Congress

18 Aug (Released May 8, 2009) – In this award-winning documentary film Gary Null explores the causes and solutions to the epidemic of autism in our children.  In this film you will see children who have made an extraordinary recovery as they reconnect with the world around them. (more…)

15 Aug (VACCINE WAR) – Vaccines.  Few issues conjure such strong emotional reactions – dividing friends, families and nations.  Are they the miracle life-saving intervention that some claim they are, or are they a dangerous and unnecessary means to private profit at public cost.  (more…)

13 Aug (INDEPENDENT SCIENCE NEWS) – Variations in individual “educational attainment” (essentially, whether students complete high school or college) cannot be attributed to inherited genetic differences. That is the finding of a new study reported (more…)

2 Aug (WASHINGTON TIMES) – Members of Congress and their staffs won’t face potentially massive hikes in their health care premiums next year as many had feared because of a clause in President Obama’s health care overhaul (more…)

18 Jul (NATURAL NEWS) – Contradicting promises he once made back on the campaign trail to protect the environment and defend the public against unscrupulous corporate interests, Barack Obama is currently pushing for the establishment of two new “free trade” agreeme (more…)

31 May (WASHINGTON POST) – Investors drove down the price of Monsanto shares by 4 percent on Friday as South Korea joined Japan in suspending imports of U.S. wheat after an unapproved strain of genetically modified wheat was discovered in a field in eastern Oregon. (more…)

19 May – Given that US and UK officials admit that the mumps vaccine is unnecessary and that it injures thousands every year, how did Merck convince officials to mandate a vaccine that injured or killed thousands?  Dr. Andrew Wakefield explains. (more…)

29 Apr (THE RAW STORY) – A draft bill obtained by Science Magazine‘s blog ScienceInsider, sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), would strip the peer-review requirement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) grant process, inserting a new set of funding criteria that is significantly less transparent and not inclusive of the opinions of independent experts.  (more…)

25 Mar (DAILY CALLER) – The online application draft for health care insurance under Obamacare inquires if the applicant would like to register to vote and directs the applicant to a registration page if they answer in the affirmative.  Page 59 of the 61 page draft application, (more…)

25 Mar (MEDRANTS) –  Frustrated by mounting regulation, declining pay, loss of autonomy and uncertainty about the effect of health system reform, doctors are cutting back the number of hours they work and how many patients they see. (more…)

29 Jan (ALLIANCE FOR NATURAL HEALTH) – FDA again ignores instructions from Congress and turns a blind eye to allergic reactions from Big Farma’s favorite foods. Action Alert!    In 2004 Congress passed the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act (FALCPA), which required that food labels state clearly when any of eight “major food allergens,” are present in the product. (more…)

Jan 18 – This month, a California boy was awarded close to a million dollars for a vaccine causing his Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD).  But do vaccines cause autism?  Many parents think so – and the story is very familiar to many of us.  Parents often report their child regressing into an “autistic-like state” shortly after being vaccinated.  This term has become broadly known as Au (more…)

SPARKS-OF-LIGHT.ORG –  It seems that it has been whitewashed out of history that in 1990 a powerful Congressional Investigative Sub-Committee under Representative John Dingell launched a major inquiry into Dr Robert Gallo’s research on HIV to see if he had proved his virus caused AIDS – or had stolen a French virus as alleged by the Institut Pasteur – with the final result that Gallo’s own HIV research was trashed and he offically lost his credit for having discovered HIV, only escaping on a technicality being indicted for criminal fraud in his patent application for the HIV Test. (more…)

21Dec (WASHINGTON) -After years of concern over false alarms and other problems with the bioterrorism detection system, a House panel wants Homeland Security to explain why an additional $3.1 billion should be spent on it. (more…)

11 Nov (AARP) – We have a job to do.  Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis suggested 165 years ago that simply by washing their hands, physicians would reduce the high death rate among women during childbirth.  He couldn’t prove it, though, and since he predated Louis Pasteur, antiseptics and antibiotics, Semmelweis’ advice was ignored. He was hounded out of his profession and died in disgrace.  Much has changed. Still, health professionals have not learned to wash their hands. (more…)

5 Jul –  In the near future, American medical practice may change dramatically for the worse. No longer will maximal dose natural supplements—vitamins, natural compounds, and scientifically proven medicinal herbs—be available over the counter in local health and grocery stores.  Holistic practice, which relies upon non-prescription natural treatments instead of Big Pharma drugs prescribed for (more…)

21 Jan – In 2008 – shortly after HIV co-discoverer Luc Montagnier MD accepted a Nobel Prize that Robert Gallo MD didn’t receive – Semmelweis Society International (SSI) endorsed a demand by 37 scientists and researchers for the journal Science to retract Gallo’s four original reports. (more…)

(CBS News) Two whistleblowers offer a rare window into the root causes of the subprime mortgage meltdown.  Eileen Foster, a former senior executive at Countrywide Financial, and Richard Bowen, a former vice president at Citigroup, tell Steve Kroft the companies ignored (more…)

13 Nov | WASHINGTON –  Over the last year, the Obama administration has aggressively pushed a $433-million plan to buy an experimental smallpox drug, despite uncertainty over whether it is needed or will work.  Senior officials have taken unusual steps to secure the contra (more…)

13 Nov (CBS News) – Washington, D.C. is a town that runs on inside information – but should our elected officials be able to use that information to pad their own pockets?  As Steve Kroft reports, members of Congress and their aides have regular access to powerful political intelligence, and many have made well-timed stock market trades in the very industries they regulate. For now, the practice is perfectly legal, but some say it’s time for the law to change. (more…)

1o Nov –  An agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that maintains a discipline and medical-malpractice database reopened it for public access yesterday, two months after the agency had first taken the database offline. (more…)

6 Nov – WASHINGTON – Members of Congress and their aides use insider information to make up to hundreds of thousands of dollars trading in the stock market, disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff said.  Mr Abramoff, who was one of the most powerful men in Washington before he was convicted of fraud and (more…)

13 May|ProPublica – A Pittsburgh hospital informed 141 patients earlier this year that they may have received unneeded angioplasties and stents, the tiny mesh tubes inserted to keep arteries open.  A Towson, Md., cardiologist faces a hearing on the fate of his medical license (more…)