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by Henry MIller on March 11, 2025 at 2:02 pm
Stored blood quickly loses its effectiveness, so how can we improve the situation? The post Innovations in Blood Transfusions Will Save Lives first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
by Unbiased Science on March 11, 2025 at 11:05 am
Examining Antidepressant Medications, Addiction Claims, and Safety Concerns
by Pandemic Accountability Index on March 10, 2025 at 5:54 pm
A Formal Reading of the Riot Act
by David Gorski on March 10, 2025 at 7:00 am
Our new Secretary of Health and Human Services wants to change CDC messaging about vaccines to emphasize “informed consent.” What he really means is misinformed refusal. The post Misinformed refusal: What antivaxxers are really promoting when they invoke “informed consent” first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
by Jonathan Howard on March 9, 2025 at 7:01 am
Will new studies cause large numbers of anti-vaxxers to say “Wow. It turns our vaccines don’t cause autism after all. I’ve been wrong the whole time.”? The post Dr. Edward Livingston On Vaccines & Autism: “Because of Public Skepticism, it is Not Settled Science” first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
by Dr. Jess Steier on March 8, 2025 at 10:39 pm
Because now is not the time to mess around with protection!
by Dr. Jess Steier on March 7, 2025 at 12:01 pm
Protecting Future Generations Through Cancer Prevention Science
by Jonathan Howard on March 7, 2025 at 8:06 am
Myths spread by contrarian doctors to minimize COVID are being recycled to minimize measles. The anti-vaccine circle is complete. The post Everything Old Is New Again, Again first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
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Pandemic Accountability Index A public registry of pandemic disinformation artists, the latest medical research on COVID-19, and biting commentary.
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RFK Jr. Fanboys Owe You An Apology
by Pandemic Accountability Index on March 10, 2025 at 5:54 pm
A Formal Reading of the Riot Act
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Understanding Trump’s War on Research Funding & The Future
by Pandemic Accountability Index on March 3, 2025 at 8:08 pm
America the Irrelevant
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This Is Your Life: The Legacy of NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya
by Pandemic Accountability Index on February 18, 2025 at 10:22 pm
Faceplanting Into the Dustbin of History
The Skeptical Scientist Skepticism lies at the core of the scientific method. This blog applies that lens to current science and its dissemination seeking to distill available research, expose misinformation and bad science, and reimagine science communication.
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Jay Bhattacharya Tells Me Why He Should Not Lead NIH
by Bob Morris, MD, PhD on March 5, 2025 at 11:54 pm
Or, perhaps, why he is the perfect man to preside over the decline of the world’s leading life sciences research institutions
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Dear Science, It’s just not working anymore.
by Bob Morris, MD, PhD on February 26, 2025 at 6:07 pm
Trump and his GOP.call it quits on a fraught relationship
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Trump and Musk have Miscalculated
by Bob Morris, MD, PhD on February 23, 2025 at 5:43 pm
How a key failure in understanding and judgement will be their undoing.
MisinformationKills Discussing public health misinformation with a focus on political interference in the COVID-19 response
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Raoult Retracted, McCullough Revoked, HCQ Revisited
by Allison Neitzel on January 4, 2025 at 4:56 pm
The paper from disgraced French researcher Dr.
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Bhattacharya for the CDC? No.
by Allison Neitzel on November 3, 2024 at 7:08 pm
There has been understandable anxiety in light of Trump announcing that he will let anti-vaxxer RFK Jr.
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What’s With the Ivermectin Ads on Trump Broadcasts?
by Allison Neitzel on November 1, 2024 at 5:10 pm
Ads for kits containing ivermectin and claiming to “make care great again” have been fixtures on broadcasts of Trump campaign events and rallies, including the recent and deeply problematic Madison Square Garden event.
Ground Truths Facts, data and analytics about biomedical matters
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Anna Greka: Molecular Sleuthing for Rare Diseasesby Eric Topol on March 9, 2025 at 2:18 pm
Listen now | Finding the Mechanisms and the Basis for Potential Cures
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Carl Zimmer: Air-Borne and the Big Miss With Covidby Eric Topol on February 28, 2025 at 3:58 pm
Watch now (54 mins) | One of the top science journalists of our time discusses his new book
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The First Diagnostic Immunomeby Eric Topol on February 22, 2025 at 5:07 pm
A Big Step Forward By Sequencing B and T Cell Receptors Plus A.I.
Science-Based Medicine Exploring issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine
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Innovations in Blood Transfusions Will Save Livesby Henry MIller on March 11, 2025 at 2:02 pm
Stored blood quickly loses its effectiveness, so how can we improve the situation? The post Innovations in Blood Transfusions Will Save Lives first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
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Misinformed refusal: What antivaxxers are really promoting when they invoke “informed consent”by David Gorski on March 10, 2025 at 7:00 am
Our new Secretary of Health and Human Services wants to change CDC messaging about vaccines to emphasize “informed consent.” What he really means is misinformed refusal. The post Misinformed refusal: What antivaxxers are really promoting when they invoke “informed consent” first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
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Dr. Edward Livingston On Vaccines & Autism: “Because of Public Skepticism, it is Not Settled Science”by Jonathan Howard on March 9, 2025 at 7:01 am
Will new studies cause large numbers of anti-vaxxers to say “Wow. It turns our vaccines don’t cause autism after all. I’ve been wrong the whole time.”? The post Dr. Edward Livingston On Vaccines & Autism: “Because of Public Skepticism, it is Not Settled Science” first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
Counter Disinformation Project Exposing Disinformation Networks #HARTleaks
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A Tale of Two Realities: Reporting Vs Content
by Counter Disinformation Project on January 31, 2025 at 11:12 pm
Minutes of CMOs 2021 meeting to approve covid vaccines for 12-15 year olds
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UK funded studies on Long Covid in children ignored
by Counter Disinformation Project on January 10, 2025 at 11:53 pm
Media narrative of “lockdown babies” promoted while cognitive impairment, and reinfections increasing LC ignored
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UKHSA’s failure on airborne transmission and a Vax only strategy without Vax
by Counter Disinformation Project on January 2, 2025 at 2:05 pm
Recent guidance, Airborne transmission dismissed at Covid Inquiry, removal of vax and the dismantling of public health,
Important Context This newsletter is part of the Accountability Journalism Institute. It was founded by investigative journalist Walker Bragman to expose bad actors, secretive political influence, and the money behind public health mis/disinformation.
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“So much for MAHA”: Anti-Vaxxers Fume Over Kennedy Op-Ed Touting Measles Vaccine
by Walker Bragman on March 3, 2025 at 4:29 pm
The anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist acknowledged that the MMR vaccine saves lives in an op-ed His supporters are not happy.
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Trump Pick for NIH Director: Vaccines May Cause Autism, Alternative Schedules Okay
by Walker Bragman on February 26, 2025 at 12:03 pm
Jay Bhattacharya made the remarks on a podcast in September, weeks before being nominated to lead the NIH.
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Oversight?: Trump NIH Pick Fails to Include Big Award From Major Right-Wing Group On Financial Disclosure
by Walker Bragman on February 21, 2025 at 12:03 pm
Jay Bhattacharya won the $250,000 Bradley Prize in 2024 but did not include it in his government filing.