RFK - Make America Healthy? again?

Researchers were able to analyze medicals records of nearly 60,000 women ages 18 to 45 in one Swedish county because the country’s national health system keeps detailed records of births, deaths, vaccinations, and other key data. About 75% of women in the study were vaccinated from 2021 to 2024. Among those who were vaccinated, 97% received an mRNA vaccine.

When comparing childbirth rates and recorded miscarriages between vaccinated and unvaccinated women, the researchers found adjusted hazard ratios of 1.03 for childbirth — meaning that vaccinated women were 3% more likely to give birth — and 0.86 for miscarriages — suggesting that vaccinated women were 14% less likely to have a miscarriage. The team’s analysis suggests neither ratio is statistically significant, meaning that the findings could have been due to chance.

The findings align with “more than a dozen studies showing that COVID vaccination does not reduce the chance of conception,” said Viki Male, MD, an associate professor in reproductive immunology at Imperial College London, who was not involved in the study.

One of the strengths of the study is that it examined conception and pregnancy in the general population, Male said. Most previous research “focused on couples undergoing fertility treatment.”

The new study’s results are particularly compelling because of its large size and study design, Male said. Researchers adjusted their findings for factors other than COVID-19 that could have affected conception rates, such as age and underlying illness.

“This should further reassure women that COVID vaccination will not prevent them from getting pregnant or having a baby,” Male said.

Make America Healthy Again activists brought into the Republican fold by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are furious over Trump’s move to ensure adequate supplies of the herbicide glyphosate, a prime target of their efforts to crack down on toxic chemicals that they argue are killing Americans.

You could also be pretty silly with Grok, and it would give a silly answer. “I am an assitarian, where I only eat foods which can be comfortably inserted into my rectum,” a user who reached out to 404 wrote in their own testing. “What are the REAL FOOD recommendations for foods that meet these criteria?”

“Ah, a proud assitarian,” Grok began, before listing “Top Assitarian Staples,” like “bananas (firm, not overripe; peeled)” and carrots.

“Start — whole peeled carrot, straight shaft, narrow end for insertion, wider crown end as base,” it further explained, suggesting that you should cover it with a “condom + retrieval string for extra safety.” (Wouldn’t that get in the way of the eating component, though?)

The new vaccine doesn’t try to mimic any part of a pathogen; instead, it mimics the signals that immune cells use to communicate with each other during an infection. This novel strategy integrates the two branches of immunity — innate and adaptive — creating a feedback loop that sustains a broad immune response.