Uptake of the newborn hepatitis B vaccine has significantly declined by over 10 percentage points since 2023, influenced by disinformation from anti-vaxxers like RFK Jr. Despite its proven safety and effectiveness in preventing hepatitis B infection, many parents hesitate to… Read More »US newborn hepatitis B vaccine uptake plummets
In late 2025, the ACIP and CDC stopped recommending the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, despite evidence of its safety and effectiveness. Anti-vaccine advocates like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. question its necessity. However, research shows the vaccine is vital for… Read More »New study shows reasons to continue Hep B vaccine birth dose
A recent study highlights that 37.8% of cancers are linked to modifiable risk factors, emphasizing the importance of lifestyle choices. Key factors include smoking, alcohol consumption, and obesity, which collectively represent a significant portion of preventable cancers. Focusing on these… Read More »Over 40% of cancers linked to modifiable behavioral risk factors
A new study warns that proposed changes to the hepatitis B vaccination schedule for newborns may endanger public health. Evidence shows no benefits in delaying the vaccine’s initial dose, contradicting anti-vaccine claims. The current vaccination strategy has dramatically reduced HBV… Read More »Report says delaying hepatitis B vaccine in infants is risky
The refusal rate of hepatitis B vaccination for newborns in Washington, DC significantly declined from 12.1% in 2017 to 3.5% in 2022. This improvement occurred across different racial groups. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, indicates that vaccination uptake… Read More »Hepatitis B vaccine refusal rate for newborns dropped
A recent study has shown that the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is linked to various cancers, not just liver cancer. Despite evidence of its danger, anti-vaccine groups oppose the HBV vaccine, which is effective in preventing these cancers. The vaccine,… Read More »Hepatitis B virus causes cancer – yes, the vaccine can prevent it
Anti-vaccine claims continue to circulate despite clear refutation with evidence and legal facts. Vaccination programs offer a clear route to compensation for rare adverse events, and vaccines, including the hepatitis B vaccine, remain critical for preventing serious diseases. Ingredients in… Read More »Refuting a list of anti-vaccine claims and tropes once again
There are 12 good steps that you can take for cancer prevention, and none of them are magical supplements. Getting the HPV vaccine is step 1.
One of the more annoying comments from the pseudoscience crowd is that there is a secret cancer cure and Big Pharma is hiding it in a vault somewhere because they make more money from “treating” cancer than curing it. Now anyone who understands anything about cancer and understands how greedy Big Pharma is would know this is the dumbest conspiracy theory since the claim that NASA faked the moon landing.
I love answering questions on Quora because I thoroughly enjoy taking down people who think you can boost your immune system against COVID-19 or that there is a homeopathic potion that will do something. But the question I probably answer every single day is whether Big Pharma is hiding the secret cancer cure, the one cure to cure them all, from all of humanity.
To save me time in the future, I decided to put it all down in one article for the world to read. The simple answer to the question is no. No, there is no secret cancer cure. And no, Big Pharma isn’t hiding it, because if there were such a cure, the one company that had it could essentially ask for Fort Knox to deliver all the gold to Big Pharma headquarters. It would be the mother of all blockbuster drugs.
So let’s take a look at cancer and the secret cancer cure myth. Get a big bowl of popcorn, because this is going to be a long one.
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Like all medical procedures, devices, and pharmaceuticals, vaccines are not perfect – there are rare vaccine adverse events. What matters is that the benefits, not only medically but also economically, outweigh any risks. As far ask I know, no perfect medical procedures, devices, or pharmaceuticals, none, that are perfectly safe or perfectly effective. Sometimes the ratio is small.
For example, there are chemotherapy drugs that only add a few months to a patient’s life, usually with substantial side effects to the medication. Yet, if you ask a patient whether it was worth it, to spend just a few extra months with their children and loved ones, the value becomes nearly incalculable.
But mostly, the FDA and other regulatory agencies demand that new products and procedures must meet or exceed the safety, and meet or exceed the financial and health benefits of currently acceptable versions. Actually, the FDA examines a lot more than that.
They check the packaging, shelf life, instructions, manufacturing practices, and so much more, it would take a book to explain it (and there probably are several). It may not be a perfect process, but it’s better than what we had 100 years ago, and it continues to improve every single day. People tend towards a form of confirmation bias where they remember where a drug may have been found to be dangerous (the best example is Vioxx).
But they forget about the millions of medications and devices that save lives or measurably improve the standard of living.
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