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FDA Asks for Warning on Flu Vaccines About Febrile Seizure Risks in Kids
The FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research last month sent notices to four vaccine makers — Sanofi, AstraZeneca, GSK and CSL Seqirus …
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FDA Relaxes Oversight of Wearables, Dodges Wireless Radiation Concerns
The FDA last week made it faster and easier for manufacturers to push some wearables out to the consumer market by bypassing the agency’s medical device…
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‘Act of Censorship’: Preprint Server Retracts Infant Mortality Study by Children’s Health Defense Scientists
Preprints.org on Wednesday retracted a paper by CHD scientists that showed infants vaccinated in their second month of life were more likely to die in…
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Exclusive: Bird Flu Outbreak 40 Miles From Wisconsin Lab Sparks Concern About Gain-of-Function Experiments
A bird flu outbreak in a Wisconsin dairy cattle herd has fueled speculation that gain-of-function research at a nearby university lab may be behind the…
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Autistic Barbie Spurs Debate Among Parents, Advocates
Mattel’s launch this week of its autistic Barbie doll triggered a hot debate among advocates for and parents of autistic people.
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AAP, Other Medical Groups Want Court to Block New CDC Vaccine Schedule
The American Academy of Pediatrics and five other medical groups plan to ask the court to block the new childhood vaccine schedule, The New York Times…
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Experts Weigh in on CDC’s New HPV Vaccine Recommendation
Earlier this month, the CDC changed its recommendation for the HPV vaccine from a two or three-dose series to a single dose.
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As Private Equity Cashes in on Autism Epidemic, Kids End Up ‘Big Losers,’ Experts Say
Private equity firms acquired more than 500 autism therapy centers in the last decade, according to a peer-reviewed study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Police: Investigation Still ‘Active’ 8 Months After Idaho Twins Died Following Vaccinations
Idaho police said they are still investigating the deaths of 18-month-old twins Dallas and Tyson Shaw, who died in their Idaho home a week after…
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Researchers Find Residual DNA, Not Detected by Standard Tests, in mRNA COVID Vaccines
A new study partially funded by Children’s Health Defense found residual DNA in Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.
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The Defender is Children’s Health Defense’s online news site. We report on the toxic exposures driving today's epidemic of childhood disease and how agency capture has led government agencies to protect corporate profits at the expense of public health.
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