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Had MAHA doctors been in charge in 2020, when COVID swamped our hospitals and morgues, they would have brought the same level of malevolence and incompetence they are displaying today.

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya has recently said that he wants to transform the NIH into the "research arm of MAHA" and a "central driver of the MAHA agenda." Lysenkoism 2.0 continues apace at NIH.

I want to demonstrate to Michael Shermer that it’s possible for men like us to not talk about trans people constantly. If I can do it, so can he.

"The worst thing about lockdowns is that they are over, and everyone else moved on long ago."

Attitudes toward fossil fuels are sharply and ideologically divided in the US. When asked in 2025 if we should prioritize developing renewable or fossil fuel 6 in 10 respondents favored renewables, but this is down from 8 in 10 in 2020 (according to Pew research). This decline is mostly driven by a flip in the attitude of Republicans, which went from 2/3 […]

Last week was a hellscape for vaccines, with a RICO lawsuit against the AAP and the newly antivax CDC coming for your HPV and polio vaccines.

When the history of this sad era is written, MAHA doctors will be disgraced pariahs and cautionary tales.  Everyone else should be remembered based only on whether they tried to put the brakes on MAHA/MAGA however they could or whether they slammed the accelerator.

Recently the World Health Organization published their guidelines on traditional medicine, actually referring to the category of “traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) practices.” As has long been the case, there are some good parts to their approach, but also some concerning aspects, and at times it feels self-contradictory. The problems begin with their definition. I dislike lumping traditional, complementary, and integrative […]

Traditional intuit whale acupuncture.

As 2026 dawns, look for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ramp up his assault on vaccines using policy-based evidence making and altering Vaccine Court standards.

Our medical establishment’s claim that they want to save “core vaccines” by attacking other vaccines is like an arsonist claiming he wants to save your house by removing smoke detectors because they interfere with fire extinguishers.

DIY Botox is popular on TikTok, but injecting an internet-sourced neurotoxin into your face is a gamble that can can lead to serious harms.

Last week I wrote about the new vaccine schedule under RFK, which reveals his process. He doesn’t appear to have one. Our HHS secretary is shooting from the hip, ignoring expert advice, and trusting only his own conspiracy-addled instinct. He quickly followed with his take on the food pyramid, echoing unscientific nonsense he has been spouting for years. This also reflects another […]

I had hoped to let this cup pass, but, after a week and a half, I found that I couldn't. Eminent oncologist and cancer researcher Dr. Wafik El-Deiry is back and doubling down on the unproven claim that COVID vaccines cause "turbo cancers," this time with an added dash of conspiracy theory. What happened to him?

Can a pharma shill doctor call other doctors pharma shills?

As anticipated, RFK Jr. continues to be a wrecking ball on the American healthcare scene as HHS secretary. His latest move to undermine vaccines in any way possible is to reduce the number of vaccines on the routine vaccine schedule from covering 17 illnesses to covering only 11. This will have the predictable result of reducing vaccine compliance and increasing preventable disease. […]

Wealthy tech bro turned antivax crank Steve Kirsch attacked Paul Offit for refusing to debate antivaxxers, while Dr. Mike was "surrounded" by MAHA stans. These recent events led me to revisit the question: Is it ever a good strategy to publicly debate cranks?

Detox trends come and go. Modern “detox” claims, from microplastics to microbiome resets are marketing, not science.

It's the responsibility of our medical establishment to protect the vulnerable and keep schools open.

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.