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08/23/21

‘Don’t Operate From a Place of Fear … Do Your Own Research’: Panelists Respond to Questions About ‘VAXXED II’

Children’s Health Defense last week hosted a live Q&A session during which a team of panelists responded to questions from viewers of “VAXXED II: The People’s Truth.”

08/10/21

Amid Growing Calls for Vaccine Mandates, Employers and Employees Weigh Options

It’s not just businesses, the federal government and the military — the push is also on to mandate COVID vaccines for school children, despite evidence showing the benefits don’t outweigh the risks.

08/04/21

Amazon Will Give You $10 for Your Palm Print + More

The Defender’s Big Brother NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines related to governments’ abuse of power, including attacks on democracy, civil liberties and use of mass surveillance.

05/25/21

NEW YORKERS: Tell Your Lawmakers to Oppose Mandated Vaccine Reporting for Adults

Companion bills S75 and A279, which are moving through the state legislature, would require healthcare workers to report all immunizations administered to adults 19 and older to a state-run database.

05/24/21

OSHA Abruptly Reverses Course, Says Employers Will Not Be Liable for COVID Vaccine Injuries After All

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration now says employers who mandate COVID vaccines will not be required to treat adverse reactions as “recordable injuries,” thus eliminating employers’ concerns about vaccine injuries impacting their safety record.

05/20/21

OSHA: Employers May Be Held Liable for ‘Any Adverse Reaction’ if They Mandate COVID Vaccines

New OSHA guidance holds employers liable for adverse reactions if they require employees be vaccinated for COVID as a condition of employment, which could negatively impact the employer’s safety rating.

04/29/21

Can Colleges and Employers Legally Require You to Get Vaccinated? It’s Complicated.

Some colleges and employers are mandating COVID vaccines, and some states are proposing laws to prohibit vaccine mandates — leaving the unvaccinated to wonder where they stand.

01/20/21

‘This Week’ With Mary + Polly: You Can’t Sweep Deaths Under the Rug + Free Pot With Your COVID Shot? + More

In “This Week” with Mary Holland, Children’s Health Defense vice chair and general counsel, and Polly Tommey, co-producer of “Vaxxed,” Mary and Polly discuss the growing reports of injuries and deaths from COVID vaccines … and more.

12/10/20

Sausage Making at FDA: How Human Cancer Cells Got Into Vaccines

In a 2012 meeting, the FDA voted to allow the use of human fetal cells and adult human tumor cells in vaccines, despite acknowledging the many risks, including that vaccine recipients might later develop cancer.

12/09/20

Protecting Individual Rights: Can COVID Vaccines Be Mandated?

Children’s Health Defense released a special report providing the scientific and legal context behind protecting individual rights in regards to COVID vaccines.

11/13/20

Leading COVID Vaccine Candidates Plagued by Safety Concerns

Unproven technologies, unsafe ingredients and inadequate testing — fortunately, current law prohibits mandating unlicensed vaccines approved for “emergency use.”

10/30/20

Minors Mistakenly Given AstraZeneca Vaccine + More

The Defender’s COVID NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines on COVID-19 and vaccines.

04/11/24

Social Media Fact Checkers Claim Their Work Isn’t Censorship. Here’s Why It Is. + More

The Defender’s Big Brother NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines related to governments’ abuse of power, including attacks on democracy, civil liberties and use of mass surveillance. The views expressed in the excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender.

04/01/24

Big Tech Is the Big Tobacco of Today + More

03/27/24

More Than 2,900 Elementary Students in Waterloo Region Suspended for Out-of-Date Vaccine Records + More

03/26/24

Senators Say Meta’s Zuckerberg Is Slow-Walking Child Safety Inquiries + More

03/06/24

9 New ‘Independent’ Advisers to CDC Publicly Promoted Vaccines or Took Money From Pharma — or Both

After struggling for months to fill seats on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced nine new appointees. All have financial ties to vaccine makers or have publicly promoted COVID-19, RSV and HPV vaccines — or both.

03/05/24

Updated COVID Shot Expected to Come This Fall, CDC Director Says + More

The Defender’s Big Pharma Watch delivers the latest headlines related to pharmaceutical companies and their products, including vaccines, drugs, and medical devices and treatments. The views expressed in the below excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender. Our goal is to provide readers with breaking news that affects human health and the environment.

02/26/24

Exclusive: Woman Living Near Cell Tower Diagnosed With 51 Strokes

In an interview with The Defender, Marcia Haller detailed how her life dramatically changed when a cell tower 900 feet from her home was “upgraded.” Haller notified the telecom companies operating the tower that she plans to sue under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

02/08/24

‘Let Us Work’: Fired New York City Workers Rally in Support of Bill Requiring City to Reinstate Jobs With Back Pay

Hundreds gathered today at New York’s City Hall calling for legislation requiring the city to rehire all employees fired over now-rescinded COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Speakers called for back pay and benefits restoration for workers barred from “jobs that they loved.”

01/18/24

Inside Biden’s Secret Surveillance Court + More

12/15/23

Dying to Lose Weight? U.S. Poison Control Centers Report 1,500% Spike in Calls About Popular Weight-Loss Drug

This week an an investigation by The BMJ suggested websites are illegally marketing semaglutide, sold under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy, in the U.K., triggering shortages and an online black market for the drugs.

12/15/23

Exclusive: Fired ICU Nurse Speaks Out on COVID Protocols, Vaccine Injuries

In exclusive interviews with CHD.TV and The Defender, California intensive care unit nurse Gail Macrae shared her story of pushing back against hospital COVID-19 protocols that she said violated medical ethics and resulted in increased harm to patients.

11/13/23

CDC Reports Largest Infant Mortality Rate Increase in 20 Years

U.S. infant mortality increased by 3% in the period between 2021 to 2022, based on data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Restricted healthcare access and economic instability during the COVID-19 pandemic may have played a role, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics.

11/08/23

I Asked ChatGPT to Explain DNA Particles in COVID Vaccines. Here’s What I Learned.

Gavin de Becker, bestselling author of “The Gift of Fear,” asked ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot that uses natural language processing to create humanlike conversational dialogue, to explain the significance of DNA particles from Simian Virus-40 that were found in Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines.

11/06/23

2023 Was a Record-Breaking Year for State Vaccine Laws Worthy of Support

The National Vaccine Information Center found more state vaccine-related bills worth supporting in 2023 than in any other year, according to the organization’s newly released 2023 annual report.

11/06/23

Insurance Industry Execs ‘Alarmed’ by Surge in Deaths Among Young People — But Stop Short of Blaming COVID Shots

According to InsuranceNewsNet, insurers are especially concerned by data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that show “mortality rates alarmingly rising for different categories,” including younger adult mortality rates that are up more than 20% above historic norms in 2023.

10/11/23

Utah Lawsuit Says TikTok Intentionally Lures Children Into Addictive, Harmful Behavior + More

09/26/23

Amazon Will Use Real User Conversations to Train Alexa’s AI Model + More

09/14/23

Koreans Whose Family Members Died After COVID Shots Get $22,500 ‘Condolence’ Payments

Wayne Rohde, author of “The Vaccine Court: The Dark Truth of America’s Vaccine Injury Compensation Program,” said the U.S. is “falling behind” countries that have offered more generous compensation for COVID-19 vaccine injuries. The U.S. has so far approved only four COVID-19 vaccine injury claims — for a total of $8,592.55.