Science Controversies
Beyond anti-vax activism, what could slow embrace of COVID-19 vaccines? Production and logistics
Once a vaccine is approved, every American won't be able to get it at once. That sets up the unenviable ...
‘I was wrong’: Why we shouldn’t start giving COVID-19 vaccinations now
I wrote a blog post [on August 2] that has generated tremendous pushback, including an op-ed in the New York Times as well as ...
Viewpoint: How COVID-19 has brought America to its knees
Despite ample warning, the U.S. squandered every possible opportunity to control the coronavirus. And despite its considerable advantages—immense resources, biomedical ...
Viewpoint: China should not be given a pass for its central role in creating the COVID-19 scourge
[A]s evidence grows that the… deadly Covid-19 pandemic may stem from a Wuhan virology lab’s accidental leak followed by a ...
90 quack COVID cures and counting: Dr. Joe Mercola added to FDA list of fraudsters promoting bogus cures
[T]he FDA has issued more than 90 warning letters about fraudulent products claiming to prevent or cure the disease. While the bulk ...
DIY COVID-19 vaccine? George Church, other scientists experimenting with home brewed versions
Nearly 200 covid-19 vaccines are in development, and some three dozen are at various stages of human testing. But in ...
Anti-viral drugs might be safer, more effective, and easier to develop than COVID-19 vaccines
Clinicaltrials.gov, the most commonly used registry for worldwide medical research, listed 1358 clinical trials on the [COVID-19], including using scores ...
Pew poll: 1-in-4 Americans believe ‘powerful people planted COVID-19’
[A] conspiracy theory circulating widely online… alleges that powerful people intentionally planned the coronavirus outbreak. And a quarter of U.S. adults see at ...
No HIV vaccine yet but decades of false starts provide guidance to coronavirus researchers
Thirty-six years [after the virus's discovery], there still is no HIV vaccine. But instead of being a cautionary tale of ...
‘America’s Frontline Doctors’? Who are the far-right PACs funding ‘quack’ MDs that recommend ‘no masks’ and ‘use hydroxychloroquine’?
[T]he latest video to go viral from apparent experts, quietly backed by dark money political organizations, [evangelized] treatments for or ...
Another Phase III study finds hydroxychloroquine ineffective
[H]ydroxychloroquine – the malaria and autoimmune disease drug that President Donald Trump promoted as a potential “game changer” early in ...
With a boost from COVID-19, the ‘Neobiological Revolution’ is transforming humanity
In the 1990s, the digital revolution came along and transformed, well, pretty much everything, from the way we communicate with ...
Podcast: Mapping Humanity—How modern genetics is changing criminal justice, personalized medicine, and our identities
Innovations in genetics are already changing our lives for the better, and will continue to do so. Using gene-editing technology, ...
Who gets the first vaccines? Elderly? Front-line workers? Vulnerable minorities?
Someone will have to decide which of the world’s 7.8 billion people gets first crack at returning to a more ...
Disability advocacy community both scared and excited about CRISPR gene editing
While still highly theoretical when it comes to eliminating disabilities, gene editing has drawn the attention of the disability community ...
Wanted: Volunteers willing to risk getting sick from the coronavirus for the greater good
The Covid-19 Prevention Network, which knits together the existing federal clinical trial infrastructure developed largely to test HIV vaccines and ...
COVID-19 cases surge worldwide as WHO confirms virus is not seasonal
Globally, WHO has reported as on [July 28], 16,301,736 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 650,069 deaths. The Americas remains the epicentre by region, ...
Organic activists sue USDA to nullify and revise bioengineered food labeling standards
The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard – which requires firms to label ‘bioengineered’ foods and beverages – is unlawful and ...
Gene-editing amendment to UK agriculture bill withdrawn, delaying farmer access to CRISPR crops
An amendment tabled in the new UK agriculture bill, designed to allow access to new gene-editing technology, has been withdrawn ...
What’s it like being in a Phase 3 coronavirus vaccine trial?
I’m at St George’s for an initial screening as a volunteer in the Oxford University trial to test the ChAdOx1 ...
‘A huge amount of wasted effort’: Most COVID-19 studies too small to yield real results
1,200 clinical trials aimed at testing treatment and prevention strategies against Covid-19 [have been designed] since the start of January ...
The human protein that might explain who’s most at risk from Covid-19
The earliest clinical data out of China showed that some [COVID-19 patients] consistently fared worse than others, notably men, the ...
UK anti-GMO groups aim to block relaxed CRISPR crop rules gaining bipartisan support in Parliament
A new Agriculture Bill is making its way through the UK Parliament, and an amendment has been tabled that would ...
Exploring gene drive’s role in fight against malaria
An international initiative has formed to ensure that gene drive technology gets a chance to prove its mettle in the ...
Ethicists argue for prioritizing safety over speed in pushing for coronavirus vaccine approvals
[W]ithin six months of SARS-CoV-2 appearing on the scene, over 140 vaccine candidates are in the pipeline and clinical trials ...
Agriculture industry risks PR disaster if it doesn’t educate the public about CRISPR
Gene-editing experts claim that the technology has the potential to make some foods more nutritious without increasing costs and can ...
Is Dr. Fauci involved in a plot to profit from coronavirus? Sinclair Network pulls Eric Bolling Plandemic conspiracy program that claimed just that
Over the weekend, Sinclair announced it would postpone and "rework" the segment featuring discredited "Plandemic" researcher Judy Mikovits which was ...
