Written by Nicolas Hulscher, MPH
In this explosive episode of Focal Points, I sit down with two fearless attorneys from Vires Law Group—Rachel Rodriguez and Mimi Miller.
Written by The Defender Staff
The Defender’s Big Food NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines related to industrial food companies and their products, including ultraprocessed foods, food additives, contaminants, GMOs and lab-grown meat and their toxic effects on human health. The views expressed in the excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender
Written by Will Jones
Nine brand new Fisker electric cars with a total value of between £278,000 and £520,000 have been dumped on a roadside in Nottingham after the Tesla-rival manufacturer went into liquidation last year
Written by BBC
The 30cm-long (11.8in) juvenile was caught on camera at a depth of 600m (1,968ft), near the South Sandwich Islands in the south Atlantic Ocean
Written by Dr. Arthur Viterito
For a few years, Joe Bastardi and Dr. Arthur Viterito have been testing their hypothesis that thermohaline circulation is the cause of the global warming that has been observed. However, as Dr. Viterito says, there have been signs this year that the thermohaline circulation is weakening, sea surface temperatures are reducing and, as a result, 2025 may be a watershed moment in climate history
Written by Lady Carla Davis, MPH
There has been a lot of chatter lately about seed oils being harmful. However, not all seed oils are unhealthy, and not all bad oils are seed oils
Written by Julianne Geiger
If Big Oil was starting to feel good about its government-sponsored climate-era glow-up, they may be in for a rude awakening, with the U.S.
Written by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D.
A mother and her teenage daughter are suing a New York school district for denying the teen a medical exemption for the third Hepatitis B (Hep B) shot after seven different doctors and medical practitioners said the teen shouldn’t get the vaccine due to her serious medical conditions.
Written by Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH
I appeared on Fox Business with Jackie DeAngelis on April 16, 2025 to respond to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr’s first press briefing and the alarming statistics from the CDC demonstrating 11.4% of children have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and 3.2% carry a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.
Written by Tess Lawrie, MBBCh, PhD
The FCC Public Notice DA 25-219 is framed as a deregulatory initiative in response to the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders aiming to “unleash prosperity” in the USA through reduced bureaucracy
Written by Climate Discussion Nexus
Given that the environmental movement generally and its climate alarmist subset tend to be anti-capitalist, whether logically or not, it is logical that when they find capitalists apparently endorsing their point of view they feel vindicated
Written by Dr Scott McLachlan
I am going to tell you in this manner because I want to try and maintain the friendship with you in spite of what I am about to say
Written by Nicolas Hulscher, MPH
The CDC surveillance study titled “Prevalence and Early Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 4 and 8 Years — Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 16 Sites, United States, 2022” was just published on the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Written by S. Stanley Young and Warren B. Kindzierski
We took one for the team by reading Particles of Truth: A Story of Discovery, Controversy, and the Fight for Healthy Air, by C. Arden Pope III, Douglas W. Dockery, so you won’t have to suffer through it
Written by Lena Petrova
Let’s examine a critical topic that affects all of us: the Trump administration’s push to impose tariffs on pharmaceutical imports.
Written by Bjorn Lomborg
Over the past decade, the leaders of corporate and international organizations became used to being lauded for making grand but ultimately empty, green promises on stages in Davos and climate summits. How quickly things have changed. [emphasis, links added]