After years of large jury awards, preemptive settlements, and lost appeals in cases involving exposure to the weedkiller glyphosate, Bayer/Monsanto is trying to stop the company’s financial hemorrhaging with a state-by-state strategy to deny victims access to the courts. Editor’s note: On Tuesday, the Iowa State…
Dr. Geier’s work helped lead to the replacement of the whole-cell DTP vaccine with the much safer acellular DTaP vaccine now in use. He also discovered a link between mercury exposure from thimerosal in vaccines and childhood neurodevelopmental disorders — a discovery that changed the…
Vaccine safety advocates hailed HHS Secretary Kennedy’s plan to create an agency within the CDC focused on vaccine injuries and also long COVID and Lyme disease. In an interview with Chris Cuomo, Kennedy also revealed that when he asked an HHS agency for patient data,…
A child who died in a Texas hospital after developing pneumonia following a measles infection died as a result of “medical error” — including failure to administer the correct antibiotic in time, according to doctors who reviewed the child’s medical records, shared with Children’s Health…
American families will face increasing rates of environmental-related illnesses and premature deaths, including lung and cardiovascular diseases, due to the Trump administration’s sweeping rollbacks of air quality regulations, health professionals warn. By Dana Drugmand American families will face increasing rates of environmental-related illnesses and premature…
“Operation Stork Speed,” launched Tuesday by HHS and the FDA, will require increased testing for heavy metals and other contaminants in infant formula. The initiative also includes a nutrient review process and encourages manufacturers to improve product labeling and develop new products. After a meeting…
Food industry advocates have protested efforts to ban food additives, arguing the laws will make food more expensive. But supporters of the measures say the “Make America Healthy Again” movement associated with newly appointed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is giving…
As the Make America Healthy Again agenda gains popular support, more states are floating laws, written by the chemical industry, that if passed, will lead to more chemicals in the food supply and liability protection for chemical makers whose products harm human health and the…
Trump administration officials asked the CDC to perform the study, according to The Washington Post. The revelation came days after President Donald Trump, in an address to Congress, referred to the rising rate of autism in the U.S. Trump cited CDC data showing that 1…
Slaughterhouses and meat and poultry processing plants use large volumes of water to clean carcasses, machinery, work surfaces and floors. The wastewater can cause harmful algae blooms, kill swaths of fish and expose local communities to bacteria that cause gastrointestinal illness. By Natasha Gilbert Slaughterhouses…
Commercial beekeepers reported that, on average, they lost 62% of their colonies from June 2024 to February, according to a survey of 702 U.S. beekeepers. Preliminary sampling of live and dead bees has failed to show a cause, and a team of at least 16…
The CDC’s educational resources for K-12 students on disease outbreaks, the transmission of pathogens and how to trace their spread, on the surface, appear well-intended. Critics say the resources also look like propaganda designed to encourage compliance with public health policies and initiatives. The Centers…
A new meta-analysis published in the journal Nucleus identifies studies showing that pesticides can overwhelm cells’ defenses against them and interfere with cell communication in the brain. The authors review what is known at the molecular level about pesticides’ role in brain cancer. With the…
A new peer-reviewed scientific report outlines a mechanism by which non-ionizing radiation can disrupt the biology of living systems, even at levels much lower than what’s needed to heat tissues. The telecom industry has consistently claimed that non-ionizing radiation is harmless to human health. The…
Newly classified documents in the landmark lawsuit against Merck reveal that Merck and the FDA knew the vaccine maker didn’t conduct proper testing for DNA contamination, but covered it up. Children’s Health Defense is supporting the lawsuit. A landmark lawsuit against Merck is underway in a Los…
People vaccinated with the COVID-19 boosters in 2023-2024 were more likely to get COVID-19 than their unvaccinated counterparts, according to a study published last week in the Annals of Internal Medicine. People vaccinated with the COVID-19 boosters in 2023-2024 were more likely to get…
The 47-year-old had a good medical history and was not taking medication, according to a peer-reviewed study published Feb. 8 in the International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science. The authors said the finding is “significant” because it demonstrates that death can occur more…
During his second day of confirmation hearings for HHS secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the U.S. “will sink beneath a sea of desperation and debt if we don’t change course and ask the fundamental question, ‘Why are healthcare costs so high in the first…
The peer-reviewed study also found that vaccinated children had a 212% greater likelihood of developing other neurodevelopmental disorders, including ADHD, epilepsy/seizures, brain inflammation and tic and learning disorders. Vaccinated children have a 170% higher chance of being diagnosed with autism compared to unvaccinated children, according…
