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London Izabella-Ryén Gadd was just 12 years old when she died. She was a bright, empathetic, and deeply loved young girl who locked arms with her mom when they walked together and felt everything more deeply than most. Looking back at her life, it is clear that London was not a broken child. When she…Continue reading Not Broken, Betrayed: How the System Killed 12-Year-Old London Gadd
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Nobody in their right mind would seriously defend the puppy mill operations that exist in the United States. Yet, like so many other seemingly well-intentioned causes captured by the nonprofit industrial complex (which, let’s not forget, often profits from a problem rather than solving it), the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals…Continue reading The Puppy Mill Industrial Complex
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As of 2022, one in four emergency departments in the United States was staffed by a private equity-owned physician group. That figure is likely higher today, given the rapid pace of acquisitions since then. Here is an example. When ER physicians arrived for work at Valley Health in Winchester, VA, on April 2nd, they had…Continue reading The Private Equity Takeover of America’s Emergency Rooms
By Jefferey Jaxen Are you familiar with “forever chemicals”? You should be. “Forever chemicals” are man-made chemicals and substances that do not break down after they are released into the environment and they build up in our blood and organs. Our friends at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) call these substances PFAS (from “perfluoroalkyl and…Continue reading “Forever Chemicals” Test The Fate of America’s Drinking Water
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BOSTON –The founder of the Arizona pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics was ordered to spend 5 1/2 years in prison Thursday for orchestrating a bribery and kickback scheme prosecutors said helped fuel the opioid crisis which has killed almost 400,000 people. Local Boston ABC affiliate WCVB5 reports: “John Kapoor, 76, the former chairman of Insys Therapeutics,…Continue reading Insys Pharmaceutical Founder Gets 5 1/2 Years for Pushing Opioid, Execs Also Sentenced
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A breaking press release by The Royal Society of Medicines SAGE Publishings states, A new analysis of the clinical trials of HPV vaccines to prevent cervical cancer raises doubts about the vaccines’ effectiveness. The analysis, published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, assessed 12 published Phase 2 and 3 randomised controlled efficacy trials…Continue reading BREAKING NEW ANALYSIS: Doubts raised about effectiveness of HPV vaccines
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By Jefferey Jaxen “We have to think about it differently than deleting misinformation.” -Prof. Heidi Larson, Ph.D., Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project Social media is the modern public square, and in 2019 it did something historically repugnant: Using the vague, dumbed down term “misinformation,” the dominating communications platforms of our time began a tricky…Continue reading WHO Admits to Failed Social Media Censorship Attempt
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The New Jersey bill seeking to remove religious exemptions to vaccination failed to get enough votes as the 2019 legislative session came to a close. A previous week of record protests against the bill at New Jersey’s state house spilled into Monday as a crowd of thousands swelled outside the building. Sustained chanting, bullhorns and…Continue reading Record Protests Stall NJ Bill Seeking To Remove Religious Exemption
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WATCH THE HIGHWIRE’S LIVE COVERAGE BELOW: New Jersey bill S2173/A3818 is scheduled for a vote today [Monday] according to New Jersey’s legislative calendar sometime during the 12:00 senate chamber session. Yesterday, NJ.com reported “On the eve of one of the most dramatic votes in recent Statehouse history, state Senate leaders struggled again to find enough…Continue reading LIVE VIDEO: New Jersey Votes to Eliminate Religious Exemption to Vaccination
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