by Monty Self | Apr 25, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
The Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade in its ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which returned abortion policy decisions to individual state legislatures. The end result has been a near abortion ban in 13 states. After the...
by Monty Self | Mar 8, 2021 | Opinion
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Johnson and Johnson (J & J) emergency use authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine on Feb. 27. Unlike the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, which are messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, the J & J vaccine uses a traditional...
by Monty Self | Apr 29, 2020 | Opinion
Thirty-five members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on April 20 requesting that the FDA streamline the approval process for the development of COVID-19 vaccines. “We write to assure you that Congress...
by Monty Self | Apr 28, 2020 | Opinion
The modern history of immunizations goes back to Dr. Edward Jenner. On May 14, 1796, Jenner took samples from the lesions of a dairymaid who was infected with cowpox and attempted to inoculate an 8-year-old boy. The boy suffered mild fever and body aches. Nine days... by Richard Allen | Aug 3, 2010 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) A top Vatican official has criticized a decision by the Food and Drug Administration to allow the world’s first clinical trials using stem cells derived from human embryos. Despite the efforts that are made to deny it, science continues to...