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by David Gorski on October 27, 2025 at 7:00 am
A new preliminary study published in Nature suggests that COVID-19 vaccines might actually boost the immune system to make immunotherapy more effective. If confirmed in followup studies, this result suggests that the vaccines do the opposite of causing “turbo cancer.” The post The opposite of “turbo cancer”: COVID-19 vaccines sensitize cancer to immunotherapy first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
by Jonathan Howard on October 26, 2025 at 4:14 pm
Because he can masterfully feign concern over evidence and data, Dr. Prasad is the Shohei Ohtani of spreading doubt and mistrust about vaccines. It’s no surprise that under his “leadership”, diseases are spreading and Andrew Wakefield is taking a victory lap. The post Dr. Vinay Prasad Doesn’t Realize He’s The Establishment. It’s His Job to Produce Results for the American Public, Not Fluff Donald Trump. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
by Dr. Angela Rasmussen on October 24, 2025 at 8:33 pm
Never underestimate vaccinologists with a standardized framework for interpreting evidence
by Jonathan Howard on October 24, 2025 at 7:06 am
The fault is not yours alone. You were just a bit player in a larger misinformation media ecosystem that was devoted to rewriting the history of the pandemic, numbing people to the grave risk We Want Them Infected doctors. The post Professor Stephen Macedo: How Does it Feel to Have Elevated MAGA/MAHA Propagandists? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
by Counter Disinformation Project on October 24, 2025 at 6:52 am
#HARTleaks shows the role the HART group had in taking the GB News presenter down the rabbit hole
by Bob Morris, MD, PhD on October 23, 2025 at 6:23 pm
RFK Jr. drew us together.
by Sam Homola on October 23, 2025 at 7:30 am
There is no credible evidence to support use of spinal manipulation to correct vertebral subluxations as a treatment for non-musculoskeletal disorders The post Opposing Chiropractic Vertebral Subluxation Theory first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
by Jess Steier, DrPH on October 22, 2025 at 4:43 pm
A critical look at the evidence
by Steven Novella on October 22, 2025 at 12:57 pm
One of the common themes of SBM is that medical evidence can be very complex. In order to come to any robust conclusion about what the science says on any question you need to do a careful and thorough evaluation of all the relevant evidence, including plausibility as well as observational and experimental clinical evidence. Essentially we want to look at the The post The Effectiveness of COVID Vaccines first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
Rasmussen Retorts More pandemics and fewer vaccines are not indicators of a healthy democracy
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Evidence-Based ACIP is So Back
by Dr. Angela Rasmussen on October 24, 2025 at 8:33 pmNever underestimate vaccinologists with a standardized framework for interpreting evidence
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Let’s Give a Warm MAHA Welcome to the Bioterrorism Community
by Dr. Angela Rasmussen on October 20, 2025 at 2:59 pmWho needs strategic preparedness and response anyway?
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Secretary Kennedy Comes to Teen Sperm Journal Club
by Dr. Angela Rasmussen on October 19, 2025 at 1:54 pmPlease stop making me read academic papers about this
The Skeptical Scientist Skepticism lies at the core of the scientific method. This blog applies that lens to current science and its dissemination seeking to distill available research, expose misinformation and bad science, and reimagine science communication.
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The Coalition for a Healthy America
by Bob Morris, MD, PhD on October 23, 2025 at 6:23 pmRFK Jr. drew us together.
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The Silence of RFK Jr.
by Bob Morris, MD, PhD on October 16, 2025 at 5:48 pmIt’s deafening, dangerous, and demands his dismissal
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Health, Science, and the Empire of Lies
by Bob Morris, MD, PhD on October 13, 2025 at 1:46 pmIs disdain for rigorous inquiry the thread that connects MAHA and MAGA ?
Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS Infectious Disease Epidemiologist | Infodemiologist | Science Communicator | Mama of 3 | Here to make it all make sense.
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For Your Reference: The 2024 CDC Pediatric Vaccine Schedules
by Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS on June 12, 2025 at 3:20 amACIP has been hijacked by MAHA, and we still don’t have CDC Director….
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Two Things Can Be True Without One Causing the Other
by Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS on June 8, 2025 at 9:51 pmA prime example of how correlation does not mean causation
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In 1986, Roald Dahl’s Wrote a Letter No Parent Should Have to Write
by Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS on March 3, 2025 at 4:53 pmIt was about losing his 7-year-old daughter to measles.
Pandemic Accountability Index A public registry of pandemic disinformation artists, the latest medical research on COVID-19, and biting commentary.
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Wakefielders All the Way Down
by JJ Kogburne on October 15, 2025 at 8:40 pm“The Doctor Who Fooled the World” by Brian Deer
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PREVIEW: NewLife Expo NYC 2025
by JJ Kogburne on October 14, 2025 at 7:56 pmA Look at the Latest in Medical Quackery
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DECODED: Demands for COVID “Debates”
by JJ Kogburne on October 7, 2025 at 9:08 pmChildish Sealioning from Untrustworthy Charlatans
Important Context This newsletter is part of the Accountability Journalism Institute. It was founded by investigative journalist Walker Bragman to expose bad actors, secretive political influence, and the money behind public health mis/disinformation.
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Anti-Vaxxers Plan to “Make Europe Healthy Again”
by Walker Bragman on October 17, 2025 at 9:23 pmAn anti-vaxxer sitting on the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee pitched European parliament members on “MEHA.”
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1,000 Doctors Challenge Florida’s Anti-Vax Surgeon General
by Walker Bragman on October 3, 2025 at 11:02 amJoe Ladapo ended vaccine requirements but not everyone is quietly accepting the dangerous policy change.
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Trump Public Health Officials Attacked mRNA Vaccines, CDC For Years Before August 8 Shooting
by Walker Bragman on September 28, 2025 at 11:02 amThe violence has put misinformation spreaders under the microscope. Many are working inside HHS.
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Is RFK Jr. bringing back “gold standard science?”
by Debunk the Funk with Dr. Wilson on October 2, 2025 at 7:13 pmRFK Jr. promised to restore “gold standard science” to the HHS. How’s that going for him? Let’s see if his decision earlier this year regarding funding to GAVI was informed by “gold standard science.” Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/DrWilsonDebunks Email me: dr.wilson.debunk@gmail.com The current GAVI story: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/u-s-is-pulling-funding-from-gavi-global-group-that-has-paid-for-more-than-a-billion-kids-to-get-vaccinated The paper Kennedy cites: https://www.bmj.com/content/355/bmj.i5170.long Analysis on the paper and the group that published it: https://www.sensible-med.com/p/the-false-narrative-of-nonspecific https://ugeskriftet.dk/videnskab/doedelighed-ved-difteri-tetanus-pertussis-vaccine Information on DTP vaccine safety and effectiveness: https://vaxopedia.org/2024/08/15/how-many-lives-has-the-dpt-vaccine-saved/ https://vaxopedia.org/2024/06/30/tetanus-deaths-before-we-had-vaccines/ https://vaxopedia.org/2024/08/04/a-chart-that-shows-the-diphtheria-vaccine-works/ https://vaxopedia.org/2024/08/05/a-chart-that-shows-the-pertussis-vaccine-works/ https://vaxopedia.org/2018/09/09/why-are-the-dpt-and-opv-vaccines-still-used-in-some-countries/ Global burden of vaccine-preventable diseases: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00850-X/fulltext https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8677503/pdf/zsn378.pdf
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You couldn’t have written a bigger blunder
by Debunk the Funk with Dr. Wilson on September 29, 2025 at 1:47 pmLink to the full debate: https://youtube.com/watch?v=hV3qDAzcQkA I just wish the camera had shown my face when he said “no.”
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I sent you the study
by Debunk the Funk with Dr. Wilson on September 24, 2025 at 10:14 pmClip from Professor Dave & Dr. Wilson vs Steve Kirsch and Dr. Pierre Kory at Bronxlandia, hosted by Pangburn. https://youtube.com/watch?v=hV3qDAzcQkA People who want to downplay the risk of measles don’t even understand just how dangerous of an infectious disease it can be. Once again, anti-vaxxers need to be educated about the things that they claim to have the truth about.
Science-Based Medicine Exploring issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine
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The opposite of “turbo cancer”: COVID-19 vaccines sensitize cancer to immunotherapyby David Gorski on October 27, 2025 at 7:00 amA new preliminary study published in Nature suggests that COVID-19 vaccines might actually boost the immune system to make immunotherapy more effective. If confirmed in followup studies, this result suggests that the vaccines do the opposite of causing “turbo cancer.” The post The opposite of “turbo cancer”: COVID-19 vaccines sensitize cancer to immunotherapy first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
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Dr. Vinay Prasad Doesn’t Realize He’s The Establishment. It’s His Job to Produce Results for the American Public, Not Fluff Donald Trump.by Jonathan Howard on October 26, 2025 at 4:14 pm
Because he can masterfully feign concern over evidence and data, Dr. Prasad is the Shohei Ohtani of spreading doubt and mistrust about vaccines. It’s no surprise that under his “leadership”, diseases are spreading and Andrew Wakefield is taking a victory lap. The post Dr. Vinay Prasad Doesn’t Realize He’s The Establishment. It’s His Job to Produce Results for the American Public, Not Fluff Donald Trump. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
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Professor Stephen Macedo: How Does it Feel to Have Elevated MAGA/MAHA Propagandists?by Jonathan Howard on October 24, 2025 at 7:06 am
The fault is not yours alone. You were just a bit player in a larger misinformation media ecosystem that was devoted to rewriting the history of the pandemic, numbing people to the grave risk We Want Them Infected doctors. The post Professor Stephen Macedo: How Does it Feel to Have Elevated MAGA/MAHA Propagandists? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
MisinformationKills Discussing public health misinformation with a focus on political interference in the COVID-19 response
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Raoult Retracted, McCullough Revoked, HCQ Revisited
by Allison Neitzel on January 4, 2025 at 4:56 pmThe paper from disgraced French researcher Dr.
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Bhattacharya for the CDC? No.
by Allison Neitzel on November 3, 2024 at 7:08 pmThere has been understandable anxiety in light of Trump announcing that he will let anti-vaxxer RFK Jr.
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What’s With the Ivermectin Ads on Trump Broadcasts?
by Allison Neitzel on November 1, 2024 at 5:10 pmAds for kits containing ivermectin and claiming to “make care great again” have been fixtures on broadcasts of Trump campaign events and rallies, including the recent and deeply problematic Madison Square Garden event.
Counter Disinformation Project Exposing Disinformation Networks #HARTleaks
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The radicalisation of Bev Turner
by Counter Disinformation Project on October 24, 2025 at 6:52 am#HARTleaks shows the role the HART group had in taking the GB News presenter down the rabbit hole
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Boris Johnson to be Questioned at UK Covid-19 Inquiry
by Counter Disinformation Project on October 17, 2025 at 7:49 pmClinically Vulnerable Families Demand Urgent Action
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Everyone Else is Lying to You
by Counter Disinformation Project on October 8, 2025 at 5:58 amJonathan Howard MD’s sequal to We Want Them Infected is out now