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Seth Kalichman

@deniamism.bsky.social
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HIV Researcher and Professor of Psychological Sciences at UConn

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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
‘It's time to get a vaccine in place’: RFK Jr.’s views helped stall bird flu plan
USDA shelved strategy for inoculating birds after the Health secretary criticized the idea.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/10/deni...
skeptic.org.uk
Denialism as health policy: case study of US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr - The Skeptic
RFK Jr, the most senior figure in US health, has spent decades undermining vaccines, denying the reality of AIDS, and endangering Americans.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/10/deni...
skeptic.org.uk
Denialism as health policy: case study of US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr - The Skeptic
RFK Jr, the most senior figure in US health, has spent decades undermining vaccines, denying the reality of AIDS, and endangering Americans.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...
rnz.co.nz
Former TVNZ presenter and doctor Samantha Bailey taken to tribunal for claiming HIV doesn’t exist
A former TVNZ presenter and doctor has claimed, in a series of YouTube videos that garnered thousands of views, that HIV doesn't exist and gonorrhoea isn't sexually transmitted.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
H.I.V. Research Networks Face Uncertain Future Amid Funding Delays www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/h...
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Delays Threaten Funding for HIV Research
The networks also develop treatments and preventions for other infectious diseases and were instrumental in testing the Covid vaccine.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Op Ed in today’s Hartford Courant www.courant.com/2026/10/07/o...
courant.com
Opinion: Measles and death. Denialism at the CDC
Public health serves us best when we can trust the CDC is counting what happened, not deciding to count what Secretary Kennedy prefers to have happened.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A hard relook at the politics of AIDS denial, and its relevance to current realities (Covid denial, vaccine denial, science denial) @deniamism.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thanks for sharing this!!!
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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RFK Jr. thinks AI will free us from the "tyranny" of medical facts, expertise
AI is far from a perfect resource. But it seems to hallucinate less than Kennedy.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She Says Vaccines Killed Her Twins. The Authorities Say She Did. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/w... Thing to watch.. the expert witnesses for the defense
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Andrea Shaw Says Vaccines Killed Her Twins. Authorities Say She Suffocated Them.
In a small Idaho town, a young mother is accused of killing her young twins. She blames the childhood vaccines they received.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Duesberg’s death is nothing new… but I just now saw the NYT quoted Denying AIDS in their dead Duesberg article. Too bad , he didn’t see it either. Peter H. Duesberg, 89, Renowned Biologist Turned H.I.V. Denialist, Dies www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/s...
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Peter H. Duesberg, 89, Renowned Biologist Turned H.I.V. Denialist, Dies
His pioneering work on the origins of cancer was later overshadowed by his contrarian views, notably his rejection of the established theory that H.I.V. causes AIDS.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...
scientificamerican.com
RFK, Jr., is focusing attention on electromagnetic fields. Here’s what the science says about exposure
The research into how electromagnetic waves and radio frequency radiation influence health has been plagued by low-quality studies
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...
nytimes.com
White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/cdc-...
cidrap.umn.edu
CDC adds 177 cases to US measles total but has yet to confirm deaths in Pennsylvania
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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RFK Jr promises anti-vaxxers a ‘friend at the White House’ amid deadly measles outbreak
The US health secretary added that he would’ve made sweeping changes ‘on day one’ but he had to follow the law
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Researchers sue National Institutes of Health over censorship claims - UPI.com
Researchers are suing against the National Institutes of Health, saying that grant funding is used to censor topics the Trump administration dislikes.
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This book details shows how MAHA activists have used science denialism to worsen health outcomes. It also traces the history and harm of the anti-vaccine movement and describes its modern incarnations and propaganda tactics. Highly recommended and hard to put down. 😊✌️
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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CDC Lists No Measles Deaths For 2026 After It Changes Its Tracking Method - KFF Health News
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now will draw data from the National Center for Health Statistics when it reports measles death counts. This system is “not meant to confirm an individua...
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/p...
cnn.com
Analysis: One word that explains Trump’s AI denialism | CNN Politics
Washington’s biggest question this week: Why is President Donald Trump is so furiously against an AI slowdown in the wake of apocalyptic warnings from some top industry executives?
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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New HHS Panel Appointee Pushed Unfounded Theory Linking COVID Shots to Cancer
“There is no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer,” the National Cancer Institute says.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I needed another example for how RFK, Jr moves the goalposts in his denialist health policies for an article I’m finishing . And here it is! www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
theguardian.com
Trump administration changes how it counts measles deaths amid Pennsylvania outbreak
CDC announces changes to how it reports measles deaths as Pennsylvania continues to confirm more cases
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Trust in measles vaccines falls in US, Reuters Ipsos poll finds
Americans' trust in vaccines for deadly childhood diseases including ​measles has fallen in recent years, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found, a troubling sign for the country as it experiences its worst ‌...
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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theonion.com
Fertility Experts Discover Rare Deep-Ball Sperm At Bottom Of Testes
BALTIMORE—In a major breakthrough that sheds new light on the still largely unexplored region, leading fertility experts at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine announced Friday that they h...
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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No, AZT Didn't Kill More People than AIDS
Some statements are wrong enough to make your head explode.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Privacy? What Privacy? Senator Rand Paul’s Obsession with Dr. Fauci
By Seth C. Kalichman
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What happens in Afghanistan doesn’t stay in Afghanistan tribune.com.pk/story/262882...
tribune.com.pk
Polio refusals spread to affluent areas | The Express Tribune
Polio refusals spread to affluent areas
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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The Wakefield Effect
Bad Science and Its Zombies
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/public-confi...
annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org
Public Confidence in Fauci Declines Since Spring, But Still Exceeds RFK Jr. | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Confidence in Dr. Anthony Fauci as a source of trustworthy public health information declined since the spring but remains higher than RFK Jr.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
NIH will never be what it was. This guy is a stooge. “Bhattacharya described the replication crisis as a culture problem within the scientific community, in which younger researchers are discouraged from questioning the orthodoxy set by senior scientists” www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healt...
washingtonexaminer.com
NIH director proposes overhaul of research to boost public trust
Jay Bhattacharya teased new funding opportunities for young and early-career scientists to build public trust in public health.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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theonion.com
CDC Successfully Eradicates Children
ATLANTA—Hailing its success as a major victory for the public health and safety of all Americans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday that it had successfully eradicated ch...
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Kennedy Hires Covid Vaccine Skeptic to Look at Dubious Claims of Military Deaths www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...
nytimes.com
Kennedy Hires Covid Vaccine Skeptic to Look at Dubious Claims of Military Deaths
In a legal deposition, the doctor, Theresa Long, compared immunizing service members against Covid to Nazi doctors experimenting on concentration camp prisoners.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
Outrage greets NIH pact that could funnel biodefense research funds to Pentagon
NIH director defends interagency plan as “100% aligned with our public health mission”
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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today.uconn.edu
UConn Professor Takes on HIV/AIDS Denialists Yet Again - UConn Today
Kalichman talked with UConn Today about AIDS denialism, his recent research, and where we go from here
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Denialism & Other Oddities (@sethkalichman)
Here is a great post from Snout on the myth that Magic Johnson has never taken AZT. AIDS deniers use this myth to explain why Magic has taken toxic poisonous antiretrovirals for years and yet appeared...
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
More good news JD Vance is taking RFK, Jr’s health recommendations www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
usatoday.com
JD Vance credits recent weight loss to RFK Jr's diet: 'Call Bobby'
It all started when JD Vance called Bobby Kennedy and told him he's thinking about giving up sugar. Now, the VP is a couple of pounds down.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
www.newsweek.com/judge-rebuke...
newsweek.com
Judge condemns RFK Jr’s HHS for using fake studies
A federal judge rebuked HHS over studies that appeared fabricated or AI-generated in teen pregnancy funding notices.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
arstechnica.com
A newborn and child reportedly died of measles; CDC isn't counting them
Historically, state health departments determine cases and deaths, not the CDC.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
insidehighered.com
NIH Director Says a Lot. Critics Call Much of It Misleading
Jay Bhattacharya insists he wants to restore trust in the National Institutes of Health. Current and former agency employees say he’s doing the opposite.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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More Good News for the Second Edition of Denying AIDS: AIDS Denialists Hate It!
The most common question concerning AIDS denialists is, “are these people for real?”
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Trembling RFK Jr. Tells Dominatrix To Use Processed Foods On His Balls — theonion.com/trembling-rf...
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Trembling RFK Jr. Tells Dominatrix To Use Processed Foods On His Balls
WASHINGTON—His voice shaking even more than usual as he grew excited over his impending torment, a trembling Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was overheard Thursday telling a dominatrix to use processed foods on...
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“The press is all covering this [as] if those measles deaths actually happened, and nobody is doing any critical inquiry to find out – we’re trying to find out whether those deaths actually happened, and we can’t figure that out.” floridaphoenix.com/2026/08/26/i...
floridaphoenix.com
In Tampa, RFK Jr. questions accuracy of report of measles deaths in Pennsylvania • Florida Phoenix
TAMPA — U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended the Trump administration’s stances on childhood vaccinations Wednesday, questioning the accuracy of a report that that two...
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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World-Class Virologist John P. Moore Delivers No Bullshit
John P.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
sciencedirect.com
Heterogeneity among the vaccine hesitant: A secondary analysis of the national CEAL Common Survey data
Vaccine hesitancy has been identified as a barrier to reducing COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. This study is a secondary analysis of factors related…
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
www.cnbc.com/2026/08/21/w...
cnbc.com
Most Americans aren't anti-vaccine. They're uncertain — and that's a growing public health challenge
The bigger issue at hand may be that many Americans fall into a large, uncertain middle ground – neither firmly pro-vaccine nor staunchly opposed.
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
What does this mean for those studies that suffered a year of disruption? Someone should teach Jay about how clinical trials work seeing as he’s not done one healthpolicy-watch.news/nih-lifts-ba...
healthpolicy-watch.news
NIH Lifts Ban On Research In South Africa - Health Policy Watch
The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...
cidrap.umn.edu
Study ties COVID vaccine conspiracy theories to distrust of government, mainstream media
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
washingtonpost.com
RFK Jr. questions scientists, access to data at CDC campus one year after shooting
Some scientists in the room said Kennedy’s expressions of appreciation were difficult to hear after his previous criticisms of the CDC, as well as federal health department cuts last year that include...
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
NIH Director Bhattacharya kills more health disparities grants
Letter says agency is “adjusting its extramural research portfolio, which includes terminating grant awards”
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
independent.co.uk
Measles has a record-breaking resurgence across the US largely due to misinformation
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Seth Kalichman @deniamism.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
www.independent.co.ug/faucis-covid...
independent.co.ug
Fauci’s COVID‑origins hearing shows how conspiracy theories became political weapons
Inside the far-right networks and digital radicalization – the exact ecosystem where these conspiracy theories have taken root and spread   COMMENT | ART JIPSON | Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth A...
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