House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement regarding the release of a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) report titled: “The National Institutes of Health and EcoHealth Alliance Did Not Effectively Monitor Awards and Subawards, Resulting in Missed Opportunities to Oversee Research … Continue reading Govt Investigator Report Confirms Concerns with NIH Funding of EcoHealth Alliance
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U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) joined his colleagues in reintroducing the Viral Gain-of-Function Research Moratorium Act, originally sponsored by U.S. Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS). The legislation would place a moratorium on all federal research grants involving risky gain-of-function research on potential pandemic pathogens. A new report from a federal watchdog agency concluded that the U.S. National Institutes … Continue reading Rand Paul, Colleagues, Renew Effort to Place Moratorium on Federally-Funded Risky Gain-of-Function Projects
Congressman Roy (TX-21), joined by several of his House colleagues, introduced legislation to prohibit U.S. funding for the World Health Organization.The “No Taxpayer Funding for the World Health Organization Act” would prohibit the United States from providing assessed or voluntary to the WHO. Congressman Roy had the following to say about this legislation: Funneling millions … Continue reading Chip Roy introduces legislation to end US funding for UN World Health Organization
Current cannabis use is associated with deceased disease severity in patients hospitalized for COVID 19, according to data published in the Journal of Cannabis Research. Researchers affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles conducted a retrospective analysis of 1,831 COVID patients admitted to two medical centers in California. They reported, … Continue reading Analysis: Cannabis Use Not Associated with Increased COVID Severity
Authorized medical cannabis patients are at low risk for psychiatric hospitalizations resulting from their marijuana use, according to data published in the journal Substance Use & Misuse. Canadian researchers assessed marijuana-related hospitalizations among a cohort of over 23,000 authorized medical cannabis patients. (Canada has legalized the use of cannabis products for both medical purposes and for adult use.) … Continue reading Study: Medical Cannabis Use Not Associated with Elevated Risk of Hospitalizations Due to Mental Health Disorders
The adjunctive use of CBD safely and effectively reduces severe anxiety in young people, according to clinical data published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Australian researchers assessed the daily administration of CBD in a cohort of 31 young people (ages 12 to 25) with refractory anxiety. Participants self-titrated their daily doses of CBD (between 400 mgs and … Continue reading CBD Safe and Effective for Young People with Treatment-Resistant Anxiety Disorders
Over the weekend, The Epoch Times published a story about the University of Texas Medical Branch taking responsibility for signing “poorly drafted” agreements with three top level biosecurity labs in China, one of which was the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The report explains: The three contracts, including one with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), gave the Chinese labs … Continue reading A Call to Investigate UTMB and its Ties to Three Chinese Top Level Biosecurity Labs
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement in response to reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been coordinating with Big Tech to censor Americans. “President Joe Biden and his administration are on a dangerous mission to institutionalize censorship of American voices and control the … Continue reading New report reveals Biden scheme to censor Americans’ social media accounts over COVID
Senate Democrats Tuesday objected to U.S. Senator Rand Paul’s amendment to the CHIPS-Plus Act that would permanently ban all U.S. funding of gain-of-function research in China. In the rush to pass this newly emerged legislation, some of the provisions the Senate previously agreed to in the original CHIPS bill were cut, including Dr. Paul’s gain-of-function … Continue reading Senate Democrats Object to Dr. Paul’s Amendment to Ban U.S. Funding of Gain-of-Function Research in China
Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) today called on New York Governor Kathleen Hochul to provide full and complete data about former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s deadly order sending … Continue reading Investigation looms as Hochul covers up data on nursing home COVID deaths scandal