The EPA is now offering zebrafish and rats for private adoption that were formerly used by the agency in laboratory testing. The new program will eventually include rabbits and mice. The EPA announced in April, as reported by The HighWire, that it would phase out animal testing, along with the FDA. The latest announcement has…Continue reading EPA Launches Lab Animal Adoption Program Amid Cuts to In-House Research
The USDA is going to breed millions of flies, sterilize them with radiation, and send them into Texas and Mexico to prevent a re-emergence of the New World Screwworm(NWS), also known as a flesh-eating maggot. The NWS is endemic to Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and some South American countries, but it was eradicated in the…Continue reading USDA to Build Sterile Fly Factory to Stop Flesh-Eating Maggots from Invading U.S.
The Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN) and REACT 19 held a joint press conference today to reveal a trove of secret recordings and FOIA documents of Peter Marks, the former Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. The press conference included ICAN Founder Del Bigtree, Attorney Aaron Siri, and REACT 19’s Brianne Dressen.…Continue reading ICAN Releases Recordings of FDA’s Peter Marks; Vaccine Official Dismissed Vaccine Injuries
A new research review published by Cambridge University Press evaluated 292 random control trials (RCTs) studying Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) in adults and found that half of the studies do not use a clear diagnostic criterion to ensure participants have the condition. “Our finding that half of the RCTs exhibited little or no interest…Continue reading New Study Finds Half of Adult ADHD Trials Lack Clear Diagnostic Standards
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended against influenza vaccines with Thimerosal as an adjuvant during the two-day meeting on Wednesday and Thursday. The CDC web page on Thimerosal in vaccines hasn’t been updated since December 2024 and states, “Thimerosal contains ethylmercury, which is cleared from the human body more quickly than methylmercury, and…Continue reading ACIP Votes 5–1 to Recommend Against Thimerosal in Flu Vaccines
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong declared his interest in creating a startup to work on gene-editing embryos, a type of editing that people say will lead to the creation of “designer babies.” CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) technology has been used in the medical field to help with certain conditions, and recently, a baby…Continue reading Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Eyes Embryo-Editing Startup
The USDA is going to breed millions of flies, sterilize them with radiation, and send them into Texas and Mexico to prevent a re-emergence of the New World Screwworm(NWS), also known as a flesh-eating maggot. The NWS is endemic to Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and some South American countries, but it was eradicated in the…Continue reading USDA to Build Sterile Fly Factory to Stop Flesh-Eating Maggots from Invading U.S.
The EPA is now offering zebrafish and rats for private adoption that were formerly used by the agency in laboratory testing. The new program will eventually include rabbits and mice. The EPA announced in April, as reported by The HighWire, that it would phase out animal testing, along with the FDA. The latest announcement has…Continue reading EPA Launches Lab Animal Adoption Program Amid Cuts to In-House Research