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From Riviera Tan to Regulatory Limbo: How Sunscreen Became Big Pharma’s Favorite Cream

Updated 11:56 AM EDT, Wed June 17, 2026

We humans have not always been afraid of the sun. For much of history, exposure to glorious sunlight was simply part of daily life. Farmers, sailors, laborers, and children spent hours outdoors under the open sky, unknowingly nourished by the sun. Nobody warned us on a screen that the sun was dangerous, and nobody tracked…Continue reading From Riviera Tan to Regulatory Limbo: How Sunscreen Became Big Pharma’s Favorite Cream

Nature’s Reset: Light, Sound, & Mushrooms Challenge Alzheimer’s Inevitability

Updated 12:57 PM EDT, Mon June 15, 2026

Watching a loved one suffer from Alzheimer’s disease is a fate so heartbreaking that it is impossible to adequately express. For decades, the standard method of care has been to oversee cognitive decline while bracing for the inevitable. The disease is widely regarded as a one-way door, and the drugs to slow it down are…Continue reading Nature’s Reset: Light, Sound, & Mushrooms Challenge Alzheimer’s Inevitability

Built on Your Dime: The Special District Scheme Sweeping the Nation

Updated 12:38 PM EDT, Thu June 11, 2026

You toured the home. You loved it. You bought it. The neighborhood looked pristine, the sales agent was friendly, and nothing about the closing table suggested what was coming next. Then the first property tax bill arrived. Buried inside was a charge that had nothing to do with schools, county services, police, or fire protection.…Continue reading Built on Your Dime: The Special District Scheme Sweeping the Nation

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

Measles Passes 1000, Who Took Advantage During The Run-Up?

A lot has happened in a relatively short time. Although you would never know about much of it by listening to most corporate media reporting. We are told about one point, one incorrect angle, hammered home almost daily, American measles cases have broken one thousand and its primarily the fault of the ‘anti-vaxers.’ Most journalists…Continue reading Measles Passes 1000, Who Took Advantage During The Run-Up?

Updated 6:33 PM EDT, Sun June 9, 2019