Antidepressant use in pregnancy is increasing, yet few women are warned of the harms. When experts raised the alarm at an FDA panel, the backlash was fierce. So what are women not being told?| Maryanne Demasi, reports
Billions of Covid vaccine doses were rolled out on assurances they were safe and effective. Now, ACIP’s new Covid immunisation working group is asking the questions regulators never did.| Maryanne Demasi, reports
The American Academy of Pediatrics has broken ranks with the CDC, issuing its own "evidence-based" immunisation schedule—but whose interests is the Academy really serving?| Maryanne Demasi, reports
CDC assured ACIP the RSV antibody for newborns was safe, but buried in its data was a statistically significant signal — nearly a 4-fold higher risk of seizures shortly after the injection.| Maryanne Demasi, reports
We sit down for a frank conversation about the fights that cost me my job at the ABC, the TGA’s cosy ties to industry, and why independent voices are needed now more than ever.| Maryanne Demasi, reports
When a medical journal starts outsourcing its editorial judgement to media fact-checkers, the entire premise of peer review collapses.| blog.maryannedemasi.com
RFK Jr accused the authors of “deceitful propaganda” and demanded the study be retracted—but the Danish researchers say his claims are baseless and “needlessly vitriolic.”| Maryanne Demasi, reports
New court filings reveal a clinical trial investigator tried to warn Merck of autoimmune injuries from Gardasil—but says the company shut him down.| Maryanne Demasi, reports
At the FDA’s recent roundtable, menopause was reframed as a disease of “oestrogen deficiency”—and hormone therapy as the cure. But was this science or salesmanship?| Maryanne Demasi, reports
For years, doctors relied on the 'TADS' trial to prescribe antidepressants to teens. Now, a reanalysis reveals serious harms that were never disclosed.| Maryanne Demasi, reports
They called us fringe. Dangerous. Irresponsible. But we were right about saturated fat. Is the medical establishment finally ready to admit it?| blog.maryannedemasi.com
The US regulator quietly delays action on a petition calling for the suspension of mRNA injections—despite evidence of regulatory failure, DNA contamination, and a surge in cancers among young people.| Maryanne Demasi, reports
Australia’s RSV public health campaign has been marred by serious medical errors, including dosing mistakes, off-label use, and the wrong vaccine given to pregnant women.| Maryanne Demasi, reports
Crucial data was excluded from a key vaccine study. When experts raised the alarm, the journal turned a blind eye.| Maryanne Demasi, reports
A new study claims antidepressant withdrawal symptoms are mild and short-lived. But for many, the suffering is real—and long-lasting.| Maryanne Demasi, reports
After publishing two key studies, the journal Circulation has deflected responsibility amid evidence of scientific misconduct—missing data, outcome switching, and authorship irregularities.| Maryanne Demasi, reports
The anti-clotting drug ticagrelor was approved on flawed studies—and remains widely used today despite evidence of scientific misconduct and regulatory failure.| blog.maryannedemasi.com
A leaked document this week reveals how powerful pharmaceutical interests are plotting to remove RFK Jr. from office. I’ve seen this playbook before—because a decade ago, they used it on me.| Maryanne Demasi, reports
The CDC’s advisory panel backed Merck’s RSV monoclonal for infants last week—but Retsef Levi cast one of two dissenting votes. Now he explains his decision.| Maryanne Demasi, reports
For the first time in years, ACIP is asking some hard questions. But decades of institutional inertia—and industry influence—won’t be easy to overcome.| Maryanne Demasi, reports
A new analysis has raised serious concerns about the safety of Covid-19 vaccination in early pregnancy.| blog.maryannedemasi.com
Newly released FOIA documents reveal the agency's dramatic U-turn.| blog.maryannedemasi.com
Professor Levi talks about mRNA safety concerns, media backlash, and reshaping vaccine policy| blog.maryannedemasi.com
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Experts say the onus must now be on the regulators to prove these findings are erroneous.| blog.maryannedemasi.com
The petition is now open for public comment.| blog.maryannedemasi.com
The regulator states the study "does not belong to the FDA," despite it being conducted at FDA labs, with FDA resources, by students under the supervision of FDA staff.| blog.maryannedemasi.com
Explosive revelations as a study conducted at FDA's own lab found residual DNA levels exceeded safety limits by 6 to 470 times. Experts say it's a 'smoking gun.'| blog.maryannedemasi.com