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If you're not perpetually online in the health space, you may have missed a scuff-up between several science communicators and followers of Vani Hari, aka The Food Babe.

My colleague Barbara Pfeffer Billauer and I wrote in August about recent Supreme Court decisions that produced sweeping chang

I suppose I should start by noting that I don’t frequent YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok, or any other social media or video sites, although I do watch occasional funny videos sent to me by friends, family, and coworkers.

This week, I begin with a bit of shameless self-promotion. This week’s Atlantic has a great article by Rose Horowitch on how free tuition impacts medical school graduates.

With great sadness, I note the loss on October 5th of our longtime friend, Dr. Bruce Ames. ACSH’s Founder, Dr. Elizabeth Whelan, and Dr.

 

In my chat this week with Lars, we covered a range of issues, starting with the World Health Organization (WHO).

Roughly 20% of medical schools have accelerated learning programs designed to graduate physicians in 3 rather than 4 years.

It has been a few centuries now that the powers that be (The Catholic Church) have censored (burned) information about the Earth’s position in relationship to the Sun and placed its controversial and public advocates (Galileo) in spiritual isolati

Sports are a big business in the US. Much has been said about cities spending millions to provide stadiums for their sports franchises. But then there is this.