A person holds their hands hovering above another person’s body, suggesting a healing or energy therapy session, both dressed in white with a blurred outdoor background.

An Unimpressive Reiki Study

I often get e-mail suggesting topics to cover on SBM or elsewhere in my social media content. I like getting these e-mails when they are organic, coming from readers here with genuine questions about some questionable claim or practice. But often they are press contacts, by a professional promoter pushing a new study or shopping around an author or someone they represent....

/ March 11, 2026
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“Vinay Prasad Loves President Trump”. That, Plus 12 Other Thoughts on the End of Dr. Vinay Prasad’s Sabbatical From UCSF

The bottom line is this: when given the opportunity to prove his real-world prowess, Dr. Vinay Prasad failed.

/ March 10, 2026
MAHA Institute

RFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines (part 8): “Massive Epidemic of Vaccine Injury,” ACIP, and a prominent oncologist

The MAHA Institute is holding an event called MEVI Roundtable: Massive Epidemic of Vaccine Injury to fear monger about vaccines. Unfortunately, Dr. Wafik El-Deiry, a prominent oncologist-scientist, will participate.

/ March 9, 2026
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MAHA Government Doctors Feel Entitled to Falsely Smear Private Citizens in the Press While Demanding That They Not Be Falsely Smeared in the Press

Our so-called public servants have one set of standards for themselves and another for private citizens who dare to the challenge their government.

/ March 5, 2026
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Latest Science on Origins of SARS-CoV-2

Science continues to support a much higher likelihood of of a natural origin for SARS-CoV-2 than a "lab leak."

/ March 4, 2026
RFK Jr. fail

One year of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS Secretary: The Lancet reacts, and so do I

Editors of The Lancet published an op-ed decrying RFK Jr.'s one year of failure at HHS. They're correct about RFK Jr, but they are not blameless in what has happened.

/ March 2, 2026
Four people stand on a sidewalk holding a large blue banner that reads, "Medical Freedom Is The New Civil Rights Movement." Two women wear shirts with protest slogans. Cars are parked in the background.

Why Should You Worry About My Vaccinated Child If Being Anti-Vaccine Works So Well

Del Bigtree and Toby Rogers, the authoritarians behind the “medical freedom” movement 

/ February 28, 2026
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Why Does Dr. Vinay Prasad Refuse to Answer Questions About His Job Performance at the FDA?

Although he took softball questions from MAHA sycophant Bari Weiss, Dr. Vinay Prasad, a public servant, refuses to leave his safe space to answer tough, but fair questions from credible reporters like Lizzy Lawrence.

/ February 27, 2026
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Implausible Apple Cider Vinegar Weight Loss Study Retracted

When a trial has results that defy basic biology, it's reasonable to be skeptical.

/ February 26, 2026