohort study out of Iran published in Sage Journals on June 15, 2026, has found a higher incidence of congenital anomalies, or birth defects, in babies born to women who received a COVID-19 shot within the first trimester of pregnancy compared with those who did not get vaccinated or were vaccinated after […]
“Vaccines” for Honeybees and Shrimp?
Researchers are investigating whether feeding inactivated bacteria to invertebrates such as honeybees and shrimp can act as “vaccines” by causing epigenetic changes that prevent disease, even though invertebrates lack the immune system typically targeted by traditional vaccines.1 The first vaccine for honeybees has received conditional approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2023 and […]
AI Designed a Universal Coronavirus Vaccine for Viruses Not Yet in Existence
University of Cambridge researchers have developed what they describe as a “fundamentally new” type of vaccine designed exclusively using artificial intelligence (AI), marking the first time a vaccine’s active antigen was created entirely through computational modeling and tested in humans. The vaccine candidate, pEVAC-PS, was developed by DIOSynVax Ltd., a biotechnology company founded out of […]
OB-GYN Trade Group Breaks with CDC and Makes Own Maternal Vaccination Recommendations
The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) has split from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the first time ever, releasing its own 2026 recommended maternal vaccine schedule.1 2 The new schedule is endorsed by 13 medical societies and health organizations including the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and […]
New Dengue Vaccine Suspended in Brazil After Severe Adverse Event Reports
Brazil’s Ministry of Health and the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) suspended a mass vaccination campaign using a new dengue vaccine developed by a Brazilian biomedical research center after severe adverse events, including deaths, were associated with certain batches of the vaccine. Authorities have opened an investigation into the incidents while continuing to assess the […]
AI-Fabricated Citations Infiltrating Medical Literature May Influence How Doctors Treat Patients
A first-of-its-kind audit of 2.5 million academic papers, published on May 7, 2026 in The Lancet, has identified more than 4,000 papers containing fake references that could not be traced to real publications. The audit analyzed over 97 million references across 2.5 million academic papers, marking the first academic study to examine the scale of […]