US Supreme Court backs medical free speech in ruling against ban on conversion therapy
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with a Colorado-licensed counsellor who challenged the state’s law banning “conversion therapy” for minors, arguing the law violates her First Amendment right to free speech. Legal experts said the ruling may positively affect the outcome of two pending medical free speech lawsuits filed by Children’s Health Defence.
Declassed records show US Energy Department’s lab-leak pivot was not driven by new intelligence
Most records remain hidden within the latest 186-page tranche released by the DOE, which has long run intelligence operations that leverage its unique scientific and technological expertise to protect national security. Only a relatively small number of pages, mostly of internal email discussions, contain substantive, readable material.
US completes divorce with WHO, accused latter of pandering to political interests
The WHO is the United Nations’ specialised health agency and is mandated to coordinate the response to global health threats such as outbreaks of m-pox, Ebola and polio. It also provides technical assistance to poorer countries; helps distribute scarce vaccines, supplies and treatments; and sets guidelines for hundreds of health conditions, including mental health and cancer.
Health minister Duale and Kenya BioVax Institute explore possibilities of local vaccine production
The engagement focused on the institute’s mandate to manufacture and commercialise safe, high-quality and effective human vaccines, alongside other critical health products and technologies essential to national health guarantees.
Compulsory vaccination in US takes new twist as charity sues DOD over ‘sham’ religious exemption policies
The lawsuit accuses the US military of enforcing a “two-part strategy” to deny virtually all religious accommodation requests from service members and recruits. CHD alleges the military’s policy for granting religious exemptions to recruits is “ambiguous.” For acting service members, the process for obtaining a religious exemption from vaccines is a “sham” and “largely theatre.”