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Judge rules against firefighter injured by COVID shot after employer rejected medical exemption

A federal judge ruled that an NYC firefighter who experienced a severe heart injury after his second COVID jab was not entitled to financial compensation.

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Brenda Baletti, Ph.D., The Defender

• Aug 8, 2025

Police are charging parents with felonies for not placing infants who died in sleep on their backs

Pennsylvania authorities brought felony charges against the parents of two different babies after police said the infants died because the parents placed them in unsafe sleeping positions.

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Brenda Baletti, Ph.D., The Defender

• Jun 10, 2025

Texas appeals ruling in lawsuit against Pfizer, challenges PREP Act immunity shield

Texas AG Ken Paxton urged the 5th Circuit to rule state consumer laws aren’t blocked by the PREP Act’s liability shield for COVID-19 vaccine makers.

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Michael Nevradakis Ph. D., The Defender

• Apr 23, 2025Apr 23, 2025

mRNA vaccines linked to genetic changes that can cause cancer, autoimmune disorders

A peer-reviewed study by 19 German researchers links the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to long-term changes in genetic structures that can provoke an inflammatory response, and lead to the onset of cancer and autoimmune disorders.

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Michael Nevradakis Ph. D., The Defender

• Apr 8, 2025Apr 8, 2025

Baby dies after receiving 6 shots for 12 vaccines – doctors say ‘catching up’ kids on vaccines is common and dangerous

The nurse who administered the shots said 1-year-old Sa’Niya needed them to catch her up on vaccinations she missed at her 6-month appointment – a common but potentially dangerous recommendation.

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Suzanne Burdick Ph.D., The Defender

• Apr 2, 2025Apr 2, 2025

Hawaii kills bill to end vaccine exemptions after massive pushback from public

Rep. Diamond Garcia, House minority floor leader, who opposed the bill, told The Defender it was defeated because the 'people of Hawai'i sent a clear message: medical freedom is non-negotiable.'

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Brenda Baletti, Ph.D., The Defender

• Mar 11, 2025Mar 10, 2025

‘A titan of a human being’: Remembering Francis Boyle, international law expert and medical freedom advocate

Francis Boyle, J.D., Ph.D., an expert on international law who warned about the dangers of bioweapons research and the proposed World Health Organization pandemic treaty, died Jan. 30 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois.

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Michael Nevradakis Ph. D., The Defender

• Feb 12, 2025Feb 12, 2025

Hawaii lawmakers float bill to eliminate religious exemptions

Senate Bill 1437 would eliminate all non-medical exemptions as a way to ensure high rates of vaccination coverage. The bill is part of the ‘governor’s package,’ a set of proposed bills that make up Gov. Josh Green’s legislative agenda.

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Brenda Baletti, Ph.D., The Defender

• Feb 11, 2025Feb 11, 2025

‘They lied to us’: Wife of 53-year-old who died hours after receiving Remdesivir speaks out

According to his wife, Shannon, Michael Pilgrim’s medical records showed that other than remdesivir, Michael’s doctors barely offered Michael any treatment. Today, Shannon is trying to raise public awareness of the COVID-19 hospital protocols that she believes led to her husband’s death.

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Michael Nevradakis Ph. D., The Defender

• Feb 10, 2025Feb 11, 2025

RFK Jr. libel case against Daily Kos writer can proceed, judge rules

A Superior Court judge denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. against Daily Kos writer David Vickrey, accused of knowingly publishing lies about Kennedy and intending to harm his reputation.

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Suzanne Burdick Ph.D., The Defender

• Feb 8, 2025Feb 7, 2025

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Judge rules against firefighter injured by COVID shot after employer rejected medical exemption

Police are charging parents with felonies for not placing infants who died in sleep on their backs

Texas appeals ruling in lawsuit against Pfizer, challenges PREP Act immunity shield

mRNA vaccines linked to genetic changes that can cause cancer, autoimmune disorders

Baby dies after receiving 6 shots for 12 vaccines – doctors say ‘catching up’ kids on vaccines is common and dangerous

Hawaii kills bill to end vaccine exemptions after massive pushback from public

‘A titan of a human being’: Remembering Francis Boyle, international law expert and medical freedom advocate

Hawaii lawmakers float bill to eliminate religious exemptions

‘They lied to us’: Wife of 53-year-old who died hours after receiving Remdesivir speaks out

RFK Jr. libel case against Daily Kos writer can proceed, judge rules