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Anatomy of Corruption: WHO Public Health Guidelines
The World Health Organization provides public health recommendations about the use of pharmacologic drugs and vaccines and provides guidelines and assistance in public health emergencies. When it was founded in 1948, the WHO relied on funding from its member states; their contributions were assessed based on their national income and population. The funds were not…
Read MoreGhost-Managed Medicine: Big Pharma’s Invisible Hands
“Ghost managed research does not merely shape academic cultures and the knowledge they produce but makes them unnecessary except to provide authority…Ghost-managed “science” has been crafted to help sell drugs”. Ghost-Managed Medicine:Big Pharma’s Invisible Hands by Dr. Sergio Sismondo is a detailed study of how the pharmaceutical industry has taken control over “medical knowledge” to…
Read MoreMeasles Outbreak Helped Boost Merck’s U.S. Vaccine Sales in 2019
Merck Press Release (July 30, 2019) Announces Second-Quarter 2019 Financial Results Vaccines Merck announced the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to recommend Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination with GARDASIL 9 (Human Papillomavirus 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant) based on shared clinical decision making for individuals ages 27 through…
Read MoreUCSD Researchers Disregard Human Subject Protections
Millions of people around the world participate in research trials each year, whether for personal, financial or humanitarian reasons. They submit their DNA, organs, body chemistry or personal history to studies that aim to better society. A substantive investigative news report by San Diego’s independent investigative news source, Inewsource.org by Brad Racino and Jill Castellno,…
Read MoreExposed: Hidden $$ Conflicts by FDA Drug Advisory Committees
A gangbusters investigative report by Science Magazine (July 2018) documents FDA’s disregard of substantial financial conflicts of interest by the advisory panel members that FDA selects. What’s more, the reporters uncovered a previously overlooked stream of company kickbacks to doctors on FDA advisory panels who voted to approve their drug. Reporters Charles Piller and Jia You…
Read MoreCochrane Science Reviews Tainted by Financial COI — e.g., Gates Foundation
“Cochrane Announces Support of New Donor” This may be the last straw in dissolving the illusion of scientific integrity i n reviews published by the Cochrane Collaboration group. With a $1.15 million “donation” – chicken feed for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – they have purchased the Cochrane seal of “science-based reviews”. The medical…
Read MoreSignificant Shadowy Financial Conflicts of Interest Behind Persecution of Andrew Wakefield
The difficulty of identifying academic experts who have not crossed over to the commercially funded research was acknowledged by Dr. Marcia Angell, just before she relinquished her position as editor of The New England Journal of Medicine (“Is Academic Medicine for Sale?” 2000). It is now openly discussed by journal editors. In an editorial in…
Read MoreCDC Measles Vaccination Rule Has Left Millions of Vaccinated Americans Without Protection
Lots of babies get measles in Africa and India, and it is a significant cause of death there. A great deal of work has gone into developing measles vaccines that can be given to children at younger and younger ages, especially in Africa, for this reason. But in the United States, endemic measles has been…
Read MoreLiability waivers for swine flu vaccine-induced narcolepsy costs Euro governments over $1 Billion
Posted by Meryl Nass, MD Swine flu vaccine-induced narcolepsy is costing European governments over $1 Billion due to liability waivers for manufacturers; and the same waivers were just issued for Ebola vaccines. The UK is paying out about $1.7 million dollars per victim. Although the media rarely reported on the severity of narcolepsy cases, vaccine-induced…
Read MoreAnthrax Vaccine: history, excessive stockpile & the human and Financial Costs
Anthrax Vaccine: Its checkered history, excessive stockpile and the human and financial costs By Meryl Nass, MD* The current vaccine (Biothrax, manufactured by Emergent Biosolutions or EBS) has never been proved effective in humans. One human trial took place in the 1950s using a different, Merck-manufactured anthrax vaccine. Efficacy studies of the current vaccine have…
Read MoreAmerica’s Healthcare Crisis–Part III-Vaccine Controversy
Part III. The Untouchable Third Rail in Healthcare—The Vaccine Controversy: Core Issues
Read MoreMedicine Hijacked: Books That Document the Real Health Care Crisis
America’s healthcare system is riddled with financial conflicts of interest. Business interests and commercial priorities undermine the precautionary principle of Medicine, the therapeutic mission of Medicine, the scientific integrity of Medicine. Government oversight agencies and Congress have subordinated the public interest for $$$. As a result, America’s healthcare delivery system is the third leading cause of death.
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