After the farmer protests in Brussels last week, European Commission leaders announced concessions to lighten the burden of greenhouse gas reductions on growers, but held the course with plans to cut 90% of emissions by 2040. Following the protests in Brussels last week by farmers from across the European Union (EU), the European Commission offered some concessions…
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…
Researchers found that vaccines that do not contain a live or weakened pathogen, while effective against the targeted infection, may also raise the risk of non-targeted infections, particularly in girls. The authors of a preprint review found “compelling evidence” that non-specific effects (NSEs) to the immune system that occur after vaccination may raise the risk of infection…
French scientist and author Hélène Banoun, Ph.D., joined “The Defender In-Depth” this week to discuss what the data show about the safety signals associated with monoclonal antibodies administered to newborns for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. The White House announced last month it would make 230,000 additional doses of Beyfortus, a monoclonal…
Independent French researchers discovered a significant increase in newborn deaths in France coinciding with the rollout of Beyfortus, a new respiratory syncytial virus shot for infants. French researchers identified possible safety signals in babies coinciding with the rollout of Beyfortus, a recently approved monoclonal antibody treatment for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in newborns. The discovery…
Publicis Groupe, a multinational public relations firm, last week launched a provocative advertising campaign — under the slogan “HPV Fucks Everybody” — designed to persuade Gen Zers to get the human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine. Critics called the campaign “dangerous.” A multinational public relations firm last week launched a provocative advertising campaign — under the…
Children’s Health Defense has launched Reform Pharma, an initiative that aims to curb the pharmaceutical industry’s influence in government, promote informed consent, ban drug ads and restore integrity in healthcare. Can the pharmaceutical industry be rehabilitated? The directors of Reform Pharma, a new initiative of Children’s Health Defense (CHD), believe it can. The initiative, launched…
French prosecutors have launched an investigation into the death of a 12-year-old boy who collapsed minutes after receiving Gardasil’s human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in a school setting and subsequently died of head trauma, according to French media. The boy, referred to in news reports as Elouan, studied at Saint-Dominique College, a private school in Saint-Herblain,…
Why were German politicians so eager, in summer 2021, to vaccinate school children? This was the question at the centre of yesterday’s post. I mean it in a very specific way. I understand this was a time of general vaccine mania, when everybody from local pediatricians to Chancellor Angela Merkel nourished wild dreams of ending…
Children’s Health Defense President Mary Holland today issued the following statement in response to media reports of violence affecting children in Gaza, Israel and elsewhere. Our mission at Children’s Health Defense (CHD) is to protect children’s health and freedom, yet these ideals are impossible when children are trapped by terrorism and war. CHD grieves for…
