By Jane M. Orient, M.D. The Biden Administration is planning to reinstate rules withdrawn by the Trump Administration that add gender identity to nondiscrimination protections. It would also expand requirements to include any providers who accept Medicare Part B. It’s not altogether clear what this will mean. There is no evidence that transgender or gender-nonconforming […]
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 declared that monkeypox is a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” (PHEIC), overriding the majority of his own expert committee […]
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) filed its amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on Friday against the Biden Administration’s mask mandate on airplanes and other public transportation. The court is hearing Biden’s appeal from the April federal district court decision that invalidated his mask mandate. “Mask […]
By Elizabeth Lee Vliet, MD – https://www.truthforhealth.org/ The World Health Organization declaration of Monkeypox as a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” (PHEIC), was made by one man, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has no medical training, over the objection of the majority of his own expert committee of medical and scientific advisors. Nine […]
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) decries the political prosecution and conviction of conservative Steve Bannon. After being denied his right to call House committee members at trial, a D.C. jury found Bannon guilty today under 2 U.S.C. § 192 of contempt of Congress. “Political prosecutions are what dictatorships do, and should never […]
Volume 78, no. 8 The AAPS Educational Foundation has filed suit against the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology (ABOG), the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM), and Alejandro Mayorkas, in his official capacity as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The lawsuit concerns […]
I hope you are able to find what you need—essential shortages are likely. One thing not in short supply is COVID boosters—and possibly mandates to get them. The promise that the vaccines would end the pandemic has proved to be a false hope. The graph below shows that in Canada the most vaccinated people experience […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revised its Emergency Use Authorization of Paxlovid™ on July 6, 2020, to allow pharmacists to practice medicine by prescribing and dispensing Pfizer’s drug on their own order. The FDA does not have the statutory authority to regulate the practice of medicine. It is up to the states to […]
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. A 90-second New York City Public Service Announcement is going viral. Posters with its advice are showing up in New Jersey shopping malls. “So, there’s been a nuclear attack,” says a smiling commentator standing on a deserted street. “OK, what do we do?” she asks in a breezy tone. Three […]
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Educational Foundation (AAPS) filed a lawsuit today in the federal Southern District of Texas, against three medical special boards for their threatened retaliation against physicians who speak out on matters of public concern. AAPS stands up for First Amendment rights of physicians who, like all American citizens, should […]