As Drug Failures for COVID Mount, Feds Ignore Natural Options

Many COVID drugs are failing. Natural medicine may hold the key—but can government cronyism be overcome? Action Alert! A large analysis has found that antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine had no benefit for COVID patients, causing more deaths than standard care. Other pharmaceutical treatments are also turning out to be useless. Remdesivir is being touted by Dr.… Continue reading As Drug Failures for COVID Mount, Feds Ignore Natural Options

Are Ventilators Killing People?

Emerging evidence suggests they are. Action Alert! Many are now questioning the usefulness of ventilators for COVID-19 patients, suggesting they might cause more harm than good. This may be because the paradigm by which doctors are treating the disease is wrong. Simply put, hospitals around the country are operating from the assumption that COVID-19 infection… Continue reading Are Ventilators Killing People?

EPA Approves Known Carcinogen

Hint: it’s not glyphosate, but another cancer-causing herbicide. Action Alert! After sidestepping the normal public comment process, the EPA has approved a pesticide called isoxaflutole, which the agency has determined likely causes cancer, to be sprayed in 25 states. Nor is it the first time the agency has flouted the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) to… Continue reading EPA Approves Known Carcinogen

EPA Makes Pandemic Worse

By kowtowing to industry, agency actions increase the risk of death from the COVID-19 virus. Action Alert! A recent Harvard study found that a small increase in soot air pollution is associated with a 15% increase in the COVID-19 death rate. Meanwhile, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced they are waving multiple environmental laws that reduce… Continue reading EPA Makes Pandemic Worse

Media Bungles COVID-19 Prevention

…by once again telling us supplements are useless. This irresponsible reporting has to stop. Action Alert! Mainstream media outlets have come out swinging at the idea that supplements can help you during the COVID-19 pandemic. The takeaway from these articles is that there isn’t anything we can do to protect ourselves until a pharmaceutical intervention… Continue reading Media Bungles COVID-19 Prevention

FDA Still Restricting COVID-19 Testing

The agency is delaying deployment of serological testing with more red tape. When will this end? Action Alert! The FDA is blocking COVID-19 testing at point-of-care facilities such as doctors’ offices and clinics, and instead insisting that, in many cases, they be performed at “high complexity labs,” of which there are only a very few… Continue reading FDA Still Restricting COVID-19 Testing

Does Your Prescription Increase Your Risk of COVID-19?

PPIs are among the many drugs that can make us more vulnerable to COVID-19. Action Alert! As we learn more about the COVID-19 virus, it is becoming increasingly clear that a number of pharmaceutical drugs put us more at risk for infection. While Americans should not stop their medications without consulting a physician, it is… Continue reading Does Your Prescription Increase Your Risk of COVID-19?

FDA Blocking Efforts to Produce Hand Sanitizers

Once again, the agency refuses to change its mindset in the midst of the pandemic. Action Alert! Amidst critical shortages of hand sanitizer in online and brick-and-mortar stores, distillers and compounding pharmacies have stepped up to fill in a crucial gap in supply. “Not so fast!” says the FDA. The agency released two policies detailing… Continue reading FDA Blocking Efforts to Produce Hand Sanitizers