Presentation slide titled "The End of Free Speech is the End of Science: A Personal Covid Perspective" by Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, Stanford University, dated April 2024.

An Eponym for Scientific Censorship in America: Bhattacharyaism

It turns out Jay Bhattacharya's talk, "The End of Free Speech is the End of Science" was really a preview of coming attractions, a mission statement for his leadership.

/ April 17, 2026
A red, distressed rubber stamp graphic with the words "SAY NO TO CENSORSHIP" and five stars beneath the text.

An Open Letter to Professor Katy Milkman: Don’t Censor John Ioannidis, Jay Bhattacharya, and Emily Oster. Amplify Their Voices.

It's vital that your conference attendees know the speakers' past credibility to judge their current credibility. All you have to do is be honest.

/ April 16, 2026
A doctor interacts with a futuristic digital brain image on a screen. Another monitor shows AI medical assistant data with diagnostics and x-ray images. Medical devices and a skeleton model are visible in the background.

New Study on AI Clinical Decision-Making

Large language model artificial intelligence applications (LLM AIs) seem poised to have a significant effect on the practice of medicine, both good and bad, which is why we are giving it as much attention as we are here. LLMs give impressive results when tested on medical knowledge, able to pass multiple-choice exams designed for general medical and specialty certification. In fact it...

/ April 15, 2026
Why can't we be friends?

MAHA and science-based public health: Can’t we all just get along?

The answer is: Very likely not, at least not as long as MAHA embraces quackery and antivax pseudoscience—not that that didn't stop STAT News from ignoring the elephant in the room, vaccines, in search of a "kumbaya" moment between MAHA and public health.

/ April 13, 2026
Shiny pink balloon numbers forming "2020" with gold confetti falling in front of a light blue background, creating a festive atmosphere.

Since They Won’t Remind You, Here’s What Drs. John Ioannidis, Jay Bhattacharya, and Scott Atlas, Actually Said 6 Years Ago

The next time these doctors claim they were right, let's remind them exactly what they claim to have been right about.

/ April 11, 2026
A portrait of Donald Trump is centered inside a large red heart shape, with several smaller red hearts around him on a blue background.

MAHA Doctors Love Donald Trump

Every day they show up to work, with sweet declarations of love for Trump pouring from their lips, they are further reaffirming their decision to bind themselves to everything he does.  

/ April 10, 2026
A simplified, cutaway illustration of a mitochondrion shows an orange outer membrane and blue folded inner membrane structures called cristae.

Do our mitochondria need support?

Many products have claims to “support” your mitochondria. For healthy adults, these claims remain largely speculative and unproven.

/ April 9, 2026
A farmer in boots and a cap milks a black-and-white cow by hand outside a barn, with a dog watching and large milk cans nearby. In the background, cows graze near a red barn and a silo on a sunny day.

More On Raw Milk

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has been pushing the narrative that raw unpasteurized milk is both safe and better for your health than pasteurized milk. As usual, he is objectively wrong.

/ April 8, 2026

Legislative Alchemy: Licensing reflexologists and other practitioners of pseudoscience

State legislatures are considering bills that would legitimize pseudoscience like reflexology and reiki by recognizing their practitioners as health care professionals.

/ April 7, 2026
Steve Kirsch: Misinformation superspreader

Antivax tech bro Steve Kirsch uses AI to rediscover the Jock Doubleday challenge

Everything old is new again, even when AI is involved, as a very old antivax trope is rediscovered for a new generation.

/ April 6, 2026