Category: Health Education

Florida School Board Postpones Vote on Textbooks Until Publisher Addresses Pro-BLM and CRT Content

On May 7, the Collier County School Board (CCSB) convened a hearing to discuss the textbooks being considered for adoption for use in their school districts. However, when it was exposed that one of the publishers of the textbooks being considered—Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)—had posted a “commitment” to Black Lives Matter (BLM) on their website,…


Michigan Reports First Human Case of Rodent-Borne Hantavirus

Michigan health officials have announced the state’s first confirmed case of a human infection by the rodent-borne hantavirus, which causes a potentially deadly pulmonary illness with symptoms similar to COVID-19. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) confirmed in a release that an adult female in Washtenaw County was recently hospitalized with hantavirus…


DeSantis Vows to Oppose Republican School Board Members Who Support Critical Race Theory

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over the weekend vowed to turn the Republican political apparatus of his state against school board candidates who support teaching Critical Race Theory. “We’re not going to support any Republican candidate for school board who supports Critical Race Theory in all 67 counties or who supports mandatory masking of schoolchildren,” DeSantis…


Biden’s Proposed Funding of Critical Race Theory Puts US on a ‘Very Dark Path’: Inez Stepman

The Biden administration’s proposal to fund education programs informed by Critical Race Theory (CRT) is “dangerous and pernicious,” according to senior policy analyst at the Independent Women’s Forum, Inez Stepman. In April, the Department of Education proposed a new rule to prioritize funding education programs that incorporate the New York Times’ 1619 Project and critical race theorist Ibram X. Kendi into…


FDA Warns People With Seafood Allergies Not to Eat Cicadas

Eating cicadas—fleshy insects that some people see as a tasty delicacy—is ill-advised for people allergic to seafood, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned. “Yep! We have to say it! Don’t eat #cicadas if you’re allergic to seafood as these insects share a family relation to shrimp and lobsters,” the agency said in a…


High School Valedictorian’s Speech Censored for Being ‘Very Christianized’

A valedictorian’s speech in a Michigan high school is being canceled over concern that it is “very Christianized,” according to a letter (pdf) from First Liberty Institute. First Liberty, a nonprofit law firm dedicated to defending religious liberty, is representing graduating senior student at John Glenn High School, Savannah Lefler. She submitted her speech on May 19…


Moderna Applies for Full ‘Biologics License’ Approval of Its COVID-19 Vaccine

Moderna on Tuesday applied for a so-called “biologics license” for its COVID-19 vaccine, a step up from its current emergency use authorization that would open the shot to interstate commerce and allow the drugmaker to market it directly to consumers. The company’s mRNA vaccine was approved for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration…


McKinsey Hit With Fresh Opioid Lawsuit as NYC Sues Over ‘Worst Man-Made Epidemic in History’

New York City and nearly two dozen New York counties have filed a lawsuit against McKinsey & Company, accusing the consulting firm of turbocharging the opioid epidemic by helping devise strategies to boost sales of the addictive painkillers. The lawsuit against McKinsey was filed in Suffolk County’s state Supreme Court on Tuesday, with the plaintiffs…


US Begins Study on Mixing COVID-19 Vaccines, Booster Shots

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced Tuesday that it has started a clinical trial of adults fully vaccinated against COVID-19 receiving a different booster shot approximately three to four months later. The study will determine the safety and immunogenicity of mixed booster regimens against COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party)…


Research Suggests Mild COVID-19 Illness Leaves Behind Lasting Antibody Protection

People who had mild COVID-19 have long-lasting antibody protection, according to a study by researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Scientists found that individuals who have recovered from a mild case of COVID-19 have long-lived plasma cells in their bone marrow that secretes low levels of antibodies against the CCP (Chinese…