Vintage circus poster showing five clowns in elaborate, colorful costumes with face paint, striking playful poses against a backdrop that reads "Five Celebrated Clowns.

Dr. Martin Kulldorff, Who Claims He Would Have Tamed COVID In 3-6 Months, Can’t Even Run a Single Meeting

It turns out that making podcasts "arguing for" things is a lot easier than actually doing them.

/ September 26, 2025
A person wears a white LED face mask emitting red light, lying on a pillow. The background is a red gradient with two white handheld LED light devices shown on each side.

Red Flags For Red Light Therapy

Red light therapy is marketed as a quick fix for fat loss and wellness. The science says otherwise.

/ September 25, 2025
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a podium with officials standing behind him during a televised press conference. News ticker mentions a potential Tylenol-autism link and displays the time as 2:49 PM.

That Trump, RFK, Oz Presser

Yes, we have to talk about that press conference with Trump, RFK Jr and Dr. Oz., which some are characterizing as the absolutely worst firehose of medical misinformation coming from the White House in American history. I think that is fair. This was the presser we knew was coming, and many of us were dreading. It was worse than I anticipated. I wrote a...

/ September 24, 2025
ACIP screenshot, day 2

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines, part 3: Antivax rhetoric and incompetence at ACIP

The CDC's newly reconstituted antivax Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met last week. The results weren't as horrific as I'd expected, but not for lack of trying. In this post, I'll focus on one presentation as a lens through which to look at the meeting as a whole.

/ September 22, 2025
A red, stamped-style rectangular box with the word "UNCENSORED" in bold, capital letters against a white background.
A stained cross-section of a brain shows labeled anatomical regions, including "CX" and "CC," with dark and light regions indicating different tissue densities. A scale bar at the bottom right reads 0.5 mm.

Stem Cell Stroke Therapy

We have written quite a bit about fraudulent stem cell clinics. They have followed a typical pattern of overhyping new potential therapies, with some clinics going as far as selling fake stem cell treatments. Stem cells were a likely target – they sound extremely advanced, their potential is easy to understand, and you can use them to justify extreme claims of healing....

/ September 17, 2025

Natural History

It usually takes me several weeks to write these essays, in part because I am slow, and in part I have more to do in retirement than I ever did when working. But as this goes live, I am recovering from a new knee replacement. As I age I am having everything that fails and either be replaced or removed. Orchiectomy next?...

/ September 16, 2025
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
A gloved hand holds a vial labeled "COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine" next to a filled syringe, ready for injection. The background is blurred and light-colored.

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
A white first aid kit with a red circle and white cross symbol on the lid, featuring a handle, placed on a white background.

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