Recent birth vitamin K rejectionism soaring in Canada CTV News | August 26, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/08/26/recent-birth-vitamin-k-rejectionism-soaring-in-canada/ Canadian doctors are raising alarms over a growing number of parents refusing the routine vitamin K shot for newborns, as CTV News’s Heather Wright reports. The trend, driven largely by online misinformation, has physicians bracing for a resurgence of a rare, dangerous bleeding disorder.

U.S. badly trails China in lowering barriers to biotech innovation The Hill | August 26, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/08/26/u-s-badly-trails-china-in-lowering-barriers-to-biotech-innovation/ America’s lead in biotechnology is eroding, and one Florida company’s three-year wait for a routine government stamp shows why, as The Hill’s David Mansdoerfer writes. China already runs more clinical drug trials than the U.S., even as America’s regenerative medicine market alone is projected to hit $90 billion by 2030.

RFK Jr. faces Senate fire over lucrative ties to Scientology-linked law firm spearheading Gardasil lawsuits (which he profited from) The Hill | August 27, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/08/27/rfk-jr-faces-senate-fire-over-lucrative-ties-to-scientology-linked-law-firm-spearheading-gardasil-lawsuits-which-he-profited-from/ Four Senate Democrats are pressing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to explain his financial ties to Wisner Baum, the Scientology-linked law firm spearheading lawsuits claiming Merck’s Gardasil HPV vaccine causes injury, as Joseph Choi for The Hill reports. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) and Andy Kim (D-NJ) sent Kennedy 21 questions demanding answers by August 11, after Merck agreed in June to pay $50 million to settle more than 200 Gardasil suits.

Viewpoint: The ‘glyphosate-free oats’ claim is fearmongering: Every risk agency in the world has assessed it as safe, and it isn’t even sprayed on oat plants AGDAILY | August 27, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/08/27/viewpoint-the-glyphosate-free-oats-claim-is-fearmongering-every-risk-agency-in-the-world-has-assessed-it-as-safe-and-it-isnt-even-sprayed-on-oat-plants/ Slap “glyphosate-free” on a bag of oats and watch it fly off the shelf, even though the herbicide is barely used on the crop, writes Michelle Miller, aka the Farm Babe, for AgDaily. A former oat grower herself, Miller says she never met anyone who sprayed glyphosate on oats in the US, where it isn’t even approved for that use.

The politics driving Trump’s medically baseless order to break up combination childhood vaccines Amanda Seitz, Stephanie Armour | August 26, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/08/26/the-politics-driving-trumps-medically-baseless-order-to-break-up-combination-childhood-vaccines/ President Donald Trump has ordered a reduction in childhood vaccines — publicly faulting the shots for an increase in autism cases — even as the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has failed to produce evidence linking vaccinations to the disorder.

Viewpoint: Kennedy moves to close Big Food’s GRAS loophole—but will politically-protected Prevagen and Big Supplement slip through another? Chuck Dinerstein | August 27, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/08/27/viewpoint-kennedy-moves-to-close-big-foods-gras-loophole-but-will-politically-protected-prevagen-and-big-supplement-slip-through-another/ With great fanfare, Secretary Kennedy announced the closing of the GRAS (“Generally Recognized As Safe”) loophole. But separating the rhetoric from the regulatory substance leaves me with a quandary: does the “radical transparency” he announced mean a cup half empty or half full?

Viewpoints: Menopausal Women Turn To Social Media When Doctors Don't Listen; We Are Seeing The Results Of RFK Jr.'s Rhetoric

https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/viewpoints-menopausal-women-turn-to-social-media-when-doctors-dont-listen-we-are-seeing-the-result-of-rfk-jr-s-rhetoric/