The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) “independent vaccine advisers” voted 15-0 on Oct. 20 to add COVID-19 vaccines to the 2023 childhood, adolescent and adult immunization schedules, prompting Americans to question the integrity of the agency’s panel tasked with making vaccine recommendations for kids. Schools and state legislatures use the CDC’s immunization schedules to set vaccine requirements for students […]
Uruguayan Judge Demands Government, Pfizer Turn Over Documents as Court Considers Injunction to Halt COVID Vaccines for Kids
Uruguayan government officials and Pfizer on Wednesday appeared in court after a judge gave them 48 hours to present detailed information on Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine while the court considers an injunction request to halt COVID-19 vaccinations for children 5 and older. Judge Alejandro Recarey of the Administrative Litigation Tribunal used his inquisitorial powers to demand the Uruguayan Ministry of Public Health, State Health […]
34-Year-Old Dies Suddenly After Pfizer Shot, CDC Not Investigating Deaths Reported to VAERS
The mother of a 34-year-old man who died suddenly two weeks after his first dose of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine said she believes her son would be alive today if he had had the information he needed to make an informed decision about the vaccine. Victor Castillo Simoes died May 5, 2021, from an acute aortic dissection — an uncommon […]
Top Critical Care Doctor Takes on Hospital Over Ban of Life-Saving Medicines Used to Treat COVID
A top critical care physician who filed a lawsuit against Sentara Norfolk General Hospital over its ban on administering life-saving drugs to treat COVID patients has had his hospital privileges suspended. Dr. Paul Marik, chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School and director of the ICU at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, learned about […]
NIH Senior Scientist Risks Job and License in Fight Against COVID Vaccine Mandates
A senior bioethicist who heads a research team at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is taking the lead at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the debate over the ethics of COVID vaccine mandates. Dr. Matthew Memoli, director of the Laboratory of Infectious Diseases at NIH, will argue against vaccine mandates during a Dec. 1 […]