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John Dale Dunn
Profile -John Dale Dunn, M.D., J.D., is an emergency physician in Brownwood, Texas. He is board-certified in emergency medicine and legal medicine and has been an inactive attorney for 35 years. -
Press Release: Will the National Academy of Sciences Allow EPA to Get Away with Murder?
Opinion -"I see this US EPA air pollution research project as a gigantic deceit, built on uncontrolled observational studies and projecting non-proof small associations to create big claims of deaths in particular." - Dr. John Dale Dunn, M.D., J.D. -
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Latest Murder-Suicides by Transgenders Raise Questions about Physician Culpability – Interview
Publication -On February 10, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootsellaar, who identified as a female, shot to death seven people, including his mother and step-brother, and injured two dozen others in British Columbia before turning the gun on himself. On February 16, Robert Dorgan, in a murder-suicide, shot to death his ex-wife and son at a Rhode Island […] -
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Trump Eases Marijuana Restrictions
Publication -Continuing the efforts from his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, President Donald Trump called for rescheduling marijuana to a Schedule III drug, which will remove a variety of regulatory and investment hurdles, to expand marijuana usage in the United States. “While this action does not resolve every regulatory hurdle, it meaningfully advances the conversation around […] -
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Euthanasia Becomes More Mainstream in Canada – United States, Next?
Publication -Canadians are expressing outrage over the increased normalization of medical-assisted suicide in the country’s single-payer system. Numerous families have reported physicians and nurse practitioners pressuring loved ones into suicide through a practice known colloquially as “medical assistance in dying” or MAID. Benjamin Turland told The Loop about the intense grief he felt when both his […] -
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Trump Administration Gives Mixed Signals on Marijuana Market
Publication -The Trump administration has stalled in its effort to determine whether to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug, a new filing by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in an administrative law hearing acknowledges. “This doesn’t constitute a new delay of rescheduling’s consideration, which has been stalled out for months after […] -
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Federal Agencies Are Using Data Analytics to Stop Health Care Fraud
Publication -Health care fraud enforcement remains a top priority of the Trump administration, warns a law firm specializing in False Claims Act and Whistleblower/Qui Tam Defense. “All individuals and businesses working in any aspect of the health care field should pay close attention to the government’s planned use of data analytics to spot anomalous billing,” wrote Jonathan S. […] -
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HHS Investigates Drug History of Child Killers
Publication -The Health and Human Services is investigating the possible link between drugs and mass shootings, says Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said. After the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 27, Kennedy told “Fox & Friends” his department is “launching studies” into the contribution of drugs to school shootings. Kennedy was asked […] -
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Homelessness and Untreated Mental Illness Put the Public at Risk, Trump EO
Publication -President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) in July urging local governments to clear homeless individuals from public areas, increase the use of involuntary commitment for psychiatric treatment, and reduce support for government programs such as Housing First and harm reduction, efforts that try to mitigate the consequences of risky behavior. The order also […] -
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Future of U.S. Prevention Task Force in Question as Kennedy Cancels Meeting
Publication -A meeting cancellation has raised speculation over what Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has in store for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) The task force is an advisory panel that recommends what preventive services health insurers must cover fully under the Affordable Care Act. The task force was scheduled […] -
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Study: Illegal Immigrants Are Costing Texas Hospitals $122 Million Per Month
Publication -Texas hospitals spent $121.8 million in November 2024 on health care for individuals in the United States illegally, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) reports. Noncitizens without legal status made more than 31,000 hospital visits across Texas that month alone, the report states. The data was collected in compliance with Gov. Greg Abbott’s […] -
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Investigation Heats Up After Biden Revealed Late Stage Prostate Cancer
Publication -The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has expanded its investigation of the cover-up of former President Joe Biden’s health, prostate cancer, and mental decline. On June 4, Chairman James Comer subpoenaed five former senior White House aides to appear for transcribed interviews in addition to Biden’s physician, Kevin O’Connor, M.D. In May, Biden […] -
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Fauci’s Fortune Doubled While He Led COVID-19 Policy
Publication -Anthony Fauci, the retired director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), doubled his fortune from $7.6 million to more than $15 million from January 2019 and the end of 2023, the watchdog group Open the Books reports. Fauci earned $3.5 million in his first year of retirement in 2023 alone. In […] -
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Pfizer’s COVID-19 Shot Linked to More Deaths Than Moderna’s, Study Finds
Publication -Recipients of the Pfizer mRNA vaccine experienced more all-cause deaths within the first 100 days post-vaccination than those who received the Moderna shot, a new study of 1.47 million people found. Although all-cause mortality for either shot should have been the same, 230 more people per 100,000 who got the Pfizer jab died within the […] -
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Utah Enacts Nation’s First Statewide Ban on Water Fluoridation
Publication -Utah now prohibits state and local governments from adding fluoride to public water systems, becoming the first state in the nation to do so. Gov. Spencer Cox signed House Bill 81 into law on March 27, and it went into effect on May 7. The legislation also bans political subdivisions from enacting or enforcing laws […] -
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Feds Allocate Another $1 Billion to Stop Bird Flu, Cut Egg Prices
Publication -The federal government is allocating an additional $1 billion to combat the avian flu, an outbreak of which led to the killing of millions of healthy chickens and soaring egg prices over the past 12 months. Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins unveiled a “comprehensive strategy to curb highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), protect the U.S. […] -
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Influenza Could Be the Next Public Emergency, HHS States
Publication -Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra issued a notice stating the agency has the authority to declare a public emergency over influenza type A viruses and those influenza A viruses with “pandemic potential.” The notice, issued on July 24, states if a national emergency resulting from this broad class of viruses is […] -
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Michael Bloomberg Gives $1 Billion for Free Medical School
Publication -Michael Bloomberg’s $1 billion donation to Johns Hopkins University in July will make tuition free for most medical students, covering the full cost of attendance, including tuition and living expenses, such as rent, according to a report from the university. Presumably, Bloomberg wants to alleviate the doctor shortage in the United States by lowering or […] -
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Some Massachusetts Hospitals Don’t Report Drug-Dependent Newborns
Publication -Newborns at risk for lack of medical intervention. Major Massachusetts hospitals no longer regularly perform toxicology tests on newborns or report prenatal exposure to addictive substances to state welfare agencies unless there is other evidence of infant abuse or neglect. Mass General Brigham (MGB) changed hospital policy to address the “racial and ethnic inequities” present […] -
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VA Now Covering IVF for Gay Couples and Unmarried Vets
Publication -The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is expanding its coverage of in vitro fertilization (IVF) for service-connected infertility to gay couples and unmarried vets. The VA previously only covered IVF if the veteran was in a married relationship and could conceive naturally if not for an injury or a health condition resulting from military […] -
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Are New Cases of Measles Causing Undue Concern?
Publication -Outbreaks of measles and other diseases are causing alarm in the media and public health circles, but public health critics say the risks are exaggerated. For example, Washington Post columnist Leana Wen, M.D., former Baltimore Health Commissioner and president of Planned Parenthood, criticized Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo for his ho-hum response to the “burgeoning […] -
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Private Equity Skirts Malpractice Laws in Texas
Publication -A medical malpractice lawsuit claims the University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center (UT Tyler) fraudulently hires physicians as medical school professors to protect them from malpractice litigation. The lawsuit claims Ruben Garcia, M.D., failed to share a cancer diagnosis with patient Michael Simington, aged 67, for a year and a half, costing Simington […] -
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Medical Debt Forgiveness Advancing
Publication -Americans owe at least $220 billion in medical debt, according to a KFF analysis of government survey data, and there is growing support to relieve patients of this financial burden. About 14 million people, or 6 percent of the adult population of the United States, are facing medical bills of more than $1,000, and three […] -
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France Criminalizes Opposition to mRNA Injections
Publication -France enacted a controversial new law in February that critics say could be used against anyone opposing injections with mRNA vaccines or other treatments recommended by the state and based upon current medical knowledge. The law aims to combat religious violence, but under one section, criticism of therapeutic treatments when mandatory or recommended by the […]
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