The Casual Cruelty of Placebo-Controlled Trials
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently cast doubt on the validity of vaccine safety testing.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently cast doubt on the validity of vaccine safety testing.
If given early in the illness, Paxlovid can prevent COVID hospitalizations and save lives. Why is this drug underused?
A measles outbreak in Philadelphia in the early 1990s might be a window into the future.
The COVID pandemic provided an opportunity for anti-vaccine activists to expand their misinformation campaign. Who funds them?
Anti-vaccine activism has never had a dominant political affiliation. What happened?
The CDC now advises elderly adults to receive two COVID booster doses in the same year. Does this make sense?
The CDC now recommends that COVID should be treated like other respiratory viral infections.
What seemed obvious at the time might have caused greater harm in the long run
Young children are the least vaccinated group. Why are most parents reluctant to vaccinate them?
Two new strategies to prevent RSV, the most common cause of pediatric hospitalizations, are now available. But a third strategy, which has always been available,…
Joan Donovan explores how misinformation had become a tactic in the Israel-Hamas war.