Author Archives: Health

Joe Rogan tells 21-year-olds not to get COVID vaccine on popular Spotify show

When it comes to healthy, younger people, Joe Rogan says getting a COVID-19 vaccine isn’t even worth a shot — despite advice from the CDC and medical experts saying otherwise. Rogan made the claim on the April 23 edition of his highly popular Spotify podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” according to Media Matters. “If you’re,… Read More »

Royal Caribbean halts hiring in India, suspends Indian crew assignments as Covid cases surge

The Mariner of the Seas cruise ship, operated by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., shown in 2018. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Royal Caribbean Cruises is temporarily suspending all assignments for its staff from India and will halt hiring in the country, amid a surge of Covid-19 cases there, according to a report by Crew… Read More »

FDA Approves Jemperli (dostarlimab-gxly) for Women with Recurrent or Advanced dMMR Endometrial Cancer

FDA Approves Jemperli (dostarlimab-gxly) for Women with Recurrent or Advanced dMMR Endometrial Cancer London UK 22 April 2021 — GlaxoSmithKline today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Jemperli (dostarlimab-gxly), a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) blocking antibody, based on the company’s Biologics License Application. Jemperli is indicated for the treatment of adult… Read More »

Our 3,222 systematic reviews of journalism & PR will be gone soon

Part of our website is going away April 1. But major features of the site will remain.  Here’s the breakdown and some background. When I started publishing HealthNewsReview.org 15 years ago, the only content was news story reviews. To be more specific, we only reviewed news stories that included claims about health care interventions (treatments,… Read More »