At least 10 illegal immigrants were reportedly injured this weekend after falling from a wall at Border Field State Park, according to reports from the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. Authorities labeled The incident a “mass casualty” event, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection sought external assistance. The injured ranged in age from 18 to mid-40s and suffered mild injuries, with the most severe being a broken leg.
Pedro Rios, director of the American Friends Service Committee’s U.S./Mexico Border Program, said the injuries are not unique. Many illegals experience such injuries, scaling Donald Trump’s wall to enter the United States. He noted that wet weather conditions possibly contributed to the incident’s severity by making the wall more slippery. Earlier in the day, Rios had observed over a hundred people in the area, some of whom admitted scaling the wall.
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Recent additions to the wall have included an anti-climbing feature and metal rooftop-like segments. If tests are successful, these will be installed on other wall parts.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The city of Bargteheide, Germany, decided to houseasylum seekers in a senior citizens’ residential complex that was previously vacated under claims it was uninhabitable.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Mayor Gabriele Hettwer, Social Democrat council members Andreas Bäuerle and Jörg Rehder, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) council member Sven Meding, and former residents of the complex.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Bargteheide, Germany; ongoing decision-making with no specific timeframe given for the temporary use of the complex.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The costs for the removal of mold and other renovation measures are manageable.” – Mayor Gabriele Hettwer
🎯IMPACT: Elderly residents were forced to leave their homes, while the complex is now being prepared to accommodate asylum seekers, sparking criticism and debate among local officials and residents.
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The German city of Bargteheide has reversed its supposed plans to demolish a senior citizens’ residential complex on Nelkenweg, instead opting to refurbish it to house asylum seekers. This decision comes after all residents were vacated under the claim that the building was uninhabitable. However, following an inspection, it was suddenly determined that only five of the units required renovation, while the rest could be used as-is.
Mayor Gabriele Hettwer defended the decision, stating, “The costs for the removal of mold and other renovation measures are manageable.” She added that the city was preparing for potential increases in migration and claimed that the use of the complex was temporary, though she declined to provide a specific timeframe. The complex will provide 104 places, far exceeding the 40 additional spaces needed, to accommodate future migrants.
The decision has drawn criticism, particularly from members of the leftist Social Democratic Party (SPD) parliamentary group, who supported the initial eviction of elderly residents on the grounds that the building was unfit for habitation.
Sven Meding, a council member for the notionally center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), formerly led by Angela Merkel, dismissed the SPD’s concerns as politically motivated, stating, “I sometimes wonder if it’s election campaign again. Should we accommodate the refugees in tents? The apartments on Nelkenweg are well habitable.” However, this avoids addressing the fact that German seniors were previously evicted on the basis that they were supposedly not “well habitable.”
Former residents expressed their disappointment at being forced to leave their homes. Frieda Miller said, “I feel very comfortable here and have lived here for 20 years.” Another resident, Dagmar Pardubitzki, added, “The apartment is really well designed, everything can be reached from here, and there is also a lot of nature. I would like to stay here.” Despite their wishes, the city has moved forward with its plan to house asylum seekers in the complex instead, a move consistent with similar actions reported in other German cities.
Germany has long been the number one destination for asylum seekers in Europe, and the number of immigrant arrivals is rapidly changing the country’s demographics. As many as one-third of young adults in Germany now come from migration backgrounds.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Martin Kulldorff, a world-renowned infectious-disease epidemiologist, was appointed to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, after previously being terminated from Harvard Medical School for refusing the COVID vaccine.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Martin Kulldorff, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the CDC’s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Kulldorff’s appointment was announced last week, with the committee changes revealed by Kennedy on X.
💬KEY QUOTE: “They have each committed to demanding definitive safety and efficacy data before making any new vaccine recommendations.” – Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
🎯IMPACT: Kulldorff’s appointment signals a shift toward evidence-based medicine and public trust restoration in vaccination policies.
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World-renowned infectious-disease epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff, who was fired from Harvard Medical School last year for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, has been appointed to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). Previously, the entire advisory committee’s membership had been dismissed.
Kulldorff, who cited infection-acquired immunity as the reason for declining the vaccine, lost his position at a Harvard-affiliated hospital during the early days of the COVID pandemic and was officially terminated as a faculty member in March 2024. He co-authored the Great Barrington Declaration, which advocated for sensible pandemic response measures and has garnered nearly one million signatures from scientists worldwide.
Announcing the new ACIP members, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. described his selections as a “major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines.” He stated, “They have each committed to demanding definitive safety and efficacy data before making any new vaccine recommendations. The committee will review safety and efficacy data for the current schedule as well.”
In 2021, Kulldorff posted on X (formerly Twitter) that “thinking that everyone must be vaccinated is as scientifically flawed as thinking that nobody should.” He added, “COVID vaccines are important for older high-risk people and their care-takers. Those with prior natural infection do not need it. Nor children.”
Kulldorff has been critical of Harvard’s handling of the pandemic, writing in City Journal last year that the institution had abandoned open debate and medical freedom. He wrote, “The beauty of our immune system is that those who recover from an infection are protected if and when they are re-exposed. This has been known since the Athenian Plague of 430 BC—but it is no longer known at Harvard.”
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump plans to withhold his signature from a G7 statement calling for de-escalation between Israel and Iran.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald J. Trump, G7 leaders, Israeli and Iranian officials.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The G7 summit in Alberta, Canada, as reported on Monday.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Under the strong leadership of President Trump, the United States is back to leading the effort to restore peace around the world.” – White House source.
🎯IMPACT: Trump’s decision reflects a tougher stance on Iran and reinforces U.S. support for Israel.
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President Donald J. Trump has decided not to sign a joint G7 statement urging de-escalation in the conflict between Israel and Iran. The draft statement, which affirms Israel’s right to self-defense and opposes Iran obtaining nuclear weapons, was expected to be signed at the summit in Alberta, Canada.
A White House source stated, “Under the strong leadership of President Trump, the United States is back to leading the effort to restore peace around the world. President Trump will continue to work towards ensuring Iran cannot obtain a nuclear weapon.”
The decision comes as hostilities escalate between Israel and Iran, with Israeli strikes on Iranian targets and Iranian counterstrikes. Trump told the media on Sunday, June 15, that while the U.S. is not currently involved militarily, he has not ruled out intervention. “We’re not involved in it. It’s possible we could get involved,” Trump said.
Further media reports on Sunday indicated that Trump recently vetoed an Israeli proposal to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, demonstrating a desire to avoid further escalation. However, Israeli officials have disputed the accuracy of these reports.
While the U.S. has not directly intervened, it has provided intelligence and assisted Israel in shooting down incoming Iranian missiles. However, many of these missiles have still breached Israel’s multi-layered missile defense systems in recent days. Trump has expressed hope that Iran will come to the negotiation table to resolve the conflict peacefully.
Iran has reportedly reached out to the United States through intermediaries and expressed a desire to reach a ceasefire agreement. However, as of June 16, the hostilities between the two countries remain ongoing, with reports of Israeli attacks on an Iranian media building in Tehran and further attempted missile strikes from Iran toward Israel.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED:Donald Trump said Iran should have accepted his nuclear deal and called the resulting bloodshed a “waste of human life,” warning: “IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON.”
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👤 WHO WAS INVOLVED: Donald J. Trump, the Iranian regime, and civilians potentially in harm’s way in Tehran.
📍 WHEN & WHERE: Posted on Truth Social at 6:30 PM ET, June 16, 2025, referencing Tehran, Iran.
💬 KEY QUOTE:“Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”
🎯 IMPACT: Heightens fears of regional escalation or military action as Trump’s words suggest a serious and possibly imminent development.
President Donald J. Trump issued a striking warning late Monday, blaming Iranian leaders for rejecting a deal he had previously offered to curb the country’s nuclear ambitions. The former president called the outcome a “shame” and a “waste of human life,” adding that the situation has become dire due to Iran’s refusal to comply.
“IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON,” he wrote emphatically, saying he had repeated that warning “over and over again.” He capped the post with a dramatic directive: “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”
Trump’s message was posted at 6:30 PM ET on June 16th via Truth Social, and has since sparked intense speculation across diplomatic and intelligence communities. It remains unclear whether this is a rhetorical warning aimed at causing chaos in the Iranian capital, or signals the possibility of imminent kinetic action by the U.S. or allies.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Federal officials believe that Vance Luther Boelter, who allegedly shot two Minnesota state representatives and their spouses, visited the homes of at least two other state lawmakers early Saturday morning intending to murder them.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Vance Luther Boelter, Melissa Hortman, John Hoffman, two other Minnesota lawmakers, state law enforcement, and Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The murders and attempted murders occurred early Saturday morning, June 14, with Boelter eventually captured by state law enforcement on Sunday, June 15.
💬KEY QUOTE: “This was a political assassination,” Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson said on Monday.
🎯IMPACT: The revelation that Boelter visited the homes of additional targets suggests the assassin had far broader plans to kill state officials.
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Federal officials revealed that alleged Minnesota assassin Vance Luther Boelter, accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses in their homes, visited the homes of two other state lawmakers on Saturday morning, but moved on as neither was present. Boelter allegedly shot and killed state Representative Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband, and critically wounded state Senator John Hoffman (D) and his wife Yvette.
In all four incidents, it is believed that Boelter approached the homes disguised as a police officer and claimed to be investigating some sort of crime when someone answered the door. The first home visited by Boelter was that of state Senator Hoffman, with both the lawmaker and his wife being critically wounded by the assassin. Next, Boelter drove to the home of another, unnamed, lawmaker, but discovered it empty.
However, in the second of the failed shooting attempts, an actual local law enforcement official now believes they encountered Boelter sitting outside the lawmaker’s residence in an SUV. The officer says they approached the vehicle and a man in a police uniform sitting inside, and assumed the individual was dispatched to provide a protective detail. However, when the officer tried to verbally address the individual, the man in the SUV continued staring straight ahead.
After the initial encounter, the law enforcement officer says they proceeded to check on the home, knocking on the front door and receiving no response. Upon confirming that the house was unoccupied, the officer realized the SUV and the man—now believed to be Boelter—had departed.
Subsequently, police would again encounter Boelter at the final home, belonging to Rep. Hortman. When police arrived, Boelter was standing at the front door of the lawmaker’s residence. Before law enforcement could respond, Boelter forced his way into the home and began opening fire, killing Hortman and her husband.
Boelter had previously been appointed to serve on a state workforce commission by Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) and by his predecessor, Gov. Mark Dayton (D-MN). On Monday, Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson plainly stated: “This was a political assassination.”
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President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer have confirmed a trade deal between the United States and the United Kingdom at the G7 summit in Canada. The British were able to negotiate a trade deal as a result of Brexit—which Starmer opposed—repatriating control over trade policy from the European Union (EU).
“This now implements on car tariffs and aerospace, a really important agreement, and so, this is a very good day for both of our countries,” said Starmer, adding, “Thank you again, Donald.”
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Trump, who is half-British through his late mother, was similarly positive, calling the British “great people.”
However, the announcement may prove somewhat politically embarrassing for Starmer, of the far-left Labour Party, due to a mishap involving the trade deal documents. Trump accidentally dropped several pages, prompting Starmer to stoop and pick them from the ground in a subordinate posture.
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🚨 BREAKING: Donald Trump says the UK-US trade deal is “signed and done” next to Keir Starmer at the G7
Trump: “It will produce a lot of jobs and income – the relationship we have is fantastic”
President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer have confirmed a trade deal between the United States and the United Kingdom at the G7 summit in Canada. The British were able to negotiate a trade deal as a result of Brexit—which Starmer opposed—repatriating control over trade policy from the European Union (EU).
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: China launched its first clinical trial of an invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) device, enabling a patient to play video games using only his mind.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Researchers at the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence (CEBSIT) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, owned and operated by the Chinese Communist Party, and a 37-year-old man who previously lost all four limbs.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The trial was conducted in Shanghai, with future market availability projected by 2028.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The electrode is so soft that the force required to bend it is comparable to the interaction force between two neurons in the brain,” said Zhao Zhengtuo, a researcher at CEBSIT.
🎯IMPACT: The device aims to improve the quality of life for amputees and those with spinal cord injuries, and it has potential future applications in robotics and artificial intelligence.
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China has initiated its first clinical trial for invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) devices, marking a significant step in the global race to develop advanced neural technology. The initial trial involved a 37-year-old man who previously lost all four limbs in a high-voltage electrical accident. Using the BCI device, the patient was able to play video games solely with his mind.
The research was conducted at the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence (CEBSIT) within the Chinese Academy of Sciences. This group answers directly to and is controlled by the Communist Party-run State Council of China.
The technology employs tiny electrodes inserted through a small opening in the skull to read brain activity. According to Zhao Zhengtuo, a researcher at CEBSIT, “The electrode is so soft that the force required to bend it is comparable to the interaction force between two neurons in the brain.” This design minimizes immune responses and rejection reactions, enabling long-term compatibility with brain tissue.
The research team aims to further develop the technology to control robotic arms or artificial intelligence (AI) agents. The CEBSIT device is reportedly smaller and more flexible than its U.S. counterpart, Neuralink, the brain-chip startup founded by Elon Musk. Neuralink has also been testing invasive BCI devices on human patients, with Musk envisioning millions of people using the technology within the next decade.
While Neuralink’s early trials have focused on assisting individuals with quadriplegia, Musk has suggested that the technology could eventually augment human intelligence and allow humans to merge with AI. Neuralink recently raised $650 million to expand its testing program globally and further its technological capabilities.
China’s CEBSIT anticipates its BCI device will be market-ready by 2028. The lab, based in Shanghai, targets medical applications for amputees and individuals with spinal cord injuries.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A report on grooming gangs in Britain revealed systemic failures and a pattern of blaming victims for crimes committed against them.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Baroness Louise Casey, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, and police forces across Britain.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Report released on Monday, June 16, 2025, addressing grooming gang issues in Britain.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Children as young as 10 plied with drugs and alcohol, brutally raped by gangs of men and disgracefully let down again and again by the authorities who were meant to protect them.” – Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.
🎯IMPACT: The government announced new measures, including statutory data collection on perpetrators’ nationality and ethnicity.
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A “deeply disturbing” report by Baroness Louise Casey has exposed widespread institutional failings in how authorities handled grooming gang crimes across Britain. The review found that Asian and Pakistani-background men were vastly overrepresented among suspects involved in child sexual grooming gang activity.
The report also found victims—many girls aged just 10 to 15—were wrongly blamed, often dismissed as “wayward teenagers” instead of vulnerable children being raped and exploited.
“If we’d got this right years ago—seeing these girls as children raped rather than ‘wayward teenagers’ or collaborators in their abuse, collecting ethnicity data, and acknowledging as a system that we did not do a good enough job—then I doubt we’d be in this place now,” Baroness Casey wrote.
British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper—roughly equivalent to the Homeland Security Secretary in the U.S.—vowed swift action on 12 key recommendations, including a new time-limited national inquiry, treating grooming gang abuse as serious and organised crime, and tracking data on offenders’ ethnicity and nationality. The National Crime Agency (NCA) will reopen over 800 cold cases.
“This is one of the most horrific crimes,” Cooper told Members of Parliament (MPs), issuing an “unequivocal apology” to survivors. “Children as young as 10 plied with drugs and alcohol, brutally raped by gangs of men and disgracefully let down again and again by the authorities who were meant to protect them.”
Baroness Casey’s 200-page report criticised the historic refusal to collect ethnicity data and warned this silence had “only helped the bad people.” She also called for criminal records of victims coerced into illegal activity to be overturned and said stricter laws were needed to ensure men who have sex with under-16s face rape charges.
The inquiry comes after years of public outcry. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer backed the new probe after facing mounting pressure from the right, including criticism from Elon Musk and Reform Party leader Nigel Farage.
Children’s charity Barnardo’s warned against delaying reforms, urging the government to implement existing recommendations immediately. “Children and survivors have already been waiting many years for action,” said CEO Lynn Perry.
Grooming gang activity remains ongoing, with perpetrators now often targeting victims online or in vape shops, the report found.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A U.S. aircraft carrier strike group is heading to the Middle East amid escalating tensions involving Iran and Israel.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The USS Nimitz strike group, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump, and Iran’s leadership.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The USS Nimitz is en route from the South China Sea to the Middle East, with a canceled stop in Vietnam, as of Sunday.
💬KEY QUOTE: “We will have a second Holocaust—a nuclear Holocaust,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, justifying his country’s attacks on Iran. He added: “The Jewish state is not going to have the Holocaust on the Jewish people. Never again is now, and we have to act now.”
🎯IMPACT: The repositioning of U.S. military assets highlights ongoing regional tensions and the potential for further escalation.
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The United States is diverting a large number of military assets to positions in Europe and the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran continues. The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier strike group is heading to the Middle East from the South China Sea. The strike group includes nine squadrons flying F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, EA-18G Growlers, E-2D Hawkeyes, C-2A Greyhounds, and MH-60R/S Sea Hawks.
Additionally, on Sunday, social media accounts tracked the flight paths of multiple KC-135 and KC-46 refueling aircraft heading to Europe. While the refueling tankers traveled with their flight transponders on, it is possible they towed other aircraft as part of the airlift, which did not have activated transponders. These could include B-2 bombers, capable of delivering the GBU-57A/B MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator)—a 30,000lb bunker buster bomb capable of destroying Iran’s Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), which is located an estimated half-mile inside a mountain just outside the city of Qom.
Two anonymous American officials have stated that the aircraft were being repositioned to provide President Donald J. Trump with additional options. The Nimitz, set to be decommissioned next year, was initially scheduled to replace the USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea but is now arriving ahead of schedule.
The deployment coincides with Israel’s ongoing offensive against Iran, aimed at destroying the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. “Once they go that route, it’s too late. We will have a second Holocaust—a nuclear Holocaust,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, justifying his country’s attacks on Iran. He added: “The Jewish state is not going to have the Holocaust on the Jewish people. Never again is now, and we have to act now.”
Netanyahu said Iran had been given an opportunity to reach a nuclear deal with President Trump, but it became evident that Iran was not serious. “They basically strung everyone along and it was clear to us that the talks were going nowhere,” he added. The Israeli Defense Forces announced that one-third of Iranian missile launchers have been destroyed, with Netanyahu confirming that the Israeli Air Force “controls the skies over Tehran.”
The National Pulse reported on Monday that Iran has signaled to neighboring Arab governments that it is willing to return to negotiations, on the condition that the United States remain on the sidelines and not directly involve itself with Israel’s air campaign. “The Iranians know the U.S. is supporting Israel in its defense, and they are sure the U.S. is supporting Israel logistically,” anonymous Arab officials stated. “But they want guarantees the U.S. won’t join the attacks.”
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Officials from California, Oregon, and Washington state announced they will continue recommending COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant women and small children, diverging from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) updated guidance.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Health officials from California, Oregon, Washington state, the CDC, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The joint statement was issued on June 12, following the CDC’s May update to its immunization schedule.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Under the leadership of Secretary Kennedy, HHS is restoring the doctor-patient relationship. If a parent desires their healthy child to be vaccinated, their decision should be based on informed consent through the clinical judgment of their healthcare provider,” a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services spokesman said.
🎯IMPACT: The decision highlights a growing divide over public health guidance, with states and medical organizations differing on vaccine recommendations for pregnant women and children.
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Officials from three states—California, Oregon, and Washington—stated on June 12 that pregnant women and small children should still have access to COVID-19 vaccines. This position diverges from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which recently removed its recommendation for COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy from its immunization schedule.
The CDC’s updated guidance, issued in May, also removed a recommendation for healthy children to receive the vaccine. Insurers often rely on the CDC’s immunization schedules to determine vaccine coverage, raising concerns for Big Pharma The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has sided with vaccine manufacturers, with its president, Dr. Steven Fleischman, stating, “The COVID-19 vaccine is safe during pregnancy, and vaccination can protect our patients and their infants after birth.”
Despite the CDC’s changes, health officials in California, Oregon, and Washington still want to vaccinate pregnant women, infants, and toddlers. In a joint statement, officials from the Democrat-led states said they will “continue to recommend all individuals age six months and older should have access and the choice to receive currently authorized COVID-19 vaccines, with an emphasis on protecting higher risk individuals, such as infants and toddlers, pregnant individuals, and others with risks for serious disease.”
Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has defended the CDC’s changes, emphasizing the importance of medical autonomy and informed consent. “Americans deserve to make health decisions based on their individual circumstances—not under pressure from politicized institutions or rigid, one-size-fits-all mandates,” an HHS spokesman said.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has stated that data on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant women remains insufficient to assess risks. Known side effects of the vaccines include heart inflammation and other adverse reactions. Most Western European countries only recommend COVID-19 vaccines to children over six months old who are particularly at risk from the virus.
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