Editorial - The HighWire

Gene-Edited Fungi: Feeding the Future or Funding Control?

Updated 10:52 AM EST, Fri December 5, 2025

At first glance, the new genetically engineered fungal “meat” recently highlighted by Cell Press looks like classic future-food bait. Fast-growing. Protein-dense. CRISPR-tweaked so it digests easier, costs less, and mimics the texture of meat—all without the animal. No feathers, no fur, no heartbeat. Just vat-grown muscle mimicry via their altered Fusarium fungal strain. The scientists…Continue reading Gene-Edited Fungi: Feeding the Future or Funding Control?

False Alarms: Rethinking Breast Cancer Screening

Updated 4:43 AM EST, Tue December 2, 2025

“Mammograms do not save lives,” insists a former breast cancer surgeon, adding, “and the more mammograms you have, the higher your likelihood is of being diagnosed with breast cancer.” Yet, she points out that many “high-risk” patients are told to get mammograms every six months. Why is this? By now, those of us paying attention…Continue reading False Alarms: Rethinking Breast Cancer Screening

Long COVID: Vax, Spike, Clot, Repeat

Updated 6:05 AM EST, Sat November 29, 2025

A recent peer-reviewed study has emerged with findings that quietly confirm that the dreaded and debilitating Long COVID is the result of the experimental COVID-19 injections, not the virus itself, as many would like us to believe. Tellingly, every single vaccinated participant in the study was found to have fibrinolysis-resistant, Thioflavin-T-positive amyloid microclots circulating in…Continue reading Long COVID: Vax, Spike, Clot, Repeat

Monsanto contacting the journalists, activists it tracked on ‘watch lists’ in 7 countries

News broke in May when French media outlet “Le Monde” reported that they had access to a document drawn up at the end of 2016 by a lobbying firm for Monsanto. Le Monde writes: “Two hundred names. Political leaders and officials, journalists, leaders of professional organizations and public organizations, and even scientists. Line after line, their identities…Continue reading Monsanto contacting the journalists, activists it tracked on ‘watch lists’ in 7 countries

Updated 9:53 AM EDT, Wed June 19, 2019

NY LAWYER: ‘You don’t change people’s religious beliefs by passing a law’

New York state’s law ending religious exemptions from vaccines will have a profound effect in Rockland, where the county’s battle to contain a historic measles outbreak has been met by court challenges and stubborn pockets of resistance. Michael Sussman, a civil rights lawyer who successfully sued the county on behalf of parents of unvaccinated children with religious exemptions at…Continue reading NY LAWYER: ‘You don’t change people’s religious beliefs by passing a law’

Updated 6:58 AM EDT, Tue June 18, 2019

Is the CDC Foundation Directing Mailchimp’s Vaccine Censorship?

By Jefferey Jaxen On June 7 Mailchimp announced it had already shut down a number of accounts for “anti-vaccination content.” Mailchimp also announced it was adding the ‘anti-vaccination’ category to its routine searches for prohibited content. Nowhere on Mailchimp’s website did it elaborate what constituted ‘anti-vaccination’ content. Reporting on the move, CNBC writes “The company…Continue reading Is the CDC Foundation Directing Mailchimp’s Vaccine Censorship?

Updated 5:27 PM EDT, Sun June 16, 2019

New York Becomes 6th State To End Religious Exemptions For Vaccination

New York has voted to eliminate its religious exemptions to vaccination. The Democrat-led Assembly and Senate both approved the measure Thursday in the face of hundreds of protestors opposing the bill. Religious exemptions are still offered in 46 other states. The states that do not allow exemptions on religious grounds include California, Arizona, West Virginia…Continue reading New York Becomes 6th State To End Religious Exemptions For Vaccination

Updated 8:27 AM EDT, Fri June 14, 2019

Johnson & Johnson’s role in opioid crisis may be worse than Purdue’s

Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter filed suit in 2017, alleging several drug companies created a “public nuisance” through deceptive marketing that encouraged over-prescription and an oversupply of opioid-laced medications which created an epidemic of abuse. Hunter has said that Johnson and Johnson has acted like a “drug kingpin.” Purdue Pharma, the company behind the painkiller…Continue reading Johnson & Johnson’s role in opioid crisis may be worse than Purdue’s

Updated 11:49 AM EDT, Tue June 11, 2019

STUDY: 82% of Whooping Cough Cases Occur in Vaccinated

CNN is reporting: Conducted by scientists at the Vaccine Study Center, the research looked at nearly half a million children born between 1999 and 2016, and found that most whooping cough cases — 82% — occurred in children who were fully vaccinated or over-vaccinated. “The bigger picture is that we’ve had several outbreaks of pertussis…Continue reading STUDY: 82% of Whooping Cough Cases Occur in Vaccinated

Updated 4:09 AM EDT, Mon June 10, 2019