Cancer quack Robert O. Young is arrested and arraigned, but will he be...
Being a cancer surgeon and researcher, naturally I tend to write about cancer a lot more than other areas of medicine and science. It’s what I know best. Also, cancer is a very common area for...
View ArticleAfter all this time, Dr. Bob Sears finally tips his hand on vaccines, part V
Dr. Robert Sears has to be one of the most irresponsible pediatricians on the face of the earth, if not the most irresponsible. Many of you might recall that a little more than a week ago “Dr. Bob”...
View ArticleWho knew? My state’s vaccine personal belief exemption rate stinks! (Part 2:...
After yesterday’s post on the depressingly high (and increasing, apparently) rate of personal belief exemptions to vaccination requirements for entering school in the state of Michigan, I felt the need...
View ArticleWill the Disneyland measles outbreak lead to the end of non-medical...
Well, the ongoing multistate measles outbreak that’s been in the news for the last few weeks continues apace, which means I can’t seem to stay away from the issue for more than a couple of days. For...
View ArticleAs states try to crack down on non-medical exemptions to school vaccine...
With the Disneyland measles outbreak still going strong and striking far more unvaccinated than vaccinated, it’s not surprising that a discussion has begun in some states about lax policies that permit...
View ArticleThe annals of “I’m not antivaccine,” part 15: California SB 277, Robert F....
Later today, I’ll be on my way to New York City to take part in the Science-Based Medicine portion of NECSS. I’m very much looking forward to it, not the least because I haven’t been to New York in...
View ArticleA highly misguided concern about California SB 277 and cracking down on...
It never ceases to amaze me how very smart people can miss some very obvious points. Now, as most of my readers know, I was at NECSS over the weekend. Because I was busy giving a talk, doing panels,...
View ArticleSB 277 advances, and antivaccine activists lose it (again)
Antivaccine activism endangers children. Of that there is no longer any doubt. As vaccination rates fall, the risk of outbreaks of dangerous vaccine-preventable infectious diseases among children rise....
View ArticleTwitter as an amplifier of antivaccine messages
Before 2005, I did pay attention to the antivaccine movement, but it wasn’t one of my biggest priorities when it comes to promoting science-based medicine. That all changed when Robert F. Kennedy...
View ArticleSB 277 clears another major legislative hurdle
I bet antivaccinationists would be annoyed if they knew what I was up to yesterday. This week, our department had a visiting professor for Grand Rounds, and that professor was a Nobel laureate. Of...
View ArticleHow “they” view “us”: Filthy pharma lucre buying senators and hit men
About a year and a half ago, I began an intermittent series that I called How “They” View “Us.” There are several posts in the series now. Basically, given the amount of nastiness directed at those of...
View ArticleAfter SB 277, medical exemptions to vaccine mandates for sale, courtesy of...
My topic yesterday was When doctors betray their profession. In my post, I talked about some very unethical doctors representing tobacco companies in lawsuits against them seeking compensation for...
View ArticleGovernor Jerry Brown protects patients by vetoing California’s right-to-try bill
When last I discussed the cruel sham that is the tide of “right-to-try” laws that has been flowing through state legislatures to become law over the last year and a half. “Right-to-try” laws, as I...
View ArticleWho knew? Tightening up requirements for waivers for school vaccine...
Well, it’s finally done. The grants that have been taking up so much of my time are finally with the grants office and, hopefully, won’t have too many errors flagged as they go through the validation...
View ArticleRob Schneider cries “FREEDOM!” to refuse vaccination
This weekend was the 4th of July, Independence Day. It’s the most patriotic holiday of all, at least for Americans. We celebrated it in the usual way, with parades, fireworks, the odd lost digit or...
View ArticleAfter SB 277, online medical exemptions to school vaccine mandates are now...
After writing about the failure of state medical boards to discipline physicians who practice quackery and an apparent notable exception in Tennessee just yesterday, my attention was brought back to...
View ArticleThe cruel sham that is “right-to-try” has returned to California
Here we go again. Remember how I frequently say that naturopaths are relentless, how, whenever they attempt to get a naturopathic licensing bill passed in a state and fail, they’re soon back to try...
View Article“Right to try” goes federal, thus far unsuccessfully
It’s been nearly two weeks since a new “right to try” bill (AB 1668) passed the California legislature with overwhelming support and was sent to Governor Jerry Brown’s desk to be signed. Thus far, he...
View ArticleDeath by intravenous “turmeric”: Naturopaths circle the wagons and the chair...
A patient is dead because a naturopath dosed her with intravenous curcumin. Instead of learning from the debacle, naturopaths circle the wagon, and the chair of the Naturopathic Medicine Committee for...
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