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** Flu Shots During Pregnancy Failed to Lower the Risk of Fetal Death, Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight, and For Some Outcomes, Infants of Unvaccinated Moms Fared Better
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By the Children's Health Defense Team
A research team out of South Africa has just published a paper comparing four outcomes—fetal death, low birth weight, small for gestational age birth and preterm birth—for infants whose mothers received flu shots or a placebo.
In their surprisingly frank conclusions, not only do the researchers report that influenza vaccination during pregnancy was ineffective in lowering risk for the four outcomes, but—ever so cautiously—they also note that the vaccinated infants fared worse.
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** An Untenable Status Quo—Conflicts of Interest Must Go
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By the Children's Health Defense Team
The passage of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) in 1986 was a watershed event that emboldened vaccine manufacturers and their public- and private-sector accomplices to systematically hide the serious damage caused by vaccines.
In addition to making a mockery of pre-licensing safety testing and post-marketing surveillance, they have regularly exaggerated both the benefits and effectiveness of vaccination and broadcast deceptive studies that whitewash questions inconvenient to the financial bottom line.
From multiple standpoints—not least of which is children’s dismal state of health—the status quo is untenable.
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** Oral arguments in NY Lawsuit and Press Conference to Stop the Repeal of Religious Exemptions Set for Wednesday, Aug. 14th
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An update from attorney Michael Sussman for NY lawsuit for religious exemptions ([link removed]) :
Oral argument was granted by the court to take place on August 14^th at 10 a.m. at the Albany County Supreme Court. Following oral arguments by Michael Sussman and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a press conference will be held at noon on the steps at 16 Eagle Street, Albany.
NY advocates ask that parents please show up in force and be there by 10 a.m. Bring your friends and family. If you see any reporters, introduce yourself and tell them your story. The judge and the press need to see that this law is impacting tens of thousands of families across the state. More details to come.
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From Kim Mack Rosenberg, attorney for NY lawsuit for religious exemptions and IDEA ([link removed]) :
In the IEP litigation, a motion was filed for a preliminary injunction on August 5, 2019. Plaintiffs’ motion argued that they meet and exceed the traditional standards to grant an injunction staying the New York law’s implementation but also that the Court could issue an automatic injunction allowing students to “stay put” in the current placements according to their IEPs.
Judge Allyne Ross in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York has set an expedited briefing schedule for this motion. The Defendants have to file any opposition papers by August 13 and the Plaintiffs have to file their reply by August 16. A hearing date has not been set.
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** Why We Shouldn’t Take Peer Review as the ‘Gold Standard’
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By Paul D. Thacker and Jon Tennant, The Washington Post
Researchers commonly refer to peer review as the “gold standard,” which makes it seem as if a peer-reviewed paper — one sent by journal editors to experts in the field who assess and critique it before publication — must be legitimate, and one that’s not reviewed must be untrustworthy. But peer review, a practice dating to the 17th century, is neither golden nor standardized.
Shoddy work often makes it past peer reviewers, while excellent research has been shot down. Peer reviewers often fail to detect bad research, conflicts of interest and corporate ghostwriting.
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** RFK, Jr. to Discuss "The Dangers of 5G to Children’s Health"
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In a Feb. 2019 US Senate hearing, the wireless industry was forced to admit they have no safety studies on 5G, and don't plan to do any. Meanwhile, there are thousands of independent studies concluding that wireless radiation causes biological harm.
Join us at the 5G Crisis summit to discover the research, facts and dangers behind it, how groups are successfully opposing 5G, simple actions you can take, here and now, and much more!
Don't miss "The 5G Crisis”Summit, FREE and ONLINE, from August 26 - September 1, 2019!
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** NRDC Takes EPA to Court—Again—to Protect Children’s Health
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A coalition of labor and health groups, including NRDC, sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today in order to force a ban on chlorpyrifos, a toxic pesticide that is commonly sprayed on various U.S. food crops, including apples, oranges, and berries.
The EPA’s own scientists—have tied the toxic chemical to learning disabilities, lower IQ, developmental delays, and ADHD in children and have been sounding the alarm for years now.
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** Message to Congress: Big Pharma’s Trail of Greed, Power, and Cruelty Must Be Stopped
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By Ralph Nader, Common Dreams
Big Pharma’s trail of greed, power, and cruelty gets worse every year.
Its products and practices take hundreds of thousands of lives in the U.S. from over-prescriptions, lethal combinations of prescriptions, ineffective or contaminated drugs, and dangerous side-effects.
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** FL SB64 Removes Religious Exemption for Vaccination, Threatens Medical
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By Sayer Ji, GreenMedInfo
Following closely on the heels of the loss of the religious exemption for vaccination in CA and NY, a new bill in Florida was just introduced which would do the same, while at the same time interfering with the doctor/patient relationship when it comes to obtaining medical exemptions.
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** CDC Shuts Down Army Lab’s Disease Research
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By Shawna Williams, The Scientist
Research on dangerous pathogens has been suspended at an Army lab at Fort Detrick in Maryland after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found biosafety lapses there.
The facility has both level 3 and level 4 biosafety labs and has worked on pathogens such as Ebola, Yersinia pestis (plague), and Francisella tularensis (tularemia).
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