It’s a madhouse! Public health under the heirs to Lysenko (and Dr. Zaius) in 2025
As 2025 barrels towards its depressing conclusion, I look back at the damage federal science and medicine have sustained thus far under Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. through the lens of a classic film. Truly, it's a mad house, in which our federal science apparatus is run by Lysenko's heirs.
Dr. John Ioannidis: To Protect Science and Keep it Apolitical, We Must Not Resist MAHA.
Posing as an wise, elder statesman, a neutral guardian of science, Dr. Ioannidis managed to pontificate mightily on COVID from a safe distance without ever being forced to acknowledge the tragic realities on the ground. There is no for journalists need to enable this charade today.
Well Dr. Stephanie Seneff, 2025 is Over. Did Glyphosate Turn Half of All Children Autistic?
Failed predictions are a key feature of pseudoscience, and much of my writing has documented instances of credentialed academies making bold, confident declarations, only to act like they never happened when reality intruded into their fantasy.
The FDA’s Proposed “Black Box” Warning for COVID-19 Vaccines
The real hazard is not the vaccines, but the warning itself
Every accusation is a confession (or a statement of intent): MAHA’s new Tuskegee experiment
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s CDC just funneled a $1.6 million dollar grant to researchers to carry out an unethical and scientifically unjustified randomized clinical trial of the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau. With MAHA, it's Tuskegee all over again.
Dr. Vinay Prasad “Called For” RCTs. Dr. Peter Marks Delivered Them.
Dr. Vinay Prasad: "The establishment, the people who set the policies, they have to strive to get things right. They need to do studies. They need to be held to the highest standard."
ALS and the market for false hope
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is probably one of the most devastating diagnoses that we should all hope to never hear. Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, or motor neuron disease, ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that are responsible for controlling voluntary muscles. As the disease advances, both upper and lower...
So Long 2025
This will be my last post of the year and as usual I like to look back at how SBM is doing. We have now completed 17 years as a blog, which I think is something in itself. As always I have to thank David Gorski and all of the regular contributors here for their tireless work without any compensation except fulfilling...
Terrain in Vain
Now I got a job, but it don’t payI need health insurance, I need somewhere to stayBut without all of these things I can doBut without vaccines, I won’t make it throughBut you don’t understand my point of viewI suppose there’s nothing I can do I have been on a bit of a Clash binge of late. Truly one of the great...
The FDA under MAHA control: Weakening the quack Miranda warning on supplements
The FDA sent a letter to the supplement industry assuring that it would make it easier for them to hide disclaimers (which we like to call "quack Miranda warnings") about unproven health claims for supplements. What does this tell us about MAHA?
The FDA’s Proposed “Black Box” Warning for COVID-19 Vaccines
The real hazard is not the vaccines, but the warning itself