Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines, part 2: VAERS, the FDA, and ACIP

The Food and Drug Administration appears to be about to weaponize a classic antivax trope against COVID-19 vaccines, the abuse of reports to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System to falsely portray them as deadly, even as news reports suggest that RFK Jr. will further restrict access to COVID-19 and three childhood vaccines. Here we go again.

/ September 15, 2025
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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: From Massively Overhyping to Limiting and Defunding Vaccines in 4 Years

Who could be to blame for the lack of trust in mRNA vaccines?

/ September 12, 2025
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Stocking Your Home First Aid Kit: A Pharmacist’s Guide

A well-stocked home first aid kit saves time, stress, and urgent trips to the pharmacy.

/ September 11, 2025
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Tylenol and Autism

Earlier this year, HHS secretary RFK Jr. predicted that, “By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we’ll be able to eliminate those exposures.” Scientists have been researching autism for decades, including what factors are driving changes in diagnostic patterns. Promising such a major breakthrough in just six months is beyond ridiculous, and strongly implies that RFK Jr....

/ September 10, 2025
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Unintended Side Effects HPV and Shingles Vaccines—Reason for Concern

While vaccine debate rages in social media and on Capitol Hill, examination of massive data sets reveals unanticipated effects of the human papilloma virus (HPV) and varicella-zoster (Shingles) vaccines.

/ September 9, 2025
Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK Jr.)
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Science Based Satire: I Owe Several Doctors an Apology. I Was Wrong About RFK Jr. They Were Right.

While my errors will be permanently memorialized here at SBM, so too will the words of doctors who forevermore will be known for having gifted us Robert F Kennedy Jr.

/ September 5, 2025
Illustration of a shark behind a laptop displaying a bar chart, a clipboard with a medical symbol, a pill bottle, and scattered pills, symbolizing threats or dangers in healthcare or medicine.

The Problem with Predatory Journals

The World Wide Web has proven to be a transformative communication technology (we are using it right now). At the same time there have been some rather negative unforeseen consequences. Significantly lowering the threshold for establishing a communications outlet has democratized content creation and allows users unprecedented access to information from around the world. But it has also lowered the threshold for...

/ September 3, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines

The chaos at the CDC in the wake of last week's firing of its Director and the resignations of four senior officials is fallout from the latest skirmish in RFK Jr.'s war against vaccines. Make no mistake, RFK Jr. is working hard to take away your vaccines if he can. Here's a progress report.

/ September 1, 2025
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I am a Private Citizen Seeking to Hold My Government Accountable. Dr. Vinay Prasad, a Government Doctor, Killed My YouTube Channel.

Americans do not need our government's permission to remember the words of our public officials, and I refuse to let them be silenced or censored.

/ August 31, 2025