Children's Health Defense

Put an end to health crises affecting children by identifying their causes, removing dangerous exposures, pursuing justice for those harmed, and creating protective measures.

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After Years of Silence, New CDC Vaccine Panel to Vote on Mercury in Flu Shots

1 week ago | childrenshealthdefense.org | Jennifer O'Brien

The CDC’s vaccine advisory committee will vote next week on the mercury-based flu vaccine, according to an Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting agenda draft posted today on the ACIP websiteThe committee will also vote on RSV vaccines for pregnant mothers, babies and young children. This will be the first meeting since U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F.
Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs + More

1 week ago | childrenshealthdefense.org | Jennifer O'Brien

Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s DrugsProPublica reported:On a sweltering morning in western India in 2022, three U.S. inspectors showed up unannounced at a massive pharmaceutical plant surrounded by barricades and barbed wire and demanded to be let inside.
‘Cancer Is Just Everywhere’: Could Farming Be Behind Iowa’s Unfolding Health Crisis? + More

1 week ago | childrenshealthdefense.org | Jennifer O'Brien

‘Cancer Is Just Everywhere’: Could Farming Be Behind Iowa’s Unfolding Health Crisis? The Guardian reported:Six months ago, Alex Hammer was diagnosed with colon cancer at the age of 37. Dianne Chambers endured surgery, chemotherapy and dozens of rounds of radiation to fight aggressive breast cancer, and Janan Haugen spends most days helping care for her 16-year-old grandson, who is still being treated for brain cancer he developed at the age of 7.
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Appeal by Maine Healthcare Workers Fired for Refusing COVID Vaccine

1 week ago | childrenshealthdefense.org | Jennifer O'Brien

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a petition by seven Maine healthcare workers who were denied religious exemptions for vaccination in 2021 and fired for not complying with the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. New York attorney Sujata Gibson said that dismissal of the case as moot is part of a nationwide trend in similar cases challenging the denial of religious exemption requests.
COVID Pandemic Interventions, Not the Virus, Drove Spikes in Excess Mortality

1 week ago | childrenshealthdefense.org | Jennifer O'Brien

Deaths during the first “peak” of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted from medical and government interventions, not a circulating respiratory virus, Canadian researchers concluded in a paper posted Monday on Preprints.org. Those interventions resulted in the deaths of primarily elderly and poor people, researchers with the Canadian nonprofit Correlation: Research in the Public Interest said.
CDC Scientist Who Drove COVID, RSV Vaccine Policies Resigns in Protest

1 week ago | childrenshealthdefense.org | Jennifer O'Brien

A senior scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who helped shape national vaccine policy for respiratory viruses, resigned Monday. Dr. Fiona Havers, an internal medicine physician and infectious disease specialist, cited concerns about the future of vaccine policy under U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F.
Kraft Heinz to Remove Artificial Food Dyes from Products in Victory for RFK Jr. + More

1 week ago | childrenshealthdefense.org | Jennifer O'Brien

Kraft Heinz to Remove Artificial Food Dyes from Products in Victory for RFK Jr.National Review reported:Food conglomerate Kraft Heinz announced Tuesday its plan to remove artificial food dyes from its products by 2027, marking a victory for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his quest to remake the American food supply.
Exposure to Low Levels of Arsenic in Public Drinking Water Linked to Lower Birthweight, Preterm Birth + More

1 week ago | childrenshealthdefense.org | Jennifer O'Brien

Exposure to Low Levels of Arsenic in Public Drinking Water Linked to Lower Birthweight, Preterm Birth Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health reported: Babies born to mothers potentially exposed to low levels of arsenic in public drinking water — even at levels below the federal safety standard — were more likely to be born preterm, with lower birthweight, or be smaller than expected, according to a study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and funded by the...
Poll: RFK Jr.'s Food Agenda Finds Appeal Across Partisan Lines, but Vaccines Are a Different Story + More

1 week ago | childrenshealthdefense.org | Jennifer O'Brien

Poll: RFK Jr.’s Food Agenda Finds Appeal Across Partisan Lines, but Vaccines Are a Different StoryNBC News reported:New polling about Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and elements of his policy agenda shows how his “Make America Healthy Again” push doesn’t break down along the same neat partisan lines as other issues, creating some political vulnerability and some opportunity.
Witness Alleges Hospital’s ‘Egregious’ Breaches of Standard of Care Killed Teen

2 weeks ago | childrenshealthdefense.org | Jennifer O'Brien

Witness testimony continued this week in the wrongful death trial of Grace Schara, a 19-year-old with Down syndrome who died in a Wisconsin hospital days after being admitted for a COVID-19 infection. Grace’s sister and expert witnesses testified that doctors violated the standard of care and principles of informed consent.