COVID-19: Are You Getting Your Latest Booster?
This is the time of year when the annual push for flu shots is on, now being combined with promotion of COVID and RSV shots. Have you decided yet? While your public health director is […]
DNA Contamination of COVID Vaccines Explored in Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
The current controversy over the alleged DNA contamination of COVID-19 vaccines involves complex issues, and also shows the difficulties in arriving at truth in today’s polarized and politicized atmosphere, writes Jane Orient, M.D., in the […]
Comments on “Proposed Rule Revisions to NJAC 8:57”
May 24, 2023 To: New Jersey Department of Health Re: Comments on “Proposed Rule Revisions to NJAC 8:57” The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), a professional association of physicians in all types of […]
Pregnancy Outcomes with COVID-19 Vaccines Reviewed in Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)
The COVID-19 vaccine was developed and distributed with unprecedented speed, including to pregnant women. Maternal-fetal medicine specialist James A. Thorp, M.D., and colleagues analyzed reports to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) of events […]
COVID-19 vaccine: Should I worry about my child’s heart?
Now that the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is recommending COVID vaccination for children, it may soon be added to shots required for school attendance. And there will be lots of advertising. This […]
COVID-19: Should I get the new BA-5 bivalent booster?
It is easy to get confused about all the COVID-19 boosters. New variants of the virus keep popping up, with vaccine makers in hot pursuit. There is not enough time to do the usual human […]
Biden’s COVID Shot Mandate for All Federal Workers is Illegal, AAPS Tells Fifth Circuit.
On Thursday, September 1, 2022, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) joined the National Health Federation (NHF) in filing an en banc amicus brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the […]
Tell Gov. Newsom to VETO AB 2098. Protect Physician Free Speech!
A dangerous bill, AB 2098, has been passed by the California legislature, that will punish physicians who seek to publicly speak out about issues that directly impact their patients’ well being. For example, under AB 2098, physicians who […]
Monkeypox: Should I Get Vaccinated?
I hope you are resuming normal life. But should you again hunker down because of yet another infectious disease threat? The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros (not a medical doctor), has […]
Exemptions Should Not Apply to Vaccines
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. An exemption is something people get from military service or jury duty—a civil obligation that serves the common good, that is, the good of everyone. Everyone benefits when the country […]
