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The Make America Healthy Again movement, also known as MAHA, accomplished something unusual in American politics. In one fell swoop, it got millions of people to care, all at once, about what is in our food, our water, and our medicine. In a nation riddled with illness and disease, the health-driven energy behind MAHA is…Continue reading MAHA: The Gap Between the Promise and the Paperwork
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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
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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
Monsanto Trial Tracker by Carey Gillam USRTK.org After less than two full days of deliberations, a California jury ordered Monsanto to pay just over $2 billion in punitive and compensatory damages to a married couple who both developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma they say was caused by their many years of using Roundup products. After listening to 17…Continue reading Bayer Ordered to Pay $2 Billion to Cancer Victims
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bayer said on Monday its Monsanto unit, which is being investigated by French prosecutors for compiling files of influential people such as journalists in France, likely did the same across Europe, suggesting a potentially wider problem. French prosecutors said on Friday they had opened an inquiry after newspaper Le Monde filed a…Continue reading Bayer says Monsanto likely kept files on influential people across all Europe
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UPDATE 5/13: Jury says Bayer owes $2 billion in damages to couple with cancer caused by Roundup herbicide Reuters is reporting that Bayer has hired an external law firm to investigate French media evidence that Monsanto, the U.S. seed maker it took over last year, had compiled a file of influential personalities. Bayer’s move comes…Continue reading Roundup’s Final Countdown As Bayer Waits on Jury Decision
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REUTERS UPDATE:PARIS (Reuters) – The French prosecutor on Friday said it had opened a preliminary investigation into a suspected file assembled by Bayer’s seed maker Monsanto to influence various personalities in France. The probe was opened after a complaint was filed by daily newspaper Le Monde. French media outlet “Le Monde” had access to a…Continue reading “Monsanto File”: dozens of people classified illegally according to their position on the glyphosate
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Rather than repeat limited talking points, Oregon Senator Dennis Linthicum writes a refreshing article to debate issues surrounding America’s current legislative vaccine push. The article was the ‘Editor’s Pick’ for the local Oregon media outlet Herald and News. Senator Linthicum writes: “We have had 10 cases of measles this year, in a population of over…Continue reading Senator Debates America’s Legislative Vaccine Push
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“New York (CNN Business)Two months after Facebook pledged to fight vaccine misinformation on its platforms, and in the midst of a measles outbreak in New York City, Instagram is still serving up posts from anti-vaccination accounts and anti-vaccination hashtags to anyone searching for the word “vaccines. “Instagram, which is owned by Facebook (FB), has said it’s working to reduce the distribution…Continue reading CNN Angry Instagram Not Censoring More Vaccine Information
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