13 h. ago What it means that the FDA claims Covid vaccines caused child deaths

To accurately gauge a vaccine’s risks, it is also crucial to compare its side effects with the effects of the illness it prevents

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33 h. ago New cause of dementia discovered... as researchers reveal the devastating early signs in children

Scientists have discovered the specific genetic mutation that causes a child's brain to deteriorate, resulting in severe dementia.

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61 h. ago FDA claims Covid vaccines caused child deaths. Here’s the truth

To accurately gauge a vaccine’s risks, it is also crucial to compare its side effects with the effects of the illness it prevents

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67 h. ago ‘Never seen anything like this’: alarm at memo from top US vaccine official

Vinay Prasad memo said at least 10 children had died from Covid vaccination – but offered scant evidence for claimAmerica’s top vaccines official promised, in a long and argumentative memo to staff on Friday, to revamp vaccine regulation after claiming that at least 10 children died from Covid vaccination – but he offered no evidence for that allegation and scant details on the new approach.The top-down changes, without input from outside advisers or publication of data, worries experts who fear vaccines such as the flu shot may quickly disappear and that public trust will take a major hit. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago A dozen former FDA leaders lambast claims by current FDA vaccine chief

A dozen prior leaders of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a scathing denunciation of an FDA memo to staff that made sweeping claims casting doubt on vaccine safety

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7 d. ago Experts say strict new FDA protocol for vaccine approval is ‘dangerous and irresponsible’

Lead FDA vaccine regulator announced new approval process after claiming Covid vaccine had killed 10 childrenThe leading vaccine regulator at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a far stricter course for federal vaccine approvals, following claims from his team that Covid vaccines were linked to the deaths of at least 10 children.Experts suggest the announcement will make the vaccine approval process significantly more difficult. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Reform's new small business tsar accused of spreading 'dangerous conspiracies'

Kevin Byrne, who spoke alongside Nigel Farage at a party event earlier this month, called Covid vaccinations the 'crime of the century' in one Facebook post this summer

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1 week ago Moderna is most shorted stock in S&P 500 as Americans skip jabs

Maker of Covid-19 shots has slumped since pandemic as people turn against vaccines

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1 week ago Kate Middleton's Early Childhood foundation announces £100,000 study into impact of digital devices on young children

The royal, 43, set up the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood in 2021; the centre will fund research into how to reduce parent-child disruption caused by digital devices.

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2 w. ago My darling wife was forced to take the Covid vaccine. Horrific photos show the pain she went through before her death

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT A grieving husband has claimed his wife died from complications of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

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2 w. ago My darling wife was forced to take the Covid vaccine. These horrific photos show the pain my love went through before her death

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT A grieving husband has claimed his wife died from complications of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

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3 w. ago Boy, six, dies after 'medical episode' at home as police arrest woman and teenage girl on suspicion of causing or allowing the death of a child

Paramedics called police to a house in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, at around 9am on Monday after the child was found having a 'medical episode'.

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3 w. ago Seven men charged in Bristol child sexual exploitation investigation

Men appear in court accused of more than 40 offences against teenage girlsSeven men have been charged with alleged offences against 11 teenage girls as part of an investigation into what police have called “group-based child sexual exploitation” in Bristol.The men are accused of more than 40 offences between 2022 and 2025. The investigation began in November 2023 after concerns were raised about the sexual exploitation of a teenage girl.Mohamed Arafe, 19, of Speedwell in Bristol. He has been charged with five counts of arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child, one of causing or inciting the sexual exploitation of a child, one of sexual assault, one of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and a further count of being concerned in the supply of ecstasy.Sina Omari, 20, of Fishponds in Bristol. He has been charged with two counts of rape, four counts of arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child, one of causing or inciting the sexual exploitatio...

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3 w. ago Rapist Hollyoaks actor who attacked woman while she was sleeping and told another victim she should 'abide by what a man wants' is jailed for 11 years

Rizwan Khan, 40, was also sentenced for causing unnecessary suffering to a child after slapping the child across the face, as well as for sexually assaulting one of the women he raped.

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3 w. ago Covid vaccines may increase the lifespan of cancer patients – this could be a game changer | Devi Sridhar

A study suggesting mRNA vaccines help the body fight malignant cells raises the tantalising prospect of a low-cost, low-risk treatment that could help with all cancersI’m often asked whether we’re better prepared for the next pandemic. It’s a mixed answer, but the bright spot is scientific progress on vaccines. The Covid vaccines were produced faster than any previous effort, and are credited with saving millions of lives from 2021 onwards. The mRNA vaccines – Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna – were designed within days of the Sars-CoV-2 genome being published in January 2020, and went into safety trials over the following months before finally being approved in the UK at the end of 2020.But could they have additional benefits? According to a recent study published in Nature, mRNA vaccines seem to trigger a powerful immune response that increases the median survival time by about 75% for certain cancer patients. These findings – which are being further developed – could indicate the powe...

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4 w. ago Boy, 5, savaged in dog attack at UK park in 'every parent's nightmare'

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: The five-year-old boy was visiting a park in Schofield Street, Mexborough, Sheffield, when he was "aggressively approached" by an off-lead dog that "began to attack the child's face and caused injury to his eye, ears and cheeks".

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