Tag: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Trofim Lysenko

Lysenkoism 2.0 in action: Dismantling peer review at NIH

A recent report in Nature describes how the Trump administration is weakening peer review in favor of ideology-based grant approval at NIH. Lysenkoism 2.0 is in full swing and getting worse.

/ June 29, 2026
Trofim Lysenko

Lysenkoism 2.0 in action: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abuses his power to bully journal editors over a retraction

A journal editor decided to retract and remove a bad study by an antivaxxer named Neil Z. Miller. RFK Jr. publicly demanded to know why. This is Lysenkoism 2.0 in action in 2026.

/ June 22, 2026
Delusion

How Unbekoming! The central delusion of MAHA

What do vitamin K shots, vaccines, MTHFR variants, and statins have in common? The answer is what I call the central delusion behind MAHA, which was inadvertently revealed by a blogger with the 'nym Unbekoming.

/ May 25, 2026

MAHA vs. the FDA: Dredging up old anti-regulation revisionist history

Recently, I've noticed articles from outlets aligned with MAHA calling for the elimination of the FDA. It's all recycled "health freedom" revisionist history and ahistorical nonsense.

/ May 4, 2026
Functional medicine

KevinMD platforms criticism of MAHA by a “functional medicine” practitioner

Although some of the criticisms of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s MAHA movement are spot on, why did KevinMD platform a practitioner of functional medicine woo to make them?

/ April 20, 2026
A farmer in boots and a cap milks a black-and-white cow by hand outside a barn, with a dog watching and large milk cans nearby. In the background, cows graze near a red barn and a silo on a sunny day.

More On Raw Milk

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has been pushing the narrative that raw unpasteurized milk is both safe and better for your health than pasteurized milk. As usual, he is objectively wrong.

/ April 8, 2026
Aaron Siri

RFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines (part 10): An RFK Jr. ally tells us what’s coming next

ICAN attorney and antivaxxer Aaron Siri recently petitioned HHS to add 300 "injuries" to the Vaccine Injury Table for the Vaccine Injury Compensation System. It's all part of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s plan to undermine and destroy the system, thus driving vaccine manufacturers out of the market.

/ March 30, 2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lying about vaccines again

RFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines (part 9): ProPublica reports, and a bump in the road to remaking ACIP

A judge recently ruled that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went too far in his drive to turn ACIP into a an antivax committee. Meanwhile, ProPublica reports on where we are heading; it's not good.

/ March 23, 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
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