Editorial - The HighWire

Medicine’s New Priorities: Flu Shots During Surgery and Climate Rules in the OR

Updated 6:51 AM EDT, Mon October 26, 2026

Making the rounds of shock on social media has been this year’s advertising from CHOP’s (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia) “Close Your Eyes, We’ll Immunize!” Program. Active since 2023 across CHOP campuses for patients under general anesthesia or sedation, medical teams administer vaccines to children after induction – the transition phase where a patient is taken…Continue reading Medicine’s New Priorities: Flu Shots During Surgery and Climate Rules in the OR

The UN’s “Non-Binding” Pandemic Declaration: Sequence In, Shot Out

Updated 2:36 PM EDT, Wed October 21, 2026

On October 12, with little to no media coverage, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response. The vote was 153 in favor and 3 against. The United States, Israel, and Argentina voted no, and New Zealand and Paraguay abstained. The scant headlines moved on within a day,…Continue reading The UN’s “Non-Binding” Pandemic Declaration: Sequence In, Shot Out

The Kind of People Who Build Bridges for Animals

Updated 6:14 AM EDT, Tue October 20, 2026

Three mule deer wandered up to a brand-new bridge near Grass Lake, in the far north of California, and walked across it. The bridge was built just for them, and other animals, and a trail camera caught them taking advantage of it. Remarkably, the bridge was not even finished being built when they used it.…Continue reading The Kind of People Who Build Bridges for Animals

Are Statin Makers Eyeing the ‘Anti-Vaxxer’ Censorship Model?

By Jefferey Jaxen Imagine for a moment if drug manufacturers can act unethically when record profits are on the line – perhaps not a stretch. What if those unethical practices and manipulative methods were no longer working on the general public? What if an easier option presented itself? What if unethical pharmaceutical companies could magically…Continue reading Are Statin Makers Eyeing the ‘Anti-Vaxxer’ Censorship Model?

Updated 7:32 PM EDT, Sun July 14, 2019

STUDY: No Evidence Of Added Benefit In Most New Drugs

According to a newly released study performed at the independent German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care, more than half of the new drugs entering the German healthcare system show absolutely no added benefit. Between 2011 and 2017, researchers examined 216 drugs that passed regulatory approval and entered the German market. Most of these assessed drugs were…Continue reading STUDY: No Evidence Of Added Benefit In Most New Drugs

Updated 4:00 AM EDT, Fri July 12, 2019

11 New Cases of AFM Polio-Like Illness, CDC Looking For Answers

“I urge physicians to look for symptoms and report suspected cases so that we can accelerate efforts to address this serious illness,” CDC Director Robert Redfield, MD, said in a news release. Attempting to get out front of 2019’s new season of Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) after the CDC’s publicly embarrassing lack of effort in…Continue reading 11 New Cases of AFM Polio-Like Illness, CDC Looking For Answers

Updated 7:48 AM EDT, Thu July 11, 2019

Google Manipulating Search Suggestions to Hide Roundup’s Cancer Connection, Lawsuits

By Jefferey Jaxen Since Bayer’s merger with Monsanto, the company has had three Roundup cancer cases go to trial – and they have lost them all in spectacular fashion. Bayer AG is currently on the hook for $2.4B from jury decisions yet equally damning in the public eye has been the constant deluge of exposed…Continue reading Google Manipulating Search Suggestions to Hide Roundup’s Cancer Connection, Lawsuits

Updated 4:00 AM EDT, Wed July 10, 2019

3 Reasons Not To Trust The American Medical Association on Vaccines

By Jefferey Jaxen The American Medical Association (AMA) has taken what many view as an aggressive stance in order to remove several sacred and time-honored barriers to pharmaceutical products with known dangers. One would think that this impetus may be coming from only minority voices representing radical views unbecoming of a professional healthcare system. Shockingly,…Continue reading 3 Reasons Not To Trust The American Medical Association on Vaccines

Updated 8:39 AM EDT, Tue July 9, 2019

Johnson & Johnson: A Household Name To A Public Downfall

We are in the age of multiple historic trials exposing corporate wrongdoing. Alongside mainstream headlines of Bayer AG’s billon-dollar Roundup judgement has been other historic legal cases unfolding. In 2017 Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter accused Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries of creating a public nuisance for its alleged role in the opioid crisis,…Continue reading Johnson & Johnson: A Household Name To A Public Downfall

Updated 5:53 PM EDT, Sun July 7, 2019