VA to Reconsider Benefits for Ill Gulf War Vets/ WP

This was told to me by pharmacists, who stated that the decision came from their corporate offices.  It seems the companies have not posted the information on their websites at this time.  Last year, CVS corporate refused to fill hydroxychloroquine prescriptions for Covid. As I mentioned earlier, these decisions are unprecedented for a licensed drug. …

This NEJM Article points out that, although, “Drug labels are written by drug companies, then negotiated and approved by the FDA,” still, “information gets lost between FDA review and the approved label.” What often gets lost is data on harms due to the drug. Several examples are included, and it turns out that two popular…

See the blog post below this one (from the NYT) on how Inspector Generals from over 70 federal agencies have been (illegally) (and continue to be) denied information by the agencies they are supposed to oversee. This thwarts the Inspector Generals from doing their jobs to root out corruption and mismanagement.  This denial of information…

Men enter the Arlington Convention Center to receive their H1N1 flu vaccinations in Arlington, Texas November 24, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi From Reuters: Doctors and minorities still have a dangerous mistrust of vaccines that became painfully clear during the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Monday… In…

Rick Bright Immediately after Rick Bright was transferred out of his position as head of BARDA and sent to the NIH, he started making a huge fuss.  The April 22, 2020 NYT discribed his statements: “While I am prepared to look at all options and to think ‘outside the box’ for effective treatments, I rightly…

The live blog has moved to the Children’s Health Defense website : https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/fda-advisory-committee 2 ACHA liaison members are ACIP members fyi, two Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) members are also members of the American College Health Association and, as liaison members, were no doubt instrumental in convincing colleges to institute Covid vaccine…