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10 Top Breakthrough Technologies
What will really matter in the long run? That's the question we tackle each year as we compile this annual ...
Viewpoint: Lancet’s reputation as a leading science journal takes another hit in its capitulation to MAHA fearmongering over ultra-processed food
The new Lancet Series on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) draws on decades of global data, mechanistic evidence, and more than 100 ...
Judging junk science: Here are the tools available for the courts to identify and block predatort and activist misinformation
Much has been written advising laypeople to navigate conflicting medical opinions and identify the golden truth amid the pervasive muck ...
Viewpoint: It’s grim. U.S. science after a year of RFK, Jr. and Trump
More than 7,800 research grants terminated or frozen. Some 25,000 scientists and personnel gone from agencies that oversee research. Proposed ...
Viewpoints: Republicans lean into MAHA ‘wellness agenda’ to prevent midterm losses as Trump’s popularity totters
When a "Make America Healthy Again" summit was held at the posh Waldorf Astoria in Washington, the line of attendees ...
GLP podcast: Everybody’s wrong about RFK, Jr.’s dietary guidelines
Depending on whom you ask, the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans represent a significant step forward for public health—or they're ...
As U.S. measles cases surge to 2400+ since Trump took office, RFK, Jr. official proclaims ‘not really’ a concern
Ongoing measles outbreaks in multiple parts of the country are threatening the United States’ status as a nation that has ...
Beyond pleasure: What dopamine really does in the brain
The cerebral cortex is our brain's universal machine of understanding. It builds a model of reality for us and then ...
Viewpoint—Mifepristone birth control pill: Congressional right-wingers and RFK, Jr. HHS who raise doubts about the safety of the treatment ignore reams of science
[On January 14, 2025], the Senate held its first health committee hearing of the year. The topic? Whether mifepristone, the medication commonly ...
Viewpoint: RFK, Jr. and the future of children’s vaccines—Less science guidance, more parental gut opinions
For decades, Americans have looked to the federal government for advice on which vaccines their children should get and when ...
As abortion pills face new politically motivated legal threats, a new study defends the FDA’s evidence-based science
The abortion pill mifepristone is one of the most politically contentious medications in America, one increasingly targeted by anti-abortion activists ...
Viewpoint: Activist disinformation blurs consumers ability to separate ideology from genuine health risks
Vaccines are getting American media attention now that Republicans are engaging in misinformation the way Democrats did for decades, but ...
Microplastics are invading our brain and bodies? New research says the claims in most studies are wrong and some are a “joke”
High-profile studies reporting the presence of microplastics throughout the human body have been thrown into doubt by scientists who say ...
Yet another study rebukes RFK. Jr.’s false claim that Tylenol (acetaminophen/paracetamol) use can lead to autism
US President Donald Trump said in September there had been a "meteoric rise" in cases of autism and that Tylenol, ...
Viewpoint: Why RFK, Jr.’s promotion of ‘natural medicines and food’ is simplistic, often ignorant, and sometimes dangerous
Often, we’re given a choice between certain things – such as foods, medicines or procedures – that are deemed natural, ...
RFK, Jr. quietly undermining science consensus that cellphones are safe
The Food and Drug Administration quietly removed webpages saying cellphones aren’t dangerous as the Department of Health and Human Services ...
Supreme Court agrees to review Bayer’s request to block lawsuits claiming federally-approved herbicide glyphosate causes cancer
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review Monsanto’s appeal seeking immunity from lawsuits related to its popular herbicide, Roundup ...
Chemophobia & Monetized Activism: Year in Review
Chemophobia — the reflexive fear that “chemicals” are inherently dangerous — stokes public anxiety about health and the environment. It ...
Coalition of medical expert organizations formed to counteract RFK, Jr.’s rejectionist recommendations
Six leading medical organizations plan to ask the courts to throw out revisions to the childhood vaccination schedule .... Mr ...
Bloated advice: MAHA influencers are flooding social media with misinformation on gut health
“I had one patient who saw a TikTok video about doing a colon cleanse, bought something over the counter to ...
Viewpoint — Lysenkoism 2.0: RFK, Jr. is more dangerous than the 1930s Soviet scientist Trofim Lysenko, whose crackpot views killed millions of people and set back Russian science for decades
We don’t need to look to dystopian authoritarian theocracies portrayed in science fiction novels and movies to know that it ...
Viewpoint: Trump’s FDA has been corrupted into a bargaining chip for White House deal-making
For decades, the Food and Drug Administration was the undisputed global gold standard for regulation. While other nations might approve drugs faster or ...
RFK, Jr. adds two vaccine and antidepressant rejectionists to U.S. vaccine advisory panel
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed two new members to the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Viewpoint: COVID vaccines caused ‘turbo cancers’? MAHA disinformers revive long-debunked claims
... I saw a post on X, the disinformation hellsite formerly known as Twitter, by eminent oncologist and cancer researcher ...
Viewpont—’Weight gain is not a necessary component of a highly ultra-processed diet’: A nuanced look at America’s ‘deadly diet’
In the past half century, nutrition scientists have blamed health conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease on many ...
Viewpoint: America’s upside-down, upside-down food pyramid is bad science
Health Warning: Like every other Food Pyramid released in the last two weeks, this article is satire. Although most of the ...
Viewpoint: RFK, Jr.’s next attack in his war against science—Restricting antidepressants
While his war on vaccines may be getting more attention, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is coming for another ...
