Health & Medicine
Through the study and use of genetics, we can identify measures that could lead to the improvement of human health and wellness. These methods and procedures aim to prevent years of chronic disease and thousands of dollars in health care costs, and provide families and communities with knowledge of how to live healthier.
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‘Consensus science’ is under attack
A growing distrust of expertise is reshaping the terrain of science in the United States. Since the pandemic, the partisan ...
Bamboo shoots are the next ‘superfood’? Don’t believe the hype, it’s not based on science
According to the New York Post, our research team has discovered a much-overlooked “superfood”: bamboo shoots. Before you rush out ...
Make Europe Healthy Again? MAHA movement crosses the Atlantic
... Robert Malone, a medical doctor and prominent adviser to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., spoke for more than 45 minutes ...
How to spot fake science news
How to choose your news video describes tips to choose news and separate face from opinion. Our Evaluate news information ...
Scientists take to TikTok to challenge wellness woo, vaccine denialism and climate denialism
One of Simon Clark’s most popular TikTok videos begins with him playing the part of a clueless climate contrarian. Adopting ...
Why you shouldn’t follow RFK, Jr.’s meat-intensive diet
Kennedy and his Make America Healthy Again mates have long been extolling the virtues of meat and whole-fat dairy, so ...
Viewpoint: Wellness pseudoscience activists are rewriting U.S. health policy
For decades, wellness misinformation lived in a space that was evidence-adjacent and problematic, but containable: the “outspoken minority” spreading lies ...
RFK, Jr. is wrong—measles do not boost your immune system
Last year, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., participated in an interview with Fox Nation during which he claimed ...
Menopause symptoms? Social media is rife with misinformation
A women's health expert is warning against taking advice from social media feeds when it comes to hormone therapy. The ...
How misguided federal actions are damaging the nation’s biomedical research—and how to push back
Current United States administration policies are degrading the nation’s biomedical research system, and the damage is likely to grow. Those ...
‘They are an essential part of a healthy diet’: Debunking MAHA’s rejection of seed oils
For years now, seed oils have been cast as the quiet villain of modern eating. Scroll through social media, and ...
Longevity cure? Don’t waste your money on NAD anti-aging supplements. They don’t work
Recent studies on aging have latched onto a “player” in longevity that had hitherto received little attention: nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, ...
The Casey Means file: For MAHA, ‘her lack of clinical grounding isn’t a bug, it’s a feature’
Here’s what [Casey Mean] said, in rotating order, regardless of the question: root causes. Real food. Informed consent. Have a ...
Here’s how social media turbocharges the rising wave of health misinformation
Social media has turned everyone into a wellness expert. A gym selfie becomes proof of medical authority. A viral reel ...
Viewpoint: America’s reproductive health safety net is fraying as political wars escalate
In late October, Maine Family Planning announced three rural clinics in northern Maine would close by month’s end. These primary ...
Anti-vaccine activists are pushing the courts to allow doctors to spread disinformation about shot safety to patients
Doctors who give health advice to their patients or community that runs counter to the medical establishment face a rare ...
Is the longevity treatment boom over-hyped?
At Biograph, a longevity clinic with locations in New York City and San Francisco, an assessment day can last up to ...
Supplements to prevent cancer? They not only don’t work, they can damage your health
Dietary supplements are wildly popular, but large clinical trials and other research by Fred Hutch Cancer Center scientists show that ...
RFK, Jr.’s aversion to legislation raises the question: Will his revolution endure?
Over the course of his year in the Cabinet, Kennedy has racked up major wins for his Make America Healthy ...
Viewpoint: Opposing expanding nuclear energy production—Here’s what left-wing junk science looks like
If you want to know why progress on nuclear energy was so halting during the Biden years, despite the administration’s ...
Anti-vaccine hysteria is leading to bleeding deaths in babies
For nearly 65 years, babies in the US have received a dose of vitamin K within hours of their birth ...
RFK, Jr.’s CDC: Dozens of databases not reporting illnesses and deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases
On January 27, 2026, researchers from Vanderbilt University, the University of North Carolina, and Harvard Medical School published a study in the Annals ...
Trump-MAHA coalition near a breaking point?
Donald Trump issued an executive order [on February 18, 2026] to boost production of glyphosate, a widely used pesticide that’s ...
Tuskegee redux: RFK, Jr.’s unapproved, unethical vaccine experiment in Guinea-Bissau
[T]he grant request, marked as unsolicited, proposed a randomized controlled trial in the impoverished West African nation of Guinea-Bissau. The ...
Vaccines turbocharge cancer? Misinformation meme explodes online
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, claims that vaccines can cause severe disease have been widespread on social media, ...
Viewpoint—First year scorecard: ‘The damage HHS secretary Kennedy has done to science and public health is appalling’
It is beyond comprehension that the Senate confirmed [Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.] to oversee America’s health. The risks are so ...
Viewpoint: When it comes to chemicals in medicine and agriculture, ‘natural’ is often less safe than synthetic
Almost nothing in your life is natural. And that’s a good thing. Take a look around—your smartphone, your fridge, your ...
