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Dr. Jen Gunter created a very educational breakdown of the “firehose of misinformation” spread by the FDA today:
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Reaction to the FDA Announcement on MHT
Removing the Black Box Warning was Served with a Side of Serious Misinformation
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November 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Dr. Jen Gunter created a very educational breakdown of the “firehose of misinformation” spread by the FDA today:
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This company Invivyd is looking more overtly anti-vaccine.
Its shady SPEAR group has known cranks as members (Amy Proal, David Putrino) but also unexpected members Akiko Iwasaki and Michael Peluso.
Yes, this whole thing is still "giving Wakefield" and smacks of tooth fairy science.
Its shady SPEAR group has known cranks as members (Amy Proal, David Putrino) but also unexpected members Akiko Iwasaki and Michael Peluso.
Yes, this whole thing is still "giving Wakefield" and smacks of tooth fairy science.
These people are developing into a collective movement of vaccine-skeptics with conflicts of interest.
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This company Invivyd is looking more overtly anti-vaccine.
Its shady SPEAR group has known cranks as members (Amy Proal, David Putrino) but also unexpected members Akiko Iwasaki and Michael Peluso.
Yes, this whole thing is still "giving Wakefield" and smacks of tooth fairy science.
Its shady SPEAR group has known cranks as members (Amy Proal, David Putrino) but also unexpected members Akiko Iwasaki and Michael Peluso.
Yes, this whole thing is still "giving Wakefield" and smacks of tooth fairy science.
Brinda Adhikari and Craig Spencer go to an anti-vax conference and very patiently interview supercranks Pierre Kory and Bret Weinstein:
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November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Brinda Adhikari and Craig Spencer go to an anti-vax conference and very patiently interview supercranks Pierre Kory and Bret Weinstein:
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Steven Salzberg: Functional Medicine is not medicine at all. Instead, it’s a new name for an old grab-bag of unscientific, unsupported, and outright bogus claims.
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Dis-Functional Medicine in the Surgeon General's office
What the heck is Functional Medicine anyway?
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November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Steven Salzberg: Functional Medicine is not medicine at all. Instead, it’s a new name for an old grab-bag of unscientific, unsupported, and outright bogus claims.
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Learn strategies for combatting misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories about vaccines in your reporting with our new tip sheet. bit.ly/48Oba55
#SciComm #PublicHealth #journalism #news @aaas.org
#SciComm #PublicHealth #journalism #news @aaas.org
Reporting on common vaccine conspiracies and misinformation - SciLine
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November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Learn strategies for combatting misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories about vaccines in your reporting with our new tip sheet. bit.ly/48Oba55
#SciComm #PublicHealth #journalism #news @aaas.org
#SciComm #PublicHealth #journalism #news @aaas.org
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Cheryl Hines—who has mostly steered clear of RFK’s antivaxx world—headlined a weekend gala for Children’s Health Defense. At the private party, which I watched from the back of the room, she praised CHD and hawked her book— proceeds which were promised to CHD. www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...
Does Cheryl Hines share husband RFK Jr.’s vaccine views? Now we know the answer.
The actress finally steps out as first lady of the anti-vaccine movement.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Cheryl Hines—who has mostly steered clear of RFK’s antivaxx world—headlined a weekend gala for Children’s Health Defense. At the private party, which I watched from the back of the room, she praised CHD and hawked her book— proceeds which were promised to CHD. www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...
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In our new book #ScienceUnderSiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social we detail the forces driving this dark new chapter in American life
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‘God is an anti-vaxxer’: Inside the conference celebrating RFK Jr.’s rise
An anti-vaccine conference in Austin celebrated Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s rise to political power, highlighting his influence in Trump’s Washington.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
In our new book #ScienceUnderSiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social we detail the forces driving this dark new chapter in American life
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Every public health and healthcare worker's worst nightmare.
The group’s CEO “said CHD plans to parlay that influence into permanent policy changes —upending the childhood vaccination schedule, reformulating the shots, & abolishing mandates to get them, among a host of goals — that will outlast Kennedy’s tenure at the Department of Health and Human Services”
How Children’s Health Defense plans to cement its agenda beyond RFK Jr.
Children’s Health Defense is leveraging its ties to HHS to lock in legal and cultural shifts that could shape policy long after RFK Jr. leaves.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Every public health and healthcare worker's worst nightmare.
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Some physicists should stay in their lane. A recent @thetyee.ca article turns science into sciencefiction, claiming SARS-CoV-2 acts like HIV, causes immune collapse, and fuels cancer. None of it holds up to evidence. I dissect the falsehoods here 👇
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A Physicist trying to do Immunology and Disease
What can possibly go wrong? A lot!
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November 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Some physicists should stay in their lane. A recent @thetyee.ca article turns science into sciencefiction, claiming SARS-CoV-2 acts like HIV, causes immune collapse, and fuels cancer. None of it holds up to evidence. I dissect the falsehoods here 👇
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Of course Senator Ron Johnson endorsed Pierre Kory's MMS bleach quackery book 🫠
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Of course Senator Ron Johnson endorsed Pierre Kory's MMS bleach quackery book 🫠
Quite the unholy journey of Pierre Kory, MD from vitamin cocktail/PANDAS quack to ivermectin/anti-vax quack to full-on bleach quack.
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Quite the unholy journey of Pierre Kory, MD from vitamin cocktail/PANDAS quack to ivermectin/anti-vax quack to full-on bleach quack.
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🔔 When Trump posted a video of budget director Russell Vought as the grim reaper, public health workers recognized a kernel of truth.
My latest piece @kffhealthnews.org couldn't be more important. Art by the incredible @oonazenda.bsky.social
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My latest piece @kffhealthnews.org couldn't be more important. Art by the incredible @oonazenda.bsky.social
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Wielding Obscure Budget Tools, Trump’s ‘Reaper’ Vought Sows Turmoil in Public Health - KFF Health News
Through shrouded bureaucratic maneuvers, White House budget director Russell Vought and DOGE have quietly upended outbreak response, HIV treatment, and dementia care in communities across America.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🔔 When Trump posted a video of budget director Russell Vought as the grim reaper, public health workers recognized a kernel of truth.
My latest piece @kffhealthnews.org couldn't be more important. Art by the incredible @oonazenda.bsky.social
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My latest piece @kffhealthnews.org couldn't be more important. Art by the incredible @oonazenda.bsky.social
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A Dietitian Explains Why She Quit Functional Medicine [a marketing term for quackery embraced by Surgeon General nominee Casey Means]
FRIDAY'S BUILD UP DIETITIANS NEWSLETTER
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November 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
A Dietitian Explains Why She Quit Functional Medicine [a marketing term for quackery embraced by Surgeon General nominee Casey Means]
How common is it to charge a fee to verify if a medical practitioner is board certified?
The American Nurses Credentialing Center also charges a $40 fee, though they give one freebie.
The ABMS site for doctors has free verification at Certification Matters.
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The American Nurses Credentialing Center also charges a $40 fee, though they give one freebie.
The ABMS site for doctors has free verification at Certification Matters.
www.nursingworld.org/certificatio...
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board is so hostile to the public that they refuse to allow anyone to independently verify a nurse practitioner’s claim of being board certified without paying a $40 fee.
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
How common is it to charge a fee to verify if a medical practitioner is board certified?
The American Nurses Credentialing Center also charges a $40 fee, though they give one freebie.
The ABMS site for doctors has free verification at Certification Matters.
www.nursingworld.org/certificatio...
The American Nurses Credentialing Center also charges a $40 fee, though they give one freebie.
The ABMS site for doctors has free verification at Certification Matters.
www.nursingworld.org/certificatio...
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board is so hostile to the public that they refuse to allow anyone to independently verify a nurse practitioner’s claim of being board certified without paying a $40 fee.
November 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board is so hostile to the public that they refuse to allow anyone to independently verify a nurse practitioner’s claim of being board certified without paying a $40 fee.
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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🧵My latest:
An inside look at how the Trump admin has deployed shrouded budgetary maneuvers to undercut outbreak response, HIV treatment, dementia care & more across America.
“No one thought this was possible or legal, but that is what’s happening."
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An inside look at how the Trump admin has deployed shrouded budgetary maneuvers to undercut outbreak response, HIV treatment, dementia care & more across America.
“No one thought this was possible or legal, but that is what’s happening."
abcnews.go.com/Health/red-t...
Red tape and budget constraints: How the White House is undercutting public health
Through shrouded bureaucratic maneuvers, White House budget director Russell Vought and DOGE have quietly undercut outbreak response, HIV treatment and dementia care.
abcnews.go.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🧵My latest:
An inside look at how the Trump admin has deployed shrouded budgetary maneuvers to undercut outbreak response, HIV treatment, dementia care & more across America.
“No one thought this was possible or legal, but that is what’s happening."
abcnews.go.com/Health/red-t...
An inside look at how the Trump admin has deployed shrouded budgetary maneuvers to undercut outbreak response, HIV treatment, dementia care & more across America.
“No one thought this was possible or legal, but that is what’s happening."
abcnews.go.com/Health/red-t...
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Read about the Gates memo in the news? Wondering what @kimcobb.bsky.social, @hausfath.bsky.social, @weatherwest.bsky.social, @sammyroth.bsky.social and I think about it?
No need to wonder: @coveringclimatenow.org is hosting a free webinar panel. Join us THIS AFTERNOON:
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The Bill Gates Memo: Climate Scientists Respond With Urgency — Covering Climate Now
Ahead of this month’s COP30 summit in Brazil, billionaire investor Bill Gates is advising world leaders that global warming “will not lead to humanity’s demise” and that effort to reducing emissions a...
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As I am one of the climate scientists he is referring to here - and I am a scientist who decided to dedicate her life to working on climate precisely because of how unjustly it disproportionately impacts the poor and vulnerable - let me clarify my rationale and thoughts below. 🧵
Bill Gates defends contentious climate shift
"I'm glad people are listening," he said, before adding that it was hard to convey "nuanced positions nowadays."
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November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
As I am one of the climate scientists he is referring to here - and I am a scientist who decided to dedicate her life to working on climate precisely because of how unjustly it disproportionately impacts the poor and vulnerable - let me clarify my rationale and thoughts below. 🧵
An alternate universe of blaming Lyme for everything, fake testing, fake diagnoses, and fake treatments
Doctors issue warning as risky medical treatments grow more popular: 'There is clearly harm being done'
"Not proven effective."
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November 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
An alternate universe of blaming Lyme for everything, fake testing, fake diagnoses, and fake treatments
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Back to Pasteur. Raw milk is not our largest public health issue, but the purported benefits are hypothetical and not empirically proven and the risks are basic.
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See No Evil
Why did RFK Jr. limit the reporting of certain foodborne illnesses?
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November 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Back to Pasteur. Raw milk is not our largest public health issue, but the purported benefits are hypothetical and not empirically proven and the risks are basic.
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Predatory publisher MDPI continues to show that it is a vanity publisher for cranks.
In this case, it’s particularly egregious, given the quack exorcism of toddlers.
Also, “integrative medicine” quackademic Christopher D’Adamo is first author in a special issue by autism grifter Richard Frye, MD.
In this case, it’s particularly egregious, given the quack exorcism of toddlers.
Also, “integrative medicine” quackademic Christopher D’Adamo is first author in a special issue by autism grifter Richard Frye, MD.
A Journal Promised to Retract a Flawed Autism Study. It's Still Online — Junk science leaves an indelible mark. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | A Journal Promised to Retract a Flawed Autism Study. It's Still Online.
Junk science leaves an indelible mark
www.medpagetoday.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Predatory publisher MDPI continues to show that it is a vanity publisher for cranks.
In this case, it’s particularly egregious, given the quack exorcism of toddlers.
Also, “integrative medicine” quackademic Christopher D’Adamo is first author in a special issue by autism grifter Richard Frye, MD.
In this case, it’s particularly egregious, given the quack exorcism of toddlers.
Also, “integrative medicine” quackademic Christopher D’Adamo is first author in a special issue by autism grifter Richard Frye, MD.
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NEW: FDA Drug Unit Chief Is Placed on Leave, and Cites a ‘Toxic’ Environment. Says politics was interfering with science in the race to approve new drugs. @by-cjewett.bsky.social has the scoop. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/h...
F.D.A. Drug Unit Chief Is Placed on Leave, and Cites a ‘Toxic’ Environment
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
NEW: FDA Drug Unit Chief Is Placed on Leave, and Cites a ‘Toxic’ Environment. Says politics was interfering with science in the race to approve new drugs. @by-cjewett.bsky.social has the scoop. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/h...
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Those marketing (totally bunk) "stem cell" supplements love lean on meaningless wellness-woo phrases, like natural, GMO-free, pure, organic, toxin-free...
Science-y nonsense + wellness nonsense = BS Supergroup!
Our study: www.cell.com/stem-cell-re... cc @stemcellnetwork.ca @isscr.org
Science-y nonsense + wellness nonsense = BS Supergroup!
Our study: www.cell.com/stem-cell-re... cc @stemcellnetwork.ca @isscr.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Those marketing (totally bunk) "stem cell" supplements love lean on meaningless wellness-woo phrases, like natural, GMO-free, pure, organic, toxin-free...
Science-y nonsense + wellness nonsense = BS Supergroup!
Our study: www.cell.com/stem-cell-re... cc @stemcellnetwork.ca @isscr.org
Science-y nonsense + wellness nonsense = BS Supergroup!
Our study: www.cell.com/stem-cell-re... cc @stemcellnetwork.ca @isscr.org