Debunking Antivax & Conspirituality Misinformation

The majority of Americans will need to take the coming COVID-19 vaccine. Here’s how to persuade those who won’t want to.

Its gurus increasingly promote vaccine scepticism, conspiracy theories and the myth that ill people have themselves to blame. How did self-care turn so nasty?

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis convened a roundtable including "Urgency of Normal," Great Barrington Declaration, and antivax propaganda.

Nature - The incoming US president is expected to gut support for research on the environment and infectious diseases, but could buoy work in artificial intelligence, quantum research and space...

My job is to ask tough questions of vaccine makers. That’s not what he is doing.

With a president-elect who denies the climate crisis and threatens to dismantle regulations, scientists and advocates are pleading with lawmakers to defend science. Will you stand up for the future of our planet and the health of generations to come? #ProtectScience #ClimateAction.

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Nature - Paper on hydroxychloroquine led by French researcher Didier Raoult is second-most-cited study ever to be withdrawn.

Dalan Animal Health is working to sell its bee vaccines to commercial beekeepers and governments – and potentially expand to other invertebrates.

Senate minority leader contracted the disease as a child, before the wildly successful vaccine was licensed

Republicans and Democrats on the House subcommittee to evaluate the pandemic response, released two very different reports this week

Dr. Jerome Adams, who served as the U.S. Surgeon General during the first Trump administration, is warning Republicans that they will own any disease outbreaks that occur on their watch. President-elect Donald Trump has made controversial nominations for public health roles, including Robert F. Kenn...

America's moral licensing problem.

America's moral licensing problem.

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The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.

So why are politicians letting them influence policies and law?

We are living in a vaccine-hesitant moment, with conspiracy theories thriving on social media. We need to push back, says Simon Williams

Autism diagnoses surged by 175% in the United States from 2011 to 2022, with the greatest relative increases in young adults, women, and children in multiple racial and ethnic groups.

New research has found inflammatory markers in the blood of long COVID patients which could explain why many experience ongoing cardiovascular issues.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has been antivax for two decades. His fellow travelers are not happy about his leaving out vaccines in his "Make America Healthy Again."

If Drs. Vinay Prasad and Tracy Hoeg want to prove they actually care about routine vaccines, they can do what the should have done a long time ago and openly and unequivocally denounce Mr. Kennedy and his fire hose of anti-vaxx disinformation.

Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings reveal