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“Vinay Prasad Loves President Trump”. That, Plus 12 Other Thoughts on the End of Dr. Vinay Prasad’s Sabbatical From UCSF The bottom line is this: when given the opportunity to prove his real-world prowess, Dr. Vinay Prasad failed. The post “Vinay Prasad Loves President Trump”. That, Plus 12 Other Thoughts on the End of Dr. Vinay Prasad’s Sabbatical From UCSF first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
10.03.2026 07:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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. The post RFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines (part 8): “Massive Epidemic of Vaccine Injury,” ACIP, and a prominent oncologist first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
09.03.2026 07:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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MAHA Government Doctors Feel Entitled to Falsely Smear Private Citizens in the Press While Demanding That They Not Be Falsely Smeared in the Press Our so-called public servants have one set of standards for themselves and another for private citizens who dare to the challenge their government. The post MAHA Government Doctors Feel Entitled to Falsely Smear Private Citizens in the Press While Demanding That They Not Be Falsely Smeared in the Press first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
05.03.2026 08:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Latest Science on Origins of SARS-CoV-2 Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic, which had claimed over 7 million lives worldwide by April 2024 (figures are no longer being tracked), we are still debating the origins of this novel virus. The intelligence community is divided between the zoonotic hypothesis (the virus evolved in animal reservoirs and then crossed over to humans) and the lab leak hypothesis. Essentially the consensus […] The post Latest Science on Origins of SARS-CoV-2 first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
04.03.2026 13:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Legislative Alchemy: “Naturopathic Doctor” licensing is bad medicine for Florida Bad medicine, bad laws, bad choice The post Legislative Alchemy: “Naturopathic Doctor” licensing is bad medicine for Florida first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
03.03.2026 08:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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. The post One year of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS Secretary: The Lancet reacts, and so do I first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
02.03.2026 08:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Why Should You Worry About My Vaccinated Child If Being Anti-Vaccine Works So Well Del Bigtree and Toby Rogers, the authoritarians behind the “medical freedom” movement The post Why Should You Worry About My Vaccinated Child If Being Anti-Vaccine Works So Well first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
28.02.2026 08:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Why Does Dr. Vinay Prasad Refuse to Answer Questions About His Job Performance at the FDA? Although he took softball questions from MAHA sycophant Bari Weiss, Dr. Vinay Prasad, a public servant, refuses to leave his safe space to answer tough, but fair questions from credible reporters like Lizzy Lawrence. The post Why Does Dr. Vinay Prasad Refuse to Answer Questions About His Job Performance at the FDA? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
27.02.2026 08:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Implausible Apple Cider Vinegar Weight Loss Study Retracted When a trial has results that defy basic biology, it's reasonable to be skeptical. The post Implausible Apple Cider Vinegar Weight Loss Study Retracted first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
26.02.2026 11:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Glyphosate Remains Controversial Glyphosate is the most used herbicide in the world, with farmers applying about 750 million kg per year. The US is the heaviest user, responsible for 19% of global use. The chemical is popular among industrial farmers because it is safe and effective, and yet it also remains highly controversial. It is also back in the news, and so an update on […] The post Glyphosate Remains Controversial first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
25.02.2026 13:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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MAHA: Everything old is new again, except this time antiscience cranks (like Stanislaw Burzynski) are in charge Returning from my hiatus, I couldn't decide on a specific new topic, mainly because so much bad stuff happened in my absence. So, in this post I back up a bit to reflect on how RFK Jr.'s "make America healthy again" is nothing new. What is new is that the antiscience-cranks are in charge. The post MAHA: Everything old is new again, except this time antiscience cranks (like Stanislaw Burzynski) are in charge first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
23.02.2026 08:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Is the FDA is Hiding “Evidence” the COVID Vaccine Killed Children? It's everything anti-vaxxers have been crowing about for decades. The post Is the FDA is Hiding “Evidence” the COVID Vaccine Killed Children? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
20.02.2026 08:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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MD Enshittification Enshittification, also known as crapification and platform decay, is a process in which two-sided online products and services decline in quality over time. As some of you may be aware, I was an Infectious Disease (ID) physician for almost 40 years, retiring 3 years ago. My practice was almost entirely concerned with taking care of patients in several acute care hospitals. So […] The post MD Enshittification first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
17.02.2026 08:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Red Marks of Pseudo-Medicine: Gua Sha Claiming that an inflammatory response to injury is inherently therapeutic is a massive leap of faith. The post The Red Marks of Pseudo-Medicine: Gua Sha first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
16.02.2026 08:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The FDA:  Promoting Quack Nostrums Based on “Incredible Stories” While Rejecting Vaccines Despite Successful RCTs "Vaccines are radioactive now." The post The FDA: Promoting Quack Nostrums Based on “Incredible Stories” While Rejecting Vaccines Despite Successful RCTs first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
13.02.2026 08:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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2026: State Legislatures as Vectors of Health Misinformation and Anti-Science Anti-science health legislation doesn't just reflect misinformation; it institutionalizes it, cementing false beliefs into population-level risks. The post 2026: State Legislatures as Vectors of Health Misinformation and Anti-Science first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
12.02.2026 13:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Latest Autism Data In April of 2025, HHS secretary RFK Jr. stated: “The autism epidemic is running rampant,” said U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “One in 31 American children born in 2014 are disabled by autism. That’s up significantly from two years earlier and nearly five times higher than when the CDC first started running autism surveys in children […] The post Latest Autism Data first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
11.02.2026 13:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The ICEmen Cometh The potential effects of the current ICE actions on public health The post The ICEmen Cometh first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
10.02.2026 08:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The peptide craze sweeping America has a fan in RFK Jr This could lead to less FDA oversight just when more is needed The post The peptide craze sweeping America has a fan in RFK Jr first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
09.02.2026 08:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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MAHA Leaders Are Recycling COVID Myths to Minimize Measles Once again, everything old is new again. The circle of disinformation is complete. The post MAHA Leaders Are Recycling COVID Myths to Minimize Measles first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
08.02.2026 08:30 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Pandemic Revisionism Is a Pretext for MAHA Vandalism <p>My YouTube channel is a reliable history of the pandemic. The NY Times is not.</p> The post <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/podcastjaybhattacharya/">Pandemic Revisionism Is a Pretext for MAHA Vandalism</a> first appeared on <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org">Science-Based Medicine</a>.
06.02.2026 08:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Data Is In – Exercise Is Good For You <p>Many times in my career I have sat across from a patient who expressed that they are getting serious about their health, and then rattle off a list of things that they are doing to improve their health &#8211; all mostly worthless. I do not blame them &#8211; they are victims of a self-help, supplement, and wellness industry that has completely mislead [&#8230;]</p> The post <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-data-is-in-exercise-is-good-for-you/">The Data Is In – Exercise Is Good For You</a> first appeared on <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org">Science-Based Medicine</a>.
04.02.2026 13:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Pandemic Gurus: If You Can’t Defend MAHA Doctors Today, Then You Must Discard Everything They Said Regarding COVID. <p>Had MAHA doctors been in charge in 2020, when COVID swamped our hospitals and morgues, they would have brought the same level of malevolence and incompetence they are displaying today.</p> The post <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/pandemic-gurus-if-you-cant-defend-maha-doctors-today-then-you-must-discard-everything-they-said-regarding-covid/">Pandemic Gurus: If You Can’t Defend MAHA Doctors Today, Then You Must Discard Everything They Said Regarding COVID.</a> first appeared on <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org">Science-Based Medicine</a>.
03.02.2026 08:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Lysenkoism 2.0 continues: Podcast Jay wants to turn NIH into the “research arm” of MAHA <p>NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya has recently said that he wants to transform the NIH into the "research arm of MAHA" and a "central driver of the MAHA agenda." Lysenkoism 2.0 continues apace at NIH.</p> The post <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/maha-podcast-jay-vs-nih/">Lysenkoism 2.0 continues: Podcast Jay wants to turn NIH into the “research arm” of MAHA</a> first appeared on <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org">Science-Based Medicine</a>.
02.02.2026 08:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Anti-Trans Obsessions of “Skeptic” Michael Shermer:  Hallucinating Imaginary Demons to Empower Actual Villains, Once Again. <p>I want to demonstrate to Michael Shermer that it’s possible for men like us to not talk about trans people constantly. If I can do it, so can he.</p> The post <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/fakeskepticshermer/">The Anti-Trans Obsessions of “Skeptic” Michael Shermer:  Hallucinating Imaginary Demons to Empower Actual Villains, Once Again.</a> first appeared on <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org">Science-Based Medicine</a>.
30.01.2026 08:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Science Based Satire:  My 2026 Interview with Jay Bhattacharya. It’s Still Lockdowns All the Way Down. <p>"The worst thing about lockdowns is that they are over, and everyone else moved on long ago."</p> The post <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/jaymisseslockdowns/">Science Based Satire:  My 2026 Interview with Jay Bhattacharya. It’s Still Lockdowns All the Way Down.</a> first appeared on <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org">Science-Based Medicine</a>.
29.01.2026 15:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Health Effects of Air Pollution <p>Air pollution remains a grave threat to human health, but MAHA is doing nothing about it.</p> The post <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-health-effects-of-air-pollution/">The Health Effects of Air Pollution</a> first appeared on <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org">Science-Based Medicine</a>.
28.01.2026 13:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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RFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines (part 7): What, me worry (about polio and HPV)? <p>Last week was a hellscape for vaccines, with a RICO lawsuit against the AAP and the newly antivax CDC coming for your HPV and polio vaccines.</p> The post <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/rfk-jr-is-definitely-coming-for-your-vaccines-part-7-what-me-worry-about-polio-and-hpv/">RFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines (part 7): What, me worry (about polio and HPV)?</a> first appeared on <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org">Science-Based Medicine</a>.
26.01.2026 13:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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MAHA Gave Us MAGA 2.0.  Remember the Enablers. When the history of this sad era is written, MAHA doctors will be disgraced pariahs and cautionary tales. Everyone else should be remembered based only on whether they tried to put the brakes on MAHA/MAGA however they could or whether they slammed the accelerator. The post MAHA Gave Us MAGA 2.0. Remember the Enablers. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
23.01.2026 08:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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WHO On Traditional Medicine Recently the World Health Organization published their guidelines on traditional medicine, actually referring to the category of “traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) practices.” As has long been the case, there are some good parts to their approach, but also some concerning aspects, and at times it feels self-contradictory. The problems begin with their definition. I dislike lumping traditional, complementary, and integrative […] The post WHO On Traditional Medicine first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
21.01.2026 13:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0