Moderna’s melanoma ‘breakthrough’ is still science by press release
Everyone is celebrating a Phase III breakthrough in personalised mRNA cancer treatment—except nobody outside the companies has seen the data.
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“They lied through their teeth” says US Senator
They claimed the US had the world’s best vaccine safety surveillance. But behind closed doors, the Acting FDA Commissioner warned Fauci it could miss the very injuries patients were reporting.
Covid-19 vaccines and questions over miscarriage risk
Pregnant women were given sweeping assurances about Covid vaccine safety. But CDC data were flawed, animal studies raised questions, and officials privately discussed risks they could not rule out.
Trump doubles down on vaccine reform
Despite repeated claims that vaccines had become politically toxic, Trump is pushing ahead with his most ambitious vaccine reforms yet.
FDA’s botched review of Moderna’s flu mRNA vaccine
An investigation into clinical trial documents reveals how the FDA used statistical sleight of hand to make a serious safety signal in Moderna’s flu vaccine disappear.
What if we’ve been measuring DNA contamination the wrong way?
A novel PCR method called LIDAR suggests conventional testing may miss much of the residual DNA in Covid-19 vaccines—helping explain why regulators and independent labs keep getting different results.
Fauci held in contempt
What happens now—and could he actually go to prison?
The vaccine warnings hidden in Fauci's diary
Less than a month after the first Covid-19 vaccines were authorised, Anthony Fauci's inner circle was already warning that emerging variants could render them "useless."
RFK Jr calls out “press malpractice” on CNN
Kennedy turned the tables on CNN, arguing that journalists should cite evidence rather than simply invoke "the experts."
After the pardon, still no answers
Anthony Fauci walked into Capitol Hill with something highly unusual for a congressional witness.
The mRNA inventor who warned Fauci
Four years before declaring it "absolutely impossible" for vaccine mRNA to persist in the body, Nobel laureate Drew Weissman privately told Fauci he had concerns about findings from his own lab.
Fauci: Diary of a Celebrity
As the nation plunged into historic lockdowns and the economy ground to a halt, its top public health official busily documented his rise to international fame.
The Fauci Diaries: Private Record vs. Public Narrative
Newly released records expose a stark divide between what Anthony Fauci knew behind closed doors and what the public was told.
Why are more parents refusing vitamin K for their newborns?
Refusal rates are climbing. Many blame misinformation, but parents say they're simply asking legitimate questions about the pharmaceutical product routinely given to healthy newborns.
JAMA's landmark antidepressant study still doesn’t tell the whole story
Twenty years ago, a landmark JAMA study changed the way antidepressants were prescribed during pregnancy. Today, readers still aren't seeing the complete scientific record.
CDC nominee faces a loyalty test
Before Dr Erica Schwartz could convince senators she was ready to lead the CDC, she first had to convince them she would not stray from the accepted boundaries on vaccines.
Lowering blood pressure in older adults comes with risks
Deprescribing may be the better option
Elsevier sued over continued sale of discredited Study 329
A new lawsuit argues that the publisher should be required to warn customers about key facts surrounding Study 329 before selling access to the paper. I spoke with the attorney behind the case.
Kulldorff exposes HPV vaccine's illusion of safety
One of the world's leading biostatisticians says the science used to reassure regulators about Gardasil was fundamentally flawed.
The Lancet's latest mRNA review reads more like marketing than science
The authors call mRNA vaccines safe, effective & transformative. But the review is largely performative. It raises controversial questions only to defuse them with reassuring conclusions.
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