Category: Editor’s Picks

Most Infected in COVID Outbreak at CDC Conference Were Vaccinated, Agency Confirms

A COVID-19 outbreak unfolded at a conference held by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) despite most attendees being vaccinated. About 1,800 CDC staffers and others gathered in April in a hotel in Atlanta, where the CDC is headquartered, for a conference focused on epidemiological investigations and strategies. On April 27, the…


Health Care Workers Win Revival of Lawsuit Against Maine COVID Vaccine Mandate

A lawsuit challenging Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers was revived on May 25 by a federal appeals court. U.S. District Judge Jon Levy, an Obama appointee, wrongly tossed the case when he ruled in 2022 that the mandate is “rationally based,” judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit…


FDA Detects Serious Safety Signal for COVID-19 Vaccination Among Kids

Children of certain ages who received Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine face an elevated risk of heart inflammation, according to a new federally funded study. Vaccinated children aged 12 to 17 face a heightened risk myocarditis, a form of heart inflammation, and a related condition called pericarditis, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) researchers found. The number of…


Messenger RNA COVID-19 Vaccines Linked to Increased Risk of Vaginal Bleeding

Women vaccinated with the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are at higher risk of vaginal bleeding, according to a new study. One or more doses of the messenger RNA shots increased the risk of the bleeding in women aged 12 to 74, Swedish researchers reported in the study, published on May 3 by the British…


COVID Vaccine-Injured Sue Biden Administration Over Censorship

A woman who suffered severe nerve damage after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination and four others with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 vaccine injuries launched a lawsuit against President Joe Biden and his administration on May 22. Top government officials violated the plaintiffs’ rights to free speech and peaceful assembly when they pressured Big Tech companies to…


Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Becomes Unavailable in US

One of the four COVID-19 vaccines authorized in the United States is no longer available, the nation’s public health agency says. The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine “is no longer available in the U.S.,” the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a recent update. That’s due to the vaccine expiring on…


Messenger RNA COVID-19 Vaccines Had No Effect on Overall Mortality: Trial Data Reanalysis

The Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines did not impact overall mortality, a reanalysis of clinical trial data found. The two vaccines, both based on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, protected against deaths from COVID-19 but that effect was offset by vaccinated trial participants being more likely to die from cardiovascular problems, Christine Stabell Benn, a health professor…


IN DEPTH: Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates End, Prompting Relief

President Joe Biden’s remaining COVID-19 vaccine mandates have been rescinded, marking the end of requirements supporters say saved lives but critics say were unsupported by science. The U.S. government’s mandates for federal workers, federal contractors, and many foreign travelers ended at 12:01 a.m. on May 12. “I feel a lot of relief and peace, not…


Florida Surgeon General Hits Back at FDA, CDC Over COVID-19 Vaccine Safety

U.S. officials are gaslighting the public about COVID-19 vaccine safety, a top Florida public health official says, as he urged the officials to investigate concerns with the shots. “Your ongoing decision to ignore many of the risks associated with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, alongside your efforts to manipulate the public into thinking they are harmless, have…


US Failure to Recognize Natural Immunity Negatively Affected Pandemic Response: NIH Scientist

The failure to recognize how post-infection immunity is similar or superior to that bestowed by vaccination led to prolonged school closures and other problems, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientist was set to tell Congress on May 11. U.S. health agencies “chose to disregard natural immunity,” leading to “lost jobs, staffing shortages, children kept…