January 13, 2022

Judge Orders US Food & Drug Administration To Hasten Release Of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Documents

A federal judge in Texas has ordered the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make public the data it relied on to license Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, imposing a dramatically accelerated schedule that should result in the release of all information within about eight months.
January 13, 2022

No Deaths From Vitamins

The 38th annual report from the American Association of Poison Control Centers shows zero deaths from vitamins.
January 13, 2022

US Federal Judge Rejects Purdue Pharma’s Opioid Bankruptcy Settlement

A US federal judge has rejected OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy settlement of thousands of lawsuits over the opioid epidemic because of a provision that would protect members of the Sackler family from facing litigation of their own.
January 13, 2022

Microchip Implanted Under The Skin Could Become Your COVID-19 Vaccine Passport

A rice-sized microchip implanted under your skin could become your vaccine passport. A Swedish tech startup says its device could be customized to display people's COVID-19 vaccination records.
January 4, 2022

We’re getting closer to you

We've seen it and we've been writing about it before: the growing power of the tech giants, and the control they exert over the information available to us. Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has been flagging COVID-19 related content for a while now. It is increasingly blocking and censoring both content and user accounts. Unfortunately, we have to report that our Foundation’s Facebook accounts are also now being censored. So what's going on?
December 16, 2021

New York City Forces Private Employers To Mandate COVID-19 Vaccination For Their Workers

All New York City employers will soon be required to mandate that their workers show proof of vaccination against COVID-19.
December 16, 2021

Brussels EU Minister Says COVID-19 Certificate Update Will Force Vaccination

Updating the COVID-19 digital certificate with a booster dose will “inevitably force” EU member states behind in vaccination rates to catch up, a Brussels EU minister told EURACTIV.com amid talks over bloc-wide mandatory vaccination.
December 16, 2021

Vietnamese Province Suspends Pfizer COVID Vaccine Batch After More Than 120 Children Hospitalized

The Thanh Hoa province in Vietnam has suspended use of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine batch after over 120 students were hospitalized following their inoculation.