The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program denied compensation to 5,000-plus families of children diagnosed with autism after receiving vaccines. More than 10 years later, new revelations of fraud in legal proceedings could reopen the possibility for the justice these families say they were denied. When the parents of Yates Hazlehurst took their normal, happy 11-month-old to the doctor…
Pfizer said Tuesday it plans to use data from a clinical trial it concluded last month to seek expanded approval of its RSV vaccine, Abrysvo, for all adults ages 18 and up. The vaccine maker also said it has begun trials for the drug in children ages 2-18. Pfizer plans to use data from a…
The Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority, an independent, self-regulatory body established by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, ruled that the company breached five rules in its Code of Practice for advertising. A U.K. regulatory agency found that top Pfizer employees “brought discredit” on the pharmaceutical industry when they made misleading claims promoting…
According to FDA researchers, the higher rate of febrile seizures from the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines “is not large compared to some other vaccines and combinations of vaccines” that can cause seizures at higher rates. Children ages 2-5 who received the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine faced an increased risk of febrile seizures immediately following vaccination, according to…
GSK stopped developing a vaccine for pregnant women to protect newborns against syncytial virus (RSV) after identifying an increased risk of preterm births. Pfizer won approval of its nearly identical vaccine after the company said the increased rate of preterm births in its trials was statistically insignificant. GSK on Thursday provided more details on the…
A study comparing nearly 2 million vaccinated and unvaccinated adolescent girls over 10 years found the girls vaccinated with a quadrivalent HPV vaccine were 4.4 times more likely than their unvaccinated counterparts to develop rheumatoid arthritis. A type of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine widely used throughout the world, but not in the U.S., may increase the risk…
Merck today announced two new initiatives for growing the global market for its human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccines. The initiatives include the pharmaceutical giant’s first single-dose HPV shots plus multivalent HPV vaccines designed specifically for Asian and African populations. Pharmaceutical giant Merck today announced two new initiatives for growing the global market for its human papillomavirus (HPV)…
Epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff, Ph.D., an outspoken critic of COVID-19 lockdown policies, school closures and vaccine mandates since early in the pandemic, on Monday said he was fired from his position at Harvard University. Martin Kulldorff, Ph.D., an epidemiologist and professor of Medicine at Harvard University, on Monday confirmed the university fired him. Kulldorff has been…
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was promoting the COVID-19 vaccine as “safe and effective” for children and teens, Pfizer was studying whether and how much it damaged their hearts, according to a DailyClout report on internal Pfizer documents. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was promoting the COVID-19 vaccine as “safe…
As major news outlets linked reports of measles cases in the U.S. and U.K. to declining vaccine rates, experts told The Defender that case numbers in the U.S. have been extremely low for decades and the very minor variations in vaccination rates do not make a difference. Measles outbreaks are in the news again In…
