On Your Side Health

03/11/2025

🚨 Hope to see many of you there! We will have information on our new Medical Patriot Project and our PFAS-related medical outreach! Let’s empower our community to advance health equity!

03/03/2025

Our Medical Patriot Project team has already uncovered Agent Orange, TCE, depleted Uranium, and PFAS use that was likely impacting thousands of Veterans health—the vast majority of their benefits claims were being denied. Using the information we assimilated, Vets are getting the benefits they are owed. We must keep going!

Ways you can help:
1. Like, share, and follow us
2. Help grow our network and sign up for updates: https://www.onyoursidehealth.org/
3. Do you know an impacted base? Want a presentation for your VSO or a community group concerned about Vets health and our Defense communities? Let us know. [email protected]
4. Donate or help us identify potential grant partners: https://www.onyoursidehealth.org/donate

02/27/2025

🚨 One child has died from the Measles outbreak in TX. For those adults born after 1957 and vaccinated before 1968, you may need a Measles booster. There was an inactive version of the vaccine used during that time. If you cannot verify your vaccination, it is safer to get boosted.
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/what-to-know-about-measles-and-vaccines

There have been 20 hospitalizations of children with measles complications, many struggling to breathe. Statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics here:
https://www.aap.org/en/news-room/news-releases/aap/2025/statement-from-aap-president-on-first-measles-death-in-texas/

Reporting from the American Academy of Pediatrics News: https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/31486/Unvaccinated-child-dies-of-measles-amid-outbreak?autologincheck=redirected

02/25/2025

🚨 For those concerned about censorship or misinformation by federal health agencies, we have been providing individualized assistance to folks with questions about their health or healthcare—services are FREE of charge.

We will continue to provide this service and we have archived much of what is commonly used from the CDC, NIH, WHO, and ATSDR pages. For anything we don’t have archived, our team of physicians and helpers can quickly find reliable evidence-based sources outside of federal interference. Feel free to use any of our means of contact ANYTIME to send a request for evidence search help.

Particularly for vaccine and infectious disease related information, like a friend had a question about RSV vaccination in pregnancy, the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) has a number of outstanding resources that are constantly updated.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/

But we are happy to search through these sites for you to provide you with the best and most up-to-date sources to answer your questions. Remember: we are On YOUR Side!

02/24/2025

🙌 We invite you to learn more about our Medical Patriot Project and the first base examined—the Fmr. Fort Ord, U.S. Army in CA. Our team including expert writer and researcher Pat Elder and chemical engineer Denise Trabbic-Pointer uncovered the use of massive quantities of Agent Orange to control poison oak in the field. We have compiled packets for Veterans on the Agent Orange usage as well as TCE with more resources coming!

Resources available:
https://www.fortordcontamination.org/

More on our Medical Patriot Project:
https://www.onyoursidehealth.org/medicalpatriot

02/21/2025

🚨 Breaking News: The U.S. Senate just rejected an amendment to protect funding for the PACT Act, which is critical for the health of our Vets who faced toxic exposures. We have a plan that will help counter any cuts and defend the health of the millions of Americans impacted by in-country DoD contamination.

We cannot protect the health of our Vets and Defense communities though without your financial support. Thanks in advance for having the 6 of our nation’s Veterans!
To donate:
https://www.onyoursidehealth.org/donate

🇺🇸 Learn more about our Medical Patriot Project:
https://www.onyoursidehealth.org/medicalpatriot

02/21/2025

If we can count on your generous support, we are just getting started! Our Medical Patriot Project will help countless other Vets exposed to in-country DoD contamination as well as our broader Defense communities! The On Your Side difference is a roughly 90% success rate for Vets benefits claims when we provide detailed evidence from a comprehensive medical literature review!

Fort Ord friends visit:
https://www.fortordcontamination.org/

To donate, we can now accept PayPal and Venmo! More information on our exciting Medical Patriot Project is now available on our site:
https://www.onyoursidehealth.org/

02/20/2025

🚨 We are just getting started if we can count on your generous support! We will no longer be able to offer our education and advocacy services for free without your donations! And sadly we anticipate the federal healthcare cuts will only INCREASE the need for our help—any amount is appreciated! We can now accept PayPal and Venmo!

PayPal:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=9RSL6GENXD8GS

Venmo:
https://www.venmo.com/u/OnYourSideHealth

02/19/2025

🚨 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: We will be joining Dr. Jane Hoppin for this PFAS 101 conversation on Saturday, 3/1. Hope to see you there!

02/19/2025

In view of the severity of the current flu season, a reminder that we do have medical grade face shields and masks available at no cost. We are delivering in SENC only.

Face shields reduced the inhalation exposure of the worker by 96% in the period after an influenza-laden cough. Face shields reduced the surface contamination of a respirator by 97%.
Info: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4734356/ #:~:text=During%20testing%20of%20an%20influenza,of%20a%20respirator%20by%2097%25.


https://www.onyoursidehealth.org/capefearosms

Our Cape Fear OSMS project has provided over 40,000 medical supply or DIY substitute items--most free of charge. Request items or reach out today to learn more!

02/18/2025

Avian Flu Update: Ohio has seen their first human H5N1 case. To date, there have been 68 confirmed human avian flu cases in the US with one death in Louisiana.

CIDRAP is also reporting on the 2nd spillover of avian flu detected from national testing of H5N1 into dairy cows—Arizona and Nevada. Nevada had their first human case in an exposed dairy worker.
Info: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/third-avian-flu-spillover-reported-arizona-dairy-herd-raw-pet-food-sickens

On 2/13, they reported 3 Veterinarians had recent H5N1 infections but didn’t know they had been exposed.
Info: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/ohio-announces-human-h5n1-avian-flu-case-states-first

Remember Influenza risk remains elevated with Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and A(H3N2) the predominant viruses reported this week. CDC & NY state are subtyping all hospitalized influenza A cases for concern human avian flu may spread into community transmission.
Info: https://www.cdc.gov/fluview/surveillance/2025-week-06.html

CDC Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP)

02/17/2025

In honor of Valentine’s Day, this is a comparison of a large study from JAMA and another from Circulation on the risk of myocarditis from COVID infection vs. from COVID vaccination. Protect your loved one’s hearts—get vaccinated!

These findings come from two major studies examining heart inflammation (myocarditis) risks and outcomes. A 2022 study of nearly 43 million vaccinated people, published in Circulation, established that the risk of myocarditis from COVID-19 infection substantially exceeded the risk from vaccination. While young men under 40 showed the highest rates of vaccine-related myocarditis, particularly after the second dose of mRNA vaccines, their risk from COVID infection remained higher. A new 2024 study in JAMA, following patients for 18 months, reinforced these findings and showed that vaccine-related cases generally had milder symptoms and better recoveries. The research demonstrates that even in young men - the group at highest risk for vaccine-related myocarditis - vaccination offers better cardiac outcomes than risking infection.

Sources:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2822933
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/myocarditis-complications-more-common-after-covid-infection-vaccination-18-month-data
https://www.heart.org/en/news/2022/08/22/covid-19-infection-poses-higher-risk-for-myocarditis-than-vaccines
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.059970