@nci / Unsplash Medical Journal: Whiteness Is a 'Malignant, Parasitic-Like Condition' for Which There Is No Cure A new article published in a medical journal asserts that whiteness is a mental condition that causes people to hate and terrorize others. By Andrew Thornebrooke, The Western Journal June 12, 2021
K-State Research and Extension After Pleading Guilty and Paying $8 Billion Fine, Oxycontin Makers Claim Innocence in Opioid Crisis A branch of the Sackler family launched a website arguing that its role fueling the opioid crisis was overstated as part of a smear campaign. By Andrew Thornebrooke, The Western Journal June 2, 2021
Rennett Stowe / Flickr Op-Ed: As We Return to Normal, It's Time to Beat 1 of the Hidden Dangers of Quarantine - Unhealthy Lifestyles 'According to a survey conducted by HealthInsurance.com, 55 percent of respondents reported that they had gained weight during the pandemic.' By Jan Dubauskas, The Western Journal June 2, 2021
Omar Lopez / Unsplash Baby Boy Comes 'Back to Life' After 10 Rounds of Chest Compressions, Being Pronounced Dead For one family in Owensboro, Kentucky, God's gift of life is personified in the form of their son, Kingston. By Grant Atkinson, The Western Journal March 2, 2021
Jernej Furman / Flickr Doctors Warn CDC To Tell Public About Side Effects of COVID Vaccines, Number of Doses Needed 'If this proves to work, people are going to have to toughen up,' one study participant said after suffering side effects. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal November 30, 2020
Ashok Boghani / Flickr Israeli Scientists Using Genetic 'Scissors' in Revolutionary New Cancer Treatment Scientists conducting the study said the technology applies RNA messengers to attack cancer cells, while healthy ones remain intact. By Jennifer Jean Miller, The Western Journal November 30, 2020
Scott Van Doormaal / Facebook screen shot Family Plans To Donate Over $2 Million Raised for Daughter's Lifesaving Treatment After Drug Company Covers Cost Novartis Gene Therapies randomly selected Lucy as a recipient of a covered treatment of Zolgensma - the family wouldn't have to shell out for the bill themselves. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal October 26, 2020
Kelly Sikkema / Flickr 2 Studies Find COVID Death Rate Plummeting as Treatments Improve Two new COVID-19 studies, one out of the United States and the other out of the United Kingdom, show death rates going down. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal October 21, 2020
Mike Mozart / Flickr Trump Announces Partnership with CVS, Walgreens To Distribute Free COVID Vaccines to Nursing Home Residents 'My message to American seniors today is one of optimism, confidence and hope. Your sacrifice has not been in vain.' By Jack Davis, The Western Journal October 17, 2020
Gage Skidmore/Flickr Trump Touts Therapeutic Drug He Received as COVID 'Cure,' Will Make It Free to Nation 'And it was like unbelievable. I felt good immediately. I felt as good three days ago as I do now,' Trump said. By Randy DeSoto, The Western Journal October 7, 2020
Tia Dufour / Flickr Victor Davis Hanson: The Media's Treatment of Trump's COVID Adviser Dr. Scott Atlas Is Out of Line 'Often the accusations turn puerile, suggesting that Atlas can't be a public health expert because he was originally a neuroradiologist.' By Victor Davis Hanson, The Western Journal October 1, 2020
Prachatai / Flickr Study Finds Dominant Strain of COVID May Have Mutated for 'Getting Around' Masks 'We’ll have to chase the virus and, as it mutates, we’ll have to tinker with our vaccine,' a virologist said. By Erin Coates, The Western Journal September 25, 2020
Daniel Foster / Flickr Only 13% of Americans Say They Would Try Coronavirus Vaccine 'Immediately': Poll The shares of Republican, Democratic and independent respondents who said they'd be likely to get the vaccine as soon as possible all dropped. By Bryan Chai September 24, 2020
America's Frontline Doctors / screen shot Texas Medical Board Dismisses Complaint Against Dr. Stella Immanuel Dr. Stella Immanuel's impassioned support of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the coronavirus drew quite a bit of attention. By Bryan Chai September 3, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Jenny Beth Martin: Hydroxychloroquine Is Back, And It's About Time Hydroxychloroquine appears to be back, despite the best efforts of its critics. But will it be enough to save American lives? By Jenny Beth Martin August 31, 2020