Flu Season Winding Down / CDC

I was hoping to avoid joining the Andrew Wakefield/Lancet fray, but so many inaccurate statements have been published in the last few days that I had to jump in. There is clearcut evidence for a syndrome of brain injury (and sometimes death) occurring after measles vaccine (and not after rubella or mumps vaccines). Who discovered…

Pauline Chen, MD blogs at the NY Times about what it feels like to be a doctor today.  Here she discusses a new survey of 7,000 practicing doctors, 48% of whom experienced at least one symptom of “burnout.”   Excerpts from her article follow: …Research over the last 10 years has shown that burnout –…

The US government acknowledges that chemical weapons remain at two US sites, where they will be destroyed by 2023. The sites are Kentucky’s Blue Grass Army Depot and Colorado’s Pueblo Chemical Depot.  Army documents reveal that Pueblo houses 2,611 tons of mustard agent.  The Blue Grass Army Depot houses 523 tons of sarin, VX and mustard agent. According…

https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/acip-meeting-recommendations-to-covid-19-booster-framework-liveblog-by-dr-meryl-nass The meeting runs from 10 am-5 pm EDT Sept 1 and 10 am-noon on Sept 2.  Keep a barf bag at the ready. As usual, my application to speak during the public comment period was rejected.

Recall that FDA’s Device Center was recently shown to make political decisions re medical device approvals, and to grandfather in devices on the basis of earlier approvals of very different devices.  GAO wrote several damning reports including this one from June 2009: Shortcomings in FDA’s Premarket Review, Postmarket Surveillance, and Inspections of Device Manufacturing Establishments. …

https://www.fox13now.com/news/coronavirus/local-coronavirus-news/court-halts-biden-vaccine-testing-mandate-for-businesses SALT LAKE CITY — A federal appeals court temporarily halted the Biden administration’s occupational safety rule that required businesses with over 100 employees to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine or regular testing. In a ruling on Saturday, a three judge panel at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay sought by Texas, Utah,…