A Matter of Trust: Media Confidence Craters

“Pfizer’s marketing campaign that drove record-breaking profits rested on deception and falsehoods,” according to a lawsuit filed by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier against Pfizer for the way the company promoted its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. The lawsuit alleges that Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla and the company made false and deceptive claims about the vaccine’s safety,…Continue reading Florida Sues Pfizer, Alleging COVID Vaccine Safety and Transmission Claims Were Deceptive

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found “causal evidence” linking sugar consumption during the first thousand days of life to a higher cancer risk. The researchers analyzed a rare historical event when there was an abrupt end to sugar rationing in Britain in September 1953. They evaluated data from…Continue reading Early Sugar Restriction Linked to Lower Cancer Risk and Slower Aging in New Study

“New York has effectively prohibited the practice of the Amish faith within its borders,” according to a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court that asks the nation’s highest court to intervene. Three small, private Amish schoolhouses in rural New York were hit with $118,000 in fines for allowing unvaccinated Amish children to attend class. The…Continue reading Amish Petition Supreme Court Over Alleged Religious Discrimination and Vaccine Fines

An Ontario cross-sectional study of 39,761 students found that 21.1% of students, with an average age of 13 years, utilized generative AI for emotional support, and they were also twice as likely to have clinical emotional problems. The study only shows an association and does not prove causation. Young people who are struggling may be…Continue reading One in Five Kids Are Using AI For Emotional Support; The Bots Support Isolation And Suicide

A San Francisco nonprofit called Reflective has published a plan to spray sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, first by the ton and later by the thousands of tons, and to treat the result as a research step toward “monitored cooling” of the planet. The company said it does not advocate “deployment,” but they are advocating…Continue reading A Nonprofit Wants to Spray 25,000 Tons of Sulfur Dioxide; It Calls That “Research,” Not Deployment

California’s Department of Education told the federal government it would not answer questions about how it handles parental notification after two court rulings found secrecy policies likely violate parents’ rights. This comes after the Trump administration sent a letter to CDE asking for clarity on revisions it has made following the March Supreme Court ruling…Continue reading California Won’t Answer Federal Questions on School Gender Secrecy After Mirabelli Ruling