Matthew J. Weidman, M.D.

04/21/2026

4/30/26 at Henderson County Health Department.
No appointment needed.

04/19/2026

We’ve entered the “golden” age of snake oil grifters … and I say golden, but jaundice from liver failure is more a yellow-green. Even if harmless, most supplements just drain your wallet with no health benefits whatsoever.

It started with nausea and loss of appetite. Then came the itching and dark urine. Robert Grafton, of Turnersville, New Jersey had a gut feeling that his herbal and dietary supplements were the culprit and stopped taking them.

“My liver enzymes were super elevated, my bilirubin was really high— all the signs of liver failure,” Grafton says. “It turns out I had something called a drug-induced liver injury, which came from my supplements.”

From 1995 through 2020, supplement-related liver failure requiring U.S. patients to be waitlisted for transplants increased eightfold, according to a 2022 study in the journal Liver Transplantation.

Consuming supplements comes with risks, the FDA warns.

“Dietary supplements may contain ingredients that can have strong effects in the body, even if the ingredients are natural or plant-derived,” the agency said in a statement to NBC News. “Adverse events are more likely to occur if consumers take supplements in high doses, take multiple supplements or take supplements instead of or in addition to medications.”

Read more: nbcnews.app.link/AjJJZoe1JTb

04/11/2026

The acting director of the ​Centers for Disease ‌Control and Prevention has delayed publication of ​a CDC ​report showing the COVID-19 ⁠vaccine cut the ​likelihood of emergency ​department visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last ​winter by about ​half, the Washington Po...

03/25/2026

A 3-year study published in Pediatrics examined newborns in Norway. It found a clear benefit for the baby when mom gets a COVID vaccination during pregnancy.

03/23/2026

All kids should get their , boys and girls.

Vaccinating Boys Against HPV Could Help Eliminate Cervical Cancer, Study Finds.

A new study suggests that expanding human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programs to include boys could play a decisive role in eliminating cervical cancer and other HPV-related cancers worldwide.

Researchers from the University of Maryland used a mathematical model to a**lyze HPV vaccination strategies, focusing on South Korea as a case study. Their findings show that vaccinating girls alone may not be enough to achieve herd immunity against cancer-causing strains of HPV. While nearly 90 percent of young women in South Korea are vaccinated, this still falls short of the level needed to stop the virus from circulating.

According to the model, if around 65 percent of boys were also vaccinated, the country could realistically reach herd immunity and move toward eliminating cervical cancer within about 70 years. The researchers found that including boys significantly reduces the pressure on female-only vaccination programs and makes elimination goals more achievable.

HPV is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections and is responsible for almost all cases of cervical cancer, which kills more than 300,000 people globally each year. It also causes a**l, pe**le, throat, and other cancers that affect men as well as women.
Although HPV vaccines such as Gardasil have been available since 2006 and have led to dramatic declines in cervical cancer in some regions, vaccination policies and public messaging have historically focused on girls. Scientists now argue that this gender bias is slowing progress.

The study also suggests that in countries like the United States, vaccinating about 70 percent of both males and females could be enough to achieve herd immunity. With broader vaccination and improved screening, researchers estimate that cervical cancer could be eliminated in most countries by the end of the century.

“We do not have to be losing hundreds of thousands of people each year to cervical cancer,” said senior author Abba Gumel. “Improving vaccination coverage—especially among boys—could bring an end to HPV-related cancers.”

Source:
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (2025), University of Maryland
Reported by Carly Cassella, Health, 23 December 2025

03/23/2026

RFK Jr. is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market.

History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back when trust in shots — or access to them — falters.

Read our full investigation: https://propub.li/4dz6HW3

03/22/2026

https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-vaccine-agenda-childhood-plagues

03/20/2026

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03/19/2026

How is this making us healthier? The US is supposed to be a leading light in medical care. Now we have to consult with colleagues in developing countries to gain expertise about dealing with cases.

03/19/2026

We have severely undercounted the number of COVID deaths, scientists say