Three New Studies Show the COVID Vaccines Are Very Safe for Children

Three new studies tell us what we already knew- vaccine isn't perfect, but it's far safer than the virus for children. 

/ June 11, 2023

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.

/ June 9, 2023
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Homeopathy + AI = Still Nonsense

Artificial Intelligence can't make pseudoscience real

/ June 8, 2023

The Monoclonal Antibody Revolution

Monoclonal antibodies are the medical scientific breakthrough you may never have heard of.

/ June 7, 2023

Pegcetacoplan, a new treatment for macular degeneration

FDA approves a new treatment for macular degeneration: the good, the bad, and the disappointing.

/ June 6, 2023

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.

/ June 5, 2023

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.

/ June 4, 2023

“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.

/ June 2, 2023

Why Scientific Plausibility Matters

Why plausibility must play a central role in scientific medicine.

/ May 31, 2023
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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.

/ May 30, 2023