A baby wearing a long-sleeved shirt touches a mirror, looking intently at its own reflection while pointing at the glass with one finger.

Our Medical Establishment In Power Versus Our Medical Establishment Out of Power

Now that they have power, Drs. Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad, and Jay Bhattacharya have different standards than they set for their predecessors.

/ May 29, 2025
An orange prescription pill bottle with a white cap labeled "Truth, Power, and the Drugs You Take" appears under the large title "Rethinking Medications" by Jerry Avorn, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

Rethinking Medications: Truth, Power, and the Drugs You Take

A critical appraisal of the state of the prescription medications in the United States

/ May 28, 2025
A man wearing glasses and a suit, identified as Dr. Mark Geier, speaks into a microphone at a hearing. The C-SPAN2 logo appears on-screen, with “Geier” and “Genetic Consultants of Maryland” displayed. Several people sit in the background.
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

The MAHA Report: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (mostly the bad and ugly)

President Donald Trump and HHS Secretary's MAHA report has landed. It's a mix of the good (a little), but mostly the bad and the ugly (a lot).

/ May 26, 2025

Our Medical Establishment Supports Viral Mandates

If I am unable to access a vaccine in the future and get a nasty case of COVID, I'll know where to point the finger and so will millions of others.

/ May 23, 2025
Book cover of "Everything Is Tuberculosis" by John Green, featuring a yellow background with a large colored drop and the subtitle "The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection.

Book Review: Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green

The history of tuberculosis is the history of mankind.

/ May 22, 2025
A newborn baby lies on a hospital bed with arms raised, wearing a white knit hat and connected to medical tubes and sensors. The baby is covered with a blanket, and part of a colorful caterpillar design is visible nearby.

Personalized CRISPR Gene Editing Therapy

While the medical world is melting down from the absolute apocalypse that is RFK Jr., it’s good to celebrate that (at least for now) medical progress continues to march on. Recently published in the NEJM is a case report of a breakthrough that we may look back on as a milestone in medicine. Patient-Specific In Vivo Gene Editing to Treat a Rare...

/ May 21, 2025

1799

“Give me your E. coli, your polio, your huddled Tuberculosis yearning to kill free.” Statue of Liberty, 2025 Originally I was not going to write a post this month. As this goes live, I am in Adelaide on a trip down under. When I was young, aka in my 50s, I would try and write a blog entry while traveling. It is...

/ May 20, 2025
James Lyons-Weiler

Attacking vaccines through the misunderstanding of medical ethics

Since becoming HHS Secretary, RFK Jr. has been deceptively weaponizing principles of evidence-based medicine against vaccines. Will weaponizing research ethics be next? It might if the ideas of one of his advisors, James Lyons-Weiler, are any indication.

/ May 19, 2025
A man in a suit, labeled as "Secretary KENNEDY," speaks passionately into a microphone at a hearing. He sits between two men in suits, with an audience, cameras, and microphones visible in the background.

Senator Hassan Sets Secretary Kennedy Straight

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's reckless insistence on undermining confidence in vaccines and reckless elevation of the wholly unqualified David Geier to a potentially influential role at HHS

/ May 18, 2025