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Health News from The AEGIS Alliance examines healthcare policy, pharma oversight, and medical-tech privacy. Patient advocacy and public-health reporting that follows the money as well as the science.
Trevor Moore of The Whitest Kids U Know Died at 41. Bandmate Zach Cregger Later Took Oscar Night With Weapons
August 8, 2021
Trevor Moore of The Whitest Kids U Know Died at 41. Bandmate Zach Cregger Later Took Oscar Night With Weapons
Trevor Moore, co-founder of The Whitest Kids U Know, died at 41 after a fall from his home's balcony. Bandmate Zach Cregger wrote Weapons in the aftermath. The film passed…
Irish Man With Osteoporosis Pleaded Guilty Over $4.86 of Cannabis After Gardaí Searched His Flat
Mai 17, 2021
Irish Man With Osteoporosis Pleaded Guilty Over $4.86 of Cannabis After Gardaí Searched His Flat
Paul Lee of County Cork, who has osteoporosis, pleaded guilty after gardaí found about €4 of cannabis and a grinder in his apartment. Ireland still treats personal amounts as a…
Florida Keys Released Oxitec’s Genetically Modified Mosquitoes. The EPA Is Still Sitting on Commercial Use
April 28, 2021
Florida Keys Released Oxitec’s Genetically Modified Mosquitoes. The EPA Is Still Sitting on Commercial Use
Oxitec's OX5034 male Aedes aegypti trial in the Florida Keys ended in summer 2024. The EPA is still assessing commercial registration. The Keys also ran a Wolbachia male release in…
Secret Kaiser Permanente Trial Found Unused COVID Swabs Coming Back Positive
Juli 6, 2020
Secret Kaiser Permanente Trial Found Unused COVID Swabs Coming Back Positive
A secret Kaiser Permanente trial in Southern California found unused COVID swabs coming back positive. Later FDA-authorized PCR tests became far more reliable than those first-wave kits.
COVID-19 Researcher on the Verge of Significant Findings Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide
Mai 5, 2020
COVID-19 Researcher on the Verge of Significant Findings Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide
University of Pittsburgh COVID-19 researcher Bing Liu was shot dead in his Ross Township home. Police identified the gunman as Hao Gu and closed the case as a murder-suicide over…
Eminem Sent Mom’s Spaghetti to Detroit Hospital Workers, Then Opened a Restaurant Across From Comerica Park
April 26, 2020
Eminem Sent Mom’s Spaghetti to Detroit Hospital Workers, Then Opened a Restaurant Across From Comerica Park
Eminem donated Mom's Spaghetti meals to Detroit hospital workers during COVID. The gesture later became a brick-and-mortar restaurant across from Comerica Park.
Gilbarco Told Greensboro Workers They Could Stay Home, Then Ordered Them In the Next Day or Get Fired
April 6, 2020
Gilbarco Told Greensboro Workers They Could Stay Home, Then Ordered Them In the Next Day or Get Fired
Gilbarco Veeder-Root in Greensboro told workers they could stay home if they felt unsafe during COVID, then demanded they report the next day or risk being fired.
CDC Tied EVALI to Vitamin E Acetate in Illicit THC Carts. The AHA’s Quit Lying Campaign Kept Blaming Nicotine Vapes
November 17, 2019
CDC Tied EVALI to Vitamin E Acetate in Illicit THC Carts. The AHA’s Quit Lying Campaign Kept Blaming Nicotine Vapes
The CDC tied EVALI to vitamin E acetate in illicit THC carts, not nicotine vapes. The AEGIS Alliance called out the AHA's Quit Lying campaign for collapsing that distinction.
The Nationwide Vape Flavor Ban Never Became Law. The Panic Still Handed the Market to Big Tobacco
Oktober 6, 2019
The Nationwide Vape Flavor Ban Never Became Law. The Panic Still Handed the Market to Big Tobacco
A nationwide vape-flavor ban was never signed. State bans, PMTA paywalls, and a 2026 FDA reversal still shoved adult smokers toward cigarettes and the black market.
Vape Flavor Ban Panic Collapsed EVALI Into One Scare Word. Vitamin E Acetate Was the Actual Killer
September 14, 2019
Vape Flavor Ban Panic Collapsed EVALI Into One Scare Word. Vitamin E Acetate Was the Actual Killer
The AEGIS Alliance said the media collapsed vaping into one scare word. EVALI was later tied to vitamin E acetate in illicit THC carts. A nationwide flavor ban never passed.