Jefferey Jaxen

Jefferey Jaxen is a health journalist and featured in his weekly segment, ’The Jaxen Report’, on The HighWire. As an investigative journalist, researcher, and compelling writer, Jefferey serves as Lead editor of The HighWire News and Opinion Team.

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Coronavirus

CDC Study: Pfizer Vaccine Linked to Higher COVID Risk in Children Under Five Without Prior Infection

A new CDC study found that children under 5 vaccinated with the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine without prior SARS-CoV-2 infection are 159% more likely to be infected and 257% more likely to develop symptomatic COVID-19 symptoms than unvaccinated children who have not previously been infected with SARS-CoV-2. Nicolas Hulscher, MPH, an epidemiologist with the McCulloughContinue reading CDC Study: Pfizer Vaccine Linked to Higher COVID Risk in Children Under Five Without Prior Infection

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Health & Nutrition

California Declares State of Emergency for Bird Flu Despite CDC’s Low Risk Assessment

California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for H5N1, commonly called bird flu, “to streamline and expedite the state’s response.” The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced two more avian flu cases in dairy workers, which brings the total to 36 cases in the state since the spring of 2024. Earlier thisContinue reading California Declares State of Emergency for Bird Flu Despite CDC’s Low Risk Assessment

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Vaccines

Aaron Siri’s Tucker Carlson Appearance Sparks Renewed Debate on Aborted Fetal Tissue in Vaccines

A clip of The Tucker Carlson show featuring ICAN Attorney Aaron Siri has gone viral. The clip discusses the use of aborted fetuses in vaccine research. This has sparked a debate about how frequently aborted fetal tissue is used in vaccines and other pharmaceutical drug research, development, and manufacture. There is also debate among commentersContinue reading Aaron Siri’s Tucker Carlson Appearance Sparks Renewed Debate on Aborted Fetal Tissue in Vaccines

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Science & Tech

White Coat Waste Project Uncovers $10 Million in Taxpayer-Funded Transgender Animal Experiments

The White Coat Waste Project (WCWP) revealed that $10 million has been spent on taxpayer-funded studies that use mice and monkeys for transgender experiments, including surgeries and hormone treatments. Senator Rand Paul released his annual Festivus report of wasteful government spending days before Christmas and included $33.2 million in transgender monkey research. The HighWire reportedContinue reading White Coat Waste Project Uncovers $10 Million in Taxpayer-Funded Transgender Animal Experiments

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Environment

EPA Approves California’s Electric Vehicle Mandate Amid Grid Overload Concerns

The EPA has approved a California plan to mandate 100% of new car sales in 2035 to be zero-emission vehicles, which is a waiver to exceed the authority of the Clean Air Act. The California plan requires 35% of all new car sales to be electric in 2026 and 68% of all new car salesContinue reading EPA Approves California’s Electric Vehicle Mandate Amid Grid Overload Concerns

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Policy

Great Barrington Declaration Co-Author, Jay Bhattacharya, Named NIH Director by Trump

Jay Bhattacharya has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be the Director of the NIH for the new administration. Bhattacharya is a professor at the Stanford School of Medicine and is most famously known as one of the three authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, which called for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns exceptContinue reading Great Barrington Declaration Co-Author, Jay Bhattacharya, Named NIH Director by Trump

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