4. The Politics of Health

Is natural immunity "far superior" to COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: Published data show that contracting COVID-19 when unvaccinated can be very dangerous and deadly while getting a vaccine can greatly reduce or prevent serious illness or death of...

This article about Vaxxed producer, Del Bigtree, was written by Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College

Began March 2020Last Revision: Nov 2023 While it may come as a surprise so some (but not if you follow my social media posts!), both I and my TCM regulated medical professional colleagues in genera…

Since I can only write so much about coronavirus vaccines without going mad, let's talk about COVID-19 conspiracies. There are so many, but I wanted to

In between all of the bad news going on in the world, you may have missed the story of Steven Brandenburg, the anti-vaccine pharmacist who intentionally

This article will review the evidence against the Wuhan COVID-19 lab leak theory that is being pushed by many people.

Science of vaccines, cancer, nutrition, and evolution

Science of vaccines, cancer, nutrition, and evolution

There are so many myths about the COVID-19 vaccine, I wanted to post some facts about the new vaccines which we can use for debunking purposes. I used to

A new peer-reviewed study links cognitive impairments in long COVID patients with Alzheimer's-like dementia.

Science of vaccines, cancer, nutrition, and evolution

Placebo-controlled studies for a vaccines is flawed. Placebo studies are sometimes unethical, especially when effective alternatives exist.

In an April 2025 interview, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed the mumps component of the MMR vaccine is ineffective.

A new clinical study indicates that a single dose of the HPV vaccine is as effective as two doses, potentially easing vaccination costs.

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has failed to uphold his promises regarding vaccine approvals, causing uncertainty within the US vaccine system.

Vaccine package inserts are often misused and misunderstood. This article attempts to clarify what is important in them and what is not.

The claim linking vaccines to autism, pushed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump, has been debunked by over 160 studies.

Anti-vaxxers exaggerate Big Pharma's profits from vaccines, ignoring the massive economic toll of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles.

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Videos from my 2013 Coursera virology course 'How viruses work'. Shorter (10-20 min) annotated content from my 2013 Columbia University course.

I'm Vincent Racaniello, Earth's virology Professor and I believe that education should be free. It's my goal to teach virology and other life sciences to the world. Here you'll find my lectures at Columbia University, our science shows This Week in Virology, This Week in Parasitism, This Week in Microbiology, This Week in Evolution, Immune, This Week in Neuroscience, Infectious Disease Puscast, Beyond the Noise, interviews that I've done with microbiologists, livestreams and more. Subscribe and stay tuned for future awesome science content. MicrobeTV is sustained entirely on donations from YOU. If you too believe that education should be free, consider donating to Patreon or PayPal to ensure that this work continues to be distributed to your neighbors and friends.

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A podcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick

A podcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick

The White House downplayed questions about its flagship report on children's health, but edited the document Thursday after authors listed in the paper confirmed it cited studies that do not exist.

TWiV reviews RFK Jr.''s MAGA report with non-existent literature citations, a new fungus that could further devastate North American bats, surveillance of av...