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Dec 8, 2025
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How much campaign funding has bernie sanders received from pharmaceutical companies over his career?

Available reporting shows Bernie Sanders was the largest congressional recipient of donations from individuals coded by OpenSecrets as “pharmaceuticals/health products” in the 2019–20 cycle, receiving...

Dec 6, 2025
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Changing definition of vaccine over time

US federal agencies and advisers have recently altered language and guidance about vaccines in ways that critics say change what “vaccine” and “vaccination” mean — moves that have prompted alarm from ...

Dec 5, 2025
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Which politicians were the top recipients of pharmaceutical industry donations in 2024?

OpenSecrets reports that pharmaceuticals/health products PACs gave $16,054,355 to federal candidates in the 2024 cycle; OpenSecrets’ industry pages list the top recipients for the 2023–2024 cycle and ...

Jan 30, 2026

Bernie sanders pharmacy donations

was accused by of taking “millions” from the pharmaceutical industry, a claim that rested on ’ aggregation of donations by industry affiliation rather than direct corporate PAC or executive donations ...

Nov 16, 2025

did elon musk cut finding to gene editing research for leukemia?

Available reporting shows not that Elon Musk personally cut scientific grants for leukemia research, but that his public intervention helped collapse a late‑2024 congressional funding deal, after whic...

Dec 13, 2025

Who is the author of An Inconvenient Study and what is their academic or professional background?

The film and campaign titled An Inconvenient Study is presented by the Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN) and filmmaker Del Bigtree and centers on an unpublished Henry Ford Health study whose name...

Dec 11, 2025

How did Ronald Reagan and Dwight Eisenhower's late-life health assessments compare to Biden's?

Ronald Reagan’s public health record was presented as largely robust during his presidency with limited cooperative disclosure from his team; he later developed Alzheimer’s that was publicly announced...

Jan 18, 2026

Which sitting U.S. senators received the largest cumulative pharma PAC contributions in the 2023–2024 election cycle according to OpenSecrets?

OpenSecrets reports that "Pharmaceuticals/Health Products" PACs gave millions to federal candidates in 2023–2024, with industry PAC totals and individual PAC tallies published on its site . However, t...

Jan 1, 2026

What did Donald Trump's 2024 or 2025 medical evaluation report list as his age and vital signs?

Donald Trump’s White House physician listed his age at 78 (78 years, 10 months at the time of the April 2025 exam) and reported specific vital signs: height 75 inches, weight 224 pounds, blood pressur...

Dec 15, 2025

How have experts in the field critiqued An Inconvenient Study?

The film An Inconvenient Study centers on an unpublished Henry Ford Health–linked vaccinated vs. unvaccinated study and accuses institutions of suppression; Henry Ford says the paper was not published...

Dec 14, 2025

Which academics signed statements endorsing An Inconvenient Study's conclusions?

Available sources report that the film An Inconvenient Study promotes an unpublished vaccinated-versus-unvaccinated birth‑cohort analysis and has been pushed by ICAN and Del Bigtree; these outlets als...

Dec 12, 2025

extract and cross‑reference the OpenSecrets recipient lists in these sources against a list of U.S. presidents and return a precise tally with citations to each matching record.

OpenSecrets provides searchable donor and recipient databases that let users pull contributor records and recipient lists, including “Top Recipients” and candidate-specific contributor pages, but the ...

Dec 2, 2025

Has RFK Jr. consulted registered dietitians or medical doctors for his nutrition recommendations?

Available reporting indicates Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as HHS secretary, has repositioned federal nutrition policy and said he will review the 2025 Dietary Guidelines advisory report “line-by-line” and ...

Nov 30, 2025

Has the author of An Inconvenient Study published other books or academic papers?

The author credited with the unpublished “An Inconvenient Study” in multiple reports is Dr. Marcus Zervos, identified as the lead author on a Henry Ford Health birth‑cohort report that the documentary...

Nov 30, 2025

Have any specific childhood vaccines been linked to confirmed fatalities in the US since 2020 and what were the findings?

Multiple U.S. news outlets report that an internal FDA review and memo concluded that COVID-19 vaccines were “related” to the deaths of at least 10 children reported to VAERS from 2021–2024; the findi...

Nov 30, 2025

Have independent medical professionals evaluated Biden for dementia and what were their findings?

No independent, in-person medical evaluations of Joe Biden proving dementia are reported in the provided sources; mainstream neurologists and geriatricians cited here say a formal diagnosis requires d...

Nov 29, 2025

What evidence supports claims that Donald Trump was exceptionally harmful compared to other modern U.S. presidents?

Donald Trump’s second-term record shows unusually rapid use of executive power: sources count 217 executive orders in 2025 alone and numerous policy moves critics say threaten civil rights, public hea...

Nov 26, 2025

What medical or forensic experts have analyzed Trump's alleged ear injury and what are their conclusions?

Medical commentary on the wound to Donald Trump’s right ear comes mainly from his campaign’s doctor, Ronny Jackson, who described a 2 cm gunshot wound that “struck the top of his right ear” and did no...

Nov 24, 2025

Have regulators or independent reviewers raised concerns about Neurocept's trial safety data?

Available reporting in the provided sources does not mention regulators or independent reviewers raising concerns specifically about Neurocept’s trial safety data; the documents largely consist of pro...

Nov 21, 2025

What are the verified sources for President Trump's current health status and physician statements?

The most direct, verifiable sources for President Trump’s current health status are official memos from the White House physician and contemporaneous reporting by major outlets that quote that memo: t...