Posted April 4, 2018
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Get Informed on U.S. Legislation That Could Restrict Your Health Freedom
California Supreme Court Affirms Local Authority to Regulate Wireless Infrastructure
Posted April 17, 2019
On April 4, 2019, the California Supreme Court published an opinion supporting municipal authority to make regulations on so-called ‘small cell’ PROW (public right of way, aka ROW) towers and uses of the public’s right-of-way. This opinion affirms the 2016 appellate court ruling. Read more.
New Bill Could Help Save Natural Medicines
Posted April 17, 2019
Legislation has been introduced to protect patient access to customized natural medicines. It needs our support. Action Alert! Representative Morgan Griffith (R-VA) has reintroduced a bill to ensure continued consumer access to customized natural medicines made at specialized pharmacies (known as compounding pharmacies). While other challenges remain, the Preserving Patient Access to Compounded Medications Act is an important step toward curbing the attack on these important natural medicines. Read more.
FDA’s Absurd Logic on CBD
Posted April 17, 2019
Hemp products have been used for hundreds of years, but FDA insists they are a new dietary ingredient. Huh? Action Alert! We’ve been monitoring the FDA’s treatment of CBD oil, a cheap, safe, and effective natural medicine for pain and other ailments. The agency has stated that CBD is not a supplement, and part of their justification is that it wasn’t marketed as a dietary ingredient before 1994. Recent evidence has surfaced, however, that clearly shows cannabis was consumed as food for centuries in many different countries. Read more.
Taxpayer-funded HIV Treatment Making Big Profits for Big Pharma
Posted April 17, 2019
And we wonder why health care costs are so high. Action Alert! Researchers using government funds have found a novel way of using an old prescription drug to prevent HIV infection. But once again, the government is allowing the pharmaceutical industry to reap the benefits of publicly-funded research, selling out sick patients. It is yet another example of why medicine is so expensive in this country, and it has to stop. Read more.
CHD Launches Immediate Legal Challenge Against New York City’s Public Health Emergency Due to Measles
Posted April 17, 2019
Children’s Health Defense is supporting a legal effort to restrain this order immediately. Vaccination choice is a human right. While New York City unquestionably has the authority to isolate infectious individuals, and even to quarantine them, and to exclude unvaccinated children from schools during an outbreak in that school, it does not have the authority to require vaccination for all individuals on the basis of zip codes with vaccines that explicitly carry the risk of death. This government overreach requires challenge. Read more.
Breaking: NYC Mandates Vaccination in Brooklyn Amid ‘Measles Outbreak’ (Fines & Imprisonment for those Who Refuse)
Posted April 17, 2019
The New York City Health Department declared a public health emergency on Tuesday, following a ‘measles outbreak’ said to be concentrated within the orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn and Queens, starting in April and September, 2019, respectively. The order requires mandatory MMR vaccination of unvaccinated infants (over 6 months) and children within four ZIP codes of Brooklyn’s Williamsburg section, where more than 250 people have been diagnosed with measles since September. Read more.
The Fox Owns the Henhouse — When Public Safety is Governed by Private Profit
Posted April 17, 2019
James Goodwin of the Center for Progressive Reform stated, “The American public would be surprised, and maybe even concerned, if they knew how widespread the practice of self-regulation was.” I wondered what implications this example might carry for aviation safety, agriculture, vaccine safety, and generally for the future of government oversight and scientific inquiry. Read more.
Ghostwriting Science, Corporate Malfeasance Lead to $80M Jury Decision in Second Roundup Cancer Trial
Posted April 12, 2019
Journalist Carey Gilliam was present reporting from the Hardeman trial. Eight days before the eventual $80M verdict she wrote, “The judge is allowing portions of a 2015 internal Monsanto email in which company scientist Bill Heydens discusses plans to ghostwrite a series of new scientific papers that will contradict IARC’s classification of glyphosate because in that email, Heydens remarks on how this plan is similar to the ghostwriting of a scientific paper published in 2000 that found glyphosate to be safe.” The findings and evidence of ghostwriting clearly had a significant impact on the jury’s decision and award amount. Read more.
New Federal Approval for a Postpartum Depression Pill
Posted April 12, 2019
The first drug to treat postpartum depression has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but there are serious questions about whether this medication will truly help new moms in need. Postpartum depression (PPD) affects about 1 in 9 women1 in the days and weeks following childbirth, although for some the symptoms begin during pregnancy. Read more.
