Sanitising a Paranoid Crank
Misleading and irresponsible journalism is being used to launder the reputation of RFK Jr.| Quillette
Dear RFK Jr., Please reconsider your position on this topic. There is no doubt that vaccines can be extremely harmful and may even trigger severe| BIOANALYTICX
Trump posted on Truth Social that he will help Scott Adams of ‘Dilbert’ fame access Pluvicto.| STAT
In the latest effort to build monuments to his own ego, the White House Occupant announced plans for the construction of a triumphal arch, similar to the one in Paris, in DC near the Lincoln Memorial. They even trotted out a 3-D map of the project — which, quite appropriately for the circumstances, depicts the […]| The Propaganda Professor
Well, the Nobel Peace Prize was finally awarded, and he didn’t get it even though he lobbied for it fiercely as if it were an Academy Award. And by “he”, of course, I mean Gavin Newsom. But punditster Hugh Hewitt of Fox “News” declared that if his own favored boy didn’t win, “the Nobel committee […]| The Propaganda Professor
Misleading and irresponsible journalism is being used to launder the reputation of RFK Jr.| Quillette
By firing experts, cancelling important research funding, and promoting conspiracy theories, RFK Jr. threatens to undermine some of America’s most important public health achievements.| Quillette
I’ll start with this: I am certainly not fully politically aligned with Senator Bill Cassidy, but I have typically found him to be genuine and intelligent. Points of disagreement aside, he do…| Techdirt
It is essential to note that the term “study,” as used here (quote) and throughout much of the medical literature, most often refers to an observational survey rather than a valid scientific study. The same applies to the term “research” in medicine—what is called “medical research” is frequently nothing more than a survey, sometimes with statistical analysis added, but still not scientific research in the true sense.| BIOANALYTICX
“The greatest spreader of misinformation during the pandemic was the United States government.”“And that is the weaponization of medical research itself.”“And public-health officials were intellectually| BIOANALYTICX
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission released its 20-page Strategy Report on Tuesday, indicating that the federal government will pursue a| Food Safety News
The Campbells’s Company will stop using artificial food dyes in 2026, joining several other companies that have made similar promises in response to a| Food Safety News
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. visited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta Monday in the wake of a deadly shooting near the agency’s Roybal Campus that left both the suspected gunman and a police officer dead. Police said the suspect opened fire shortly before 5 p.m. Friday from across […]| The Georgia Sun
Dopo Karen Maex ed EUA, un contributo di oltreoceano apparso su Chronicle of higher education. Il titolo parla da sé: What RFK Jr. Got Right About Academic Publishing. The system no longer works for anyone except corporate publishers (Ringrazio Luca de Fiore per la segnalazione).| Open Science @Unimi
By Brian Bienkowski Federal health officials announced plans Tuesday to phase out synthetic food dyes made from petroleum, marking a significant shift in how the U.S. regulates chemical additives in food.| The New Lede
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he would find the cause of autism in five months and “eliminate those exposures.” This is pseudoscience.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
