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Podcast Episode · We Want Them Infected Podcast · July 3 · 1h 18m

A mother who blamed vaccines for the deaths of her toddler twins and joined the anti-vax group’s lawsuit against the American Academy of Pediatrics has been charged with murdering her children.

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This week’s wisdom from @Katelyn Jetelina , @Jeremy Faust, MD , @Alasdair Munro, @Bob Morris, MD, PhD , @David Gorski , @Dr. Angela Rasmussen

AI is coming to medical practice. @Eric Topol Natural is not a prevention strategy. @Jess Steier, DrPH Trump DOJ reimburses misinformation. @Walker Bragman Leadership vacuum at NIH. @27 UNIHTED

We have had to endure a great deal of interference from government in the conduct of institutions that should be governed by science and evidence. I'm sorry to report - here is one more. Senators Mik

We are going backwards. Hopefully this will be temporary trend, but it has been consistent for the past few decades. Prior to the FDA we had the "wild west" of patent medicines - anyone could put any

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The administration is delaying a phaseout of hydrofluorocarbons, potent planet-warming chemicals used in air-conditioning and refrigeration.

A letter from 11 Republican representatives has caught the White House’s attention.

Paul Waldman: If you support Trump, he likes you. If you don’t, you’re his enemy.

The FDA commissioner's effort to drastically shorten the review of drugs favored by President Donald Trump's administration is causing alarm across the agency.

The US Department of Health and Human Services will recommend fewer vaccines for most American children, health officials said Monday.

The number of recommended childhood shots drops from 17 to 11.

It ls a tragic mistake for the U.S. to adopt a vaccine schedule similar to Denmark’s, public health experts with Defend Public Health said today. The CDC, apparently at the direction of HHS Secretary ...

Misinformation from the Trump administration is cited as fuelling Canadians’ concerns over childhood vaccinations

The move advances one of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s long-term goals.

The Danish American who doubted Covid shots is meant to lead drug regulation – but has focused on vaccines

Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It i...

Eric Tennant’s doctors recommended histotripsy, which would target, and potentially destroy, a cancerous tumor in his liver. But by the time his insurer approved the treatment, Tennant was no longer considered a good candidate. He died in September.

Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually. The FDA tests only a few dozen of them every year, its own records show, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contam...