by John McMillan | Jul 25, 2025 | COVID-19
Dr. Philp McMillan, John McMillan Sarah noticed it first in April 2021. Her usually predictable cycle became erratic after her second vaccine dose. When she mentioned it to her doctor, the response was familiar: stress, perhaps? The pandemic had affected everyone...
by John McMillan | Jul 18, 2025 | COVID-19, Disease, Ethics
Dr. Philp McMillan, John McMillan Science often proceeds from observation to hypothesis. In an era when medical data typically remains locked behind institutional walls, a group of 350 Japanese volunteers armed with determination and Freedom of Information requests...
by John McMillan | Jul 11, 2025 | COVID-19, Disease, Ethics
Dr. Philp McMillan, John McMillan In April 2024, a team of biodefense experts gathered in Washington, D.C. to imagine the unthinkable. Their resulting document, the National Blueprint for Biodefense, contains a detailed tabletop exercise that reads like a nightmare....
by John McMillan | Jul 4, 2025 | COVID-19, Immune Response
Dr. Philp McMillan, John McMillan History has a cruel way of repeating itself, especially when we fail to appreciate its lessons. COVID-19 is now a global presence, and its emergence has chilling parallels with the deadliest pandemic in recorded human history — one...
by John McMillan | Jun 27, 2025 | COVID-19, Ethics
Dr. Philp McMillan, John McMillan In the late 1950s, doctors prescribed a new drug to pregnant women suffering from morning sickness. Thalidomide was marketed as completely safe, a breakthrough in prenatal care. Women trusted their physicians and the pharmaceutical...
by John McMillan | Jun 20, 2025 | COVID-19, Ethics
Dr. Philp McMillan, John McMillan On January 9th, 2025, something unprecedented happened in American public health: all 17 members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) were fired. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the newly appointed Secretary of Health...
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