Millions Harmed by Medical Misdiagnosis in U.S. Hospital Emergency Rooms
A new study published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) on Dec. 15, 2022 estimates that about six percent of the approximately 130 million people (about one in 18 individuals) who seek medical care in emergency departments (ED) in the United States each year are […]
More Than 200 Million Doses of COVID Shots Dumped Due to Diminishing Demand
Nearly two years after the introduction of COVID-19 biologics around the world, the pharmaceutical industry is facing a waning demand for these products. Scott Rosenstein, a New York-based health care adviser to Eurasia Group said: Supply is exceeding demand in much of the world, even with many countries rolling out booster shots. Once the perception set […]
Net Worth of Dr. Anthony Fauci and Wife Increased by $5 Million During COVID Pandemic
The net worth of Anthony Fauci, MD, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and his wife Christine Grady, MSN, PhD, Chief of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, increased by $5 million between 2019 and 2021, coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic. They experienced […]
Phillips Ventilators and BiPAP and CPAP and Breathing Machines Recalled Due to Health Risks
On Aug. 16, 2022 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an update on a June 2021 recall of certain ventilators, BiPAP (Bi-level Positive Airway Pressure), and CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) breathing machines manufactured by Philips Respironics because of “potential health risks.”1 A list of the recalled devices made between 2009 and April […]
COVID Shot Requirements in Employment Ads are Decreasing
A new analysis conducted by AnnElizabeth Konkel, an economist at the Indeed Hiring Lab in Austin, Texas, shows that the number of employment advertisements that mentioning a COVID-19 vaccination requirement decreased from 7.1 percent in March 2022 to 5.9 percent in June 2022.1 Konkel said: I believe the downward trend is indicative of whether employers […]
Baby Formula Industry Slammed for Manipulative Social Media Marketing
In 1981, the World Health Assembly released a public health strategy known as The International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes to protect breastfeeding and “stop the aggressive and inappropriate marketing of breast-milk substitutes.”1 This initiative came after years of unethical formula marketing specifically to mothers in low-income parts of the world, which led to “dramatic […]
