Officials at Federal Gov’t Agencies, White House Sued for Censoring COVID Information
Sixty-seven U.S. federal government agencies and officials, including senior officials in the White House, have been accused of engaging in a widespread campaign of pressuring and colluding with social media platforms to censor users in violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Former Missouri Attorney General, Eric Schmitt and Louisiana Attorney General, Jeff […]
FDA Asks Court to Delay Full Release of Documents on Pfizer COVID Biologic for 55 Years
In response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed on Sept. 16, 2021 against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by a medical transparency group of more than 30 physicians, professors and scientists from various universities in the United States, the FDA has asked a federal judge to delay the full release […]
Allergy Risks Increase as FDA Changes Food Labeling Requirements During COVID-19 Pandemic
Opinion | On May 22, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a public comment providing new guidance that will relax the labeling requirements on packaged food to allow food companies more flexibility during the COVD-19 pandemic. Companies selling food are now allowed to make minor changes to the formulation of food products […]
Experimental Drugs and Vaccines on FDA’s Fast Track
Story Highlights The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) increasingly applies “fast-track” licensing status to experimental drugs and vaccines in the research pipeline. The accelerated pharmaceutical product licensing approval system was originally created to give patients suffering with serious diseases or disorders quick access to important new drugs where no—or inadequate—treatment options were otherwise available. The […]
FDA Nominee Scott Gottlieb Rejects Links Between Vaccination and Autism
In a confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Energy, Labor, and Pensions on April 5, 2017, the nominee to be the next commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Scott Gottlieb, MD, stated categorically that there “is no causal link between vaccination and autism.” Dr. Gottlieb serves on the board of directors of pharmaceutical companies…
CDC Publishes Final Rule on Quarantine Powers
The federal government’s legal authority to detain and quarantine persons infected with certain highly communicable and deadly infectious diseases historically primarily has involved detaining people entering the U.S. by boats and airplanes or traveling across state lines. Federal government officials have long had the…