Category: Science and Medicine
A Perhaps Not-So-Unexpected Spike in Pediatric Brain Abscesses
The surge in viral infections last year appears to be to blame for a significant increase in cases of brain abscesses in children. They remain rare, and panic is not warranted, but they are a life-threatening complication of common bacterial infections that should be taken seriously.
The Monoclonal Antibody Revolution
Monoclonal antibodies are the medical scientific breakthrough you may never have heard of.
Pegcetacoplan, a new treatment for macular degeneration
FDA approves a new treatment for macular degeneration: the good, the bad, and the disappointing.
Steve Kirsch: How “anti-COVID-19 vaccine” antivax often becomes radicalized and just plain antivaccine
Tech bro turned COVID-19 misinformation superspreader and antivaxxer Steve Kirsch has now fully embraced "old school" vaccine-autism conspiracy theories, demonstrating how anti-COVID-19 vaccine antivaxxers frequently become just antivaxxers.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Responds to Words I Never Said
My critics lack the courage to accurately quote me. That tells you everything about them and nothing about me.
“Their Plan is Incongruent With My Existence”
The authors of the Great Barrington Declaration never asked "vulnerable" people if they were on board with their plan to lock them down for month on end, with no backup plan if herd immunity never arrived. They just wanted to impose their will on tens of millions of vulnerable Americans whether they wanted it or not.
Voices in the Vacuum
The failure of the White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator to, well, coordinate a response to COVID-19 misinformation has left physicians to fight the uphill battle on their own.
Open Letter to a Medical Student Part 2: “It Was Criminal in My Mind”
Some of your fans want public health officials to suffer. Should you care?
CDC Reports Fourth Death Blamed on Contaminated Eye Drops
An outbreak of deadly ocular infections, which have cost some people their vision and even their life, has been traced to contaminated eye drops.
Open Letter to a Dean: You’re Allowed to Speak
You can publicly disagree with a medical student who carries the imprimatur of your university and who has gained attention in the national media by spreading misinformation.