Posted September 30, 2019
Welcome to NVIC’s webpage on vaccine laws. Here you will be able to access resources that will assist you in making educated vaccine decisions. For example, you can learn about the differences between vaccine requirements that govern being able to attend school or daycare and a federal vaccine recommendation. There are also resources below that will help you find out which types of vaccine exemptions are available in your state, how to protect and expand vaccine exemptions, and much more. Read more.
Get Informed on U.S. Legislation That Could Restrict Your Health Freedom
Do You Know Who Your Elected Officials Are?
Posted April 4, 2018
This link will allow you to access all your elected officials from the Federal, state and local levels. Click here.
Chicago Looking at ‘Vax Pass’ for Concerts and other Events, Public Health Commissioner says
Posted May 1, 2021
Chicago’s top public health official on Tuesday said she expects the city to debut a form of a vaccination passport requirement next month for access to events geared toward young adults. Read more.
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Approval of Southeast Idaho Phosphate Mine Ore to be Used to Produce Cancer-Linked Glyphosate
Posted May 1, 2021
Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging a decision made by the Trump administration to greenlight the Caldwell Canyon phosphate mine in southeast Idaho. In 2019 the Bureau of Land Management approved the mine on some 1,559 acres of ecologically important land that’s essential to the imperiled greater sage grouse and other species. Phosphate from the mine will be used by the German multinational chemical company Bayer AG to manufacture glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup herbicides. Glyphosate has been linked to cancer and harm in hundreds of endangered plants and animals. Read more.
Bayer Accused of “Pay to Appeal Scheme” by Roundup Lawyers
Posted April 23, 2021
Bayer AG’s strategy to get a favorable ruling in its Roundup litigation is a manufactured “pay-to-appeal scheme” that will erode the U.S. system of justice if it’s permitted, plaintiffs’ lawyers said in a letter to a court. Lawyers who are helping lead the nationwide litigation over allegations that the weed killer causes cancer responded Thursday to a deal Bayer entered into that essentially pays a Georgia man to keep fighting the company in court. Read more.
Feds On Vitamins and COVID: Shut Up or Pay Up!
Posted April 23, 2021
More lunacy from the federal government threatens doctors with $10,000 fines if they tell you the science about how vitamins and minerals can help with COVID. Action Alert! The Department of Justice (DoJ) recently announced the first enforcement action against “deceptive marketing” of COVID treatments. The case involves a Missouri chiropractor who is alleged to have advertised that a vitamin D and zinc supplement could prevent or treat COVID—claims that are well-supported in the scientific literature. This is a disturbing and outrageous escalation in the federal government’s actions against doctors and health professionals that inform the public about natural ways of staying healthy during the pandemic, underscoring the need to change the law to allow the free flow of information about foods and supplements. Read more.
State Department to put 80% of all Countries on Do Not Travel List due to COVID-19
Posted April 23, 2021
The US State Department is planning to issue Level 4: Do Not Travel advisories to around 80% of all countries due to coronavirus. Read more.
USDA May Allow GE Trees to be Released into the Wild
Posted April 23, 2021
On August 18, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a petition by researchers at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) seeking federal approval to release their genetically engineered (GE) Darling 58 (D58) American chestnut tree into U.S. forests. Researchers claim the transgenic D58 tree will resist the fungal blight that, coupled with rampant overlogging, decimated the American chestnut population in the early 20th century. In fact, the GE American chestnut is a Trojan horse meant to open the doors to commercial GE trees designed for industrial plantations. Read more.
Facemasks in the COVID-19 era: A Health Hypothesis (NIH)
Posted April 22, 2021
Many countries across the globe utilized medical and non-medical facemasks as non-pharmaceutical intervention for reducing the transmission and infectivity of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Although, scientific evidence supporting facemasks’ efficacy is lacking, adverse physiological, psychological and health effects are established. Is has been hypothesized that facemasks have compromised safety and efficacy profile and should be avoided from use. Read more.
Growing Opposition to the Bayer Monsanto Roundup Settlement
Posted April 22, 2021
EXCERPT: “[Under the proposed settlement,] At the end of four years, every single person in the United States who has been exposed to Roundup can never sue Monsanto for punitive damages or medical monitoring.” Read more.
