On June 24, the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to a 2021 Connecticut law that does not allow religious exemptions for vaccine mandates in schools, colleges, and daycare facilities. The “health freedom” group that filed the lawsuit argued that the law violated parents’ religious freedom. Within a day, news of...
On June 24, the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to a 2021 Connecticut law that does not allow religious exemptions for vaccine mandates in schools, colleges, and daycare facilities. The “health freedom” group that filed the lawsuit argued that the law violated parents’ religious freedom. Within a day, news of...
Last week, a New York midwife pleaded guilty to destroying 2,600 COVID-19 vaccines, distributing a corresponding number of fake COVID-19 vaccine cards, and falsely reporting COVID-19 vaccinations to the state’s database. According to the midwife’s lawyer, “She believes that her actions were justified by moral necessity though...
Last week, a New York midwife pleaded guilty to destroying 2,600 COVID-19 vaccines, distributing a corresponding number of fake COVID-19 vaccine cards, and falsely reporting COVID-19 vaccinations to the state’s database. According to the midwife’s lawyer, “She believes that her actions were justified by moral necessity though...
On June 11, a former nurse practitioner in New York was sentenced to 840 hours of community service and five years of probation for selling fake COVID-19 vaccine cards. She was also ordered to forfeit $1.2 million. Several comments on a YouTube video of the nurse speaking on the...
On June 11, a former nurse practitioner in New York was sentenced to 840 hours of community service and five years of probation for selling fake COVID-19 vaccine cards. She was also ordered to forfeit $1.2 million. Several comments on a YouTube video of the nurse speaking on the...
Last week, the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) reported a case of measles in a New Jersey resident who had recently traveled internationally. The NJDOH warned that people who were at the Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center Emergency Department on June 1 may have been exposed and encouraged all...
Last week, the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) reported a case of measles in a New Jersey resident who had recently traveled internationally. The NJDOH warned that people who were at the Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center Emergency Department on June 1 may have been exposed and encouraged all...
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are developing an mRNA vaccine for the H5N1 bird flu. The vaccine—which was tested in mice and ferrets but has not yet gone through clinical trials—could help manage the bird flu outbreak in birds and cattle and prevent human infections. In response...
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are developing an mRNA vaccine for the H5N1 bird flu. The vaccine—which was tested in mice and ferrets but has not yet gone through clinical trials—could help manage the bird flu outbreak in birds and cattle and prevent human infections. In response...
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