In a major setback to fighting tuberculosis (TB), the first clinical trial of a shortened treatment has been forced to shut down the enrollment of new participants. The trial aimed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a three-month course of drugs, but interim analysis revealed high rates of unfavorable outcomes. Globally, tuberculosis is the second…

Rather than disrupt the menstrual cycle, as hormonal forms of birth control do, the vaccine uses the immune system to prevent pregnancy by blocking fertilization. This article was originally published by The Defender —Children’s Health Defense’s News & Views Website Humanity’s first contraceptive vaccine is already in clinical trials, according to an article published this…

In part 1 and part 2 of this series, we discussed the HPV vaccine and its links to ovarian insufficiency and autoimmune disease. In part 3, we turn to questions regarding the effectiveness of the vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, and the limitations of relevant clinical trials to detect such a type of effect. Summary…

An experimental drug being trialled for advanced tumours has passed phase one of its Australian trial, with the second phase set to test the drug’s effectiveness against the most aggressive brain cancer—glioblastoma. Starting in June 2021, the first phase involved patients with glioblastoma, as well as cervical, pancreatic, colon, gastrointestinal, and uterine cancers, with the…

Pfizer and BioNTech’s clinical trial to evaluate their COVID-19 vaccine in pregnant women has been discontinued, according to a newly disclosed internal Pfizer email filed as evidence in a recent court case. The case in part challenges if the vaccine has been adequately tested to assess for risks to women’s reproductive health. A professor of…

Australia is well known for its harsh sun and high rates of skin cancer, but there are questions over whether the regular use of sunscreen may interfere with vitamin D production and deficiency. This is what new research from the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute will attempt to get to the bottom of, particularly in…

A doctor from South Australia’s Flinders University is calling for Australian general practitioners (GPs) and insomnia sufferers to contact the university to learn how they can access an app that treats insomnia. While “Sleepio” has been given a stamp of approval by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), in Australia, it can currently…

A peer-reviewed study in which researchers concluded that ivermectin treatment during early COVID-19 “did not prevent” severe disease in high-risk patients has been criticized by an alliance of doctors for being “misleading.” In the open-label randomized clinical trial, also referred to as the “The I-TECH Randomized Clinical Trial,” published in the JAMA Internal Medicine journal on Feb. 18,…

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is 74 percent effective in preventing symptomatic illness, according to data from its U.S. clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday. The phase 3 trial involved more than 32,000 participants in the United States, Peru, and Chile, who either received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine or…

The Chinese regime has recently implemented orders that require organizations, schools, and companies to ensure that most of its members and employees receive COVID-19 vaccines as soon as possible, according to a government document obtained by The Epoch Times from a trusted source. The document, titled, “Zhangjiagang Vaccination Plan,” was issued on March 27 by…