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‘Science moves forward when people are willing to think differently’: Memories of DNA maverick Craig Venter
I was saddened to hear of Craig Venter’s passing at the age of 79 on April 30, 2026. Often portrayed ...
AI-based tool could detect and reduce online misinformation
Researchers from the University College London (UCL), UK, have developed a Diet-Nutrition Misinformation Risk Assessment Tool (Diet-MisRAT) to detect and ...
Wellness grifter physician turned wellness influencer out as surgeon general nominee
President Donald Trump said [on April 30, 2026] he’s nominating Fox News Channel contributor and radiologist Dr. Nicole Saphier for ...
‘Alarming’: Nicotine’s wellness rebranding
Nicotine - the highly addictive substance found in tobacco and vaping products - is being promoted online as a way ...
Anti-seed-oil to anti-vax pipeline: MAHA movement spreads to teen influencers
For years, the “Make America Healthy Again” movement was driven by moms. Concerned about the safety of childhood vaccines and ...
The tech billionaires behind the immortality movement
Among the most potent archetypes of our time is the elite who seeks eternal youth, whose power is drawn from ...
Viewpoint—“Miracle molecule” debunked: Why acemannan supplements don’t work
We’ve done a lot of debunks. After a while, they start to blur together because the formula is almost always ...
Viewpoint: The Casey Means hustle—Wellness woo opportunism dressed up as medical wisdom
I thought it might be a good idea to try to examine the underlying reasons why so many scientists and ...
Anti-vaccine activists are now the majority in RFK, Jr.’s CDC Vaccine Panel
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is giving several prominent right-wing and anti-vaccine medical groups a formal ...
Dad brains: Only women undergo bodily changes during and after childbirth? Think again.
... By the time [anthropologist Lee] Gettler looked into this field, it was already an established fact that fathers had ...
How America’s medical system encourages psychiatric overdiagnosis
Psychiatric diagnoses in the United States are rising across virtually every category, in every age group. According to the National ...
The myths of “process”: What science says about the “dangers’ of synthetic products and ultra-processed foods
Two words used to scare people are impossible to avoid: synthetic and its younger cousin, ultra-processed. They’re everywhere—on supermarket shelves, ...
MAHA wellness influencers deride proven anxiety medications, tout lifestyle fixes
After a grueling year of chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation to treat breast cancer, Sadia Zapp was anxious — not the ...
IV vitamin therapy could change your life — by killing you
An IV therapy clinic offers a vitamin cocktail administered via injection, promising hydration, energy, a strengthened immune system, and a ...
Word games: How Moderna is selling its newest vaccine without using the “v” word
... Last year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., head of the Department of Health and Human Services, zeroed in on mRNA, ...
Viewpoint: Health experts engage MAHA: Shared concerns, differing views on what constitutes evidence
At a national public health meeting in March, I attended a session that brought together public health professionals, physicians, and ...
Viewpoint — ‘We want to put them in trauma’: The inside story of the crusade targeting public health
In a video obtained by ProPublica in fall 2024, Russell Vought—the architect of Project 2025, and later the director of ...
Kennedy has quietly stopped touting problematic raw milk. Health concerns aren’t why
[Robert F.] Kennedy, who once took shots of raw milk at the White House alongside a wellness influencer, stopped publicly ...
Blocked arteries, kidney stones, nausea, constipation, fatigue: Long list of health problems caused by too much vitamin D
The "sunshine vitamin" may come with a dark side. Just as a lack of vitamin D can lead to health ...
With federal funding for scientific research already reeling, Trump fires the entire apolitical National Science Board
Multiple sources are reporting that the Trump administration has dismissed the entire National Science Board (NSB). The NSB advises the ...
How pediatricians are navigating America’s surge of health misinformation
Across the country, clinicians ... are contending with a sharp rise in vaccine hesitancy. They are trying to do what ...
Back to the vax — Is the measles surge testing MAHA’s vaccine rejectionism?
Measles has been spreading in the US, reaching infection levels not seen in decades .... This year, the Centers for ...
Digital junk food: Social media algorithms designed to highlight controversy not science
Imagine that you have a very social friend — Rickie — who throws a potluck dinner every year. He asks ...
Viewpoint: ‘Science-as-Satan’ unites the MAHA—MAGA movements. Is a breakup in the works?
The MAHA agenda had a bit of a wake-up call following the EPA’s approval of the herbicide dicamba. I think ...
Boy Kibble: Muscle-building protein maxxing is the latest male health delusion
Protein popcorn. Protein water. Even protein coffee. Across grocery stores and social media feeds, marketers are pushing protein — especially ...
Wellness influencer nonsense: No, nicotine does not boost cognition and productivity, but it can damage your health
If you spend any time on social media, you may have noticed a curious trend: wellness influencers singing the praises ...
Kennedy’s CDC blocks publication of study that shows vaccines reduce hospitalizations by 50%, then misrepresents why
A report showing the efficacy of the covid-19 vaccine that was previously delayed by the head of the Centers for ...
