Why Are Companies Still “Developing” New Covid Vaccines?

As of this week, there are still 119 Covid vaccines being tested in clinical trials with about 50 in late-stage clinical trials and more than 75 in preclinical testing. It would be mind-boggling for anyone to understand the rationale for developing these new vaccines and even harder to imagine the hardship the developers must face … Read more

FDA “Approves” E-Cigarettes Acknowledging That They Can Help Smokers Quit 

This week FDA issued “marketing granted orders” (Order) for tobacco flavored e-cigarettes tacitly accepting that these devices can effectively help smokers quit conventional cigarettes and that they pose minimal risk of initiating new smokers. Despite the disclaimers in the announcement that “this does not mean these products are safe nor are they “FDA approved”, most … Read more