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11/04/2018 / By S.D. Wells

Vaccine HYPOCRISY at its best: Vaccine zealots claim unvaccinated children are a danger to their vaccinated children

You’ve heard it before and you’ll hear it a hundred times again: The herd theory hoax that claims vaccines don’t work unless everyone gets vaccinated. Sure. And how is that? If the vaccines work, why would all of those people inoculated still be susceptible to getting the disease? It doesn’t make sense, unless you consider […]

10/30/2018 / By Lance D Johnson

How you can prepare for a pandemic flu TODAY

A century ago, a pandemic flu swept across the globe, infecting over 500 million people and claiming the lives of 50 million. Researchers believe it is only a matter of time before a pandemic like the 1918 Spanish flu threatens the world once again. Today, a pandemic flu would spread more rapidly, taking advantage of […]

10/29/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Migrant caravan a public health risk due to disease carriers, expert warns

The threats associated with the incoming migrant “caravan” extend far beyond just border penetration and a potential crime infestation. According to Dr. Jan Orient, executive director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, the approaching caravaners could also be bringing disease with them. Unlike the days of old when the poor, huddled masses entered […]

10/27/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Why are 5,000 people dying globally every day from a curable disease?

Tuberculosis, or TB, is one of the top 10 causes of death around the world. In 2016, 10.4 million people were diagnosed with TB and 1.7 million died. At least 95 percent of these deaths were among people whose immune systems were damaged by HIV, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). However, experts are worried […]

10/23/2018 / By JD Heyes

“Polio-like” illness continues to spread across the U.S. and is now far more widespread than previously reported

The effects of a new debilitating virus that has “polio-like” symptoms spreading throughout the United States has been underestimated and under-reported thanks to voluntary reporting requirements and testing protocols that have been deemed substandard. The NY Daily News reported that children in 22 states have been affected by the condition as health authorities continue to assess […]

10/17/2018 / By Lance D Johnson

Typhus outbreak strikes downtown L.A. as liberal-run city descends into filth and destitution

Descending into filth and destitution, dirty downtown Los Angeles has become a breeding ground for disease. The county Department of Public Health is now warning downtown residents that a new flea-borne bacterial disease is spreading from the city’s garbage heaps and rat population. This flea-borne typhus causes flu-like symptoms. Once infected, humans experience high fever, […]

09/04/2018 / By Tracey Watson

As the New York Times attacks vitamin D, whooping cough – easily prevented with the low-cost nutrient – is making a comeback across America

The New York Times is on a mission: Get people to believe that at least 80 percent of them have normal vitamin D levels; that the nutrient is only important in the prevention of rickets in children and osteomalacia (a softening of the bones) in adults; that normal levels of vitamin D are anything above […]

09/04/2018 / By Edsel Cook

A common wheat virus can spread and harm perennial native grass

The days when crop diseases left other kinds of plants alone are over now, stated an article in British Ecological Society. A virus that originally ravaged imported wheat has now started infecting switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) and other non-crop species native to the U.S. The burden on farmers and researchers has redoubled: Not only do they need […]

08/28/2018 / By Vicki Batts

Shingles vaccine responsible for causing huge number of shingles cases, vaccine injuries

Zostavax, a popular shingles vaccine, is in hot water: The inoculation has been tied to numerous cases of vaccine injury, and even shingles itself. Merck, the company that makes Zostavax, is now facing multiple lawsuits from patients and families harmed by their product. At least 80 deaths tied to the Zostavax vaccine have been reported to […]

08/27/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Hospital pipes, full of DNA fragments, found to be a breeding ground of antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic resistance is a growing cause for concern, especially in cases where it happens in hospitals or other healthcare facilities. To better understand how these organisms spread in this kind of environment, researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) collected samples from various areas of the hospital to investigate, allowing them to identify where these organisms are […]

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