2026: State Legislatures as Vectors of Health Misinformation and Anti-Science

Anti-science health legislation doesn't just reflect misinformation; it institutionalizes it, cementing false beliefs into population-level risks.

/ February 12, 2026
Line graph showing increasing autism prevalence per 1,000 8-year-olds from 2000 to 2016. Non-profound autism rises from 3.9 to 14.3; profound autism rises from 2.7 to 4.6. Non-profound outpaces profound across all years.

Latest Autism Data

In April of 2025, HHS secretary RFK Jr. stated: “The autism epidemic is running rampant,” said U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “One in 31 American children born in 2014 are disabled by autism. That’s up significantly from two years earlier and nearly five times higher than when the CDC first started running autism surveys in children...

/ February 11, 2026
A close-up of the back of a person wearing a vest labeled "POLICE ICE," indicating they are part of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The background is blurred.

The ICEmen Cometh

The potential effects of the current ICE actions on public health

/ February 10, 2026
Chemical structure diagram of cyclosporine, showing a complex cyclic peptide with multiple amino acid residues, double bonds, and distinct functional groups including amides, methyl groups, and hydroxyl groups.

The peptide craze sweeping America has a fan in RFK Jr

This could lead to less FDA oversight just when more is needed

/ February 9, 2026
A drawing of a sleeping child with short blond hair, covered in red spots and a rash, wearing a white shirt and resting their head on one hand. The child appears to be unwell.

MAHA Leaders Are Recycling COVID Myths to Minimize Measles

Once again, everything old is new again. The circle of disinformation is complete.

/ February 8, 2026
A man in a blue suit and tie sits indoors, smiling at the camera while speaking into a microphone. There is a window with blinds and a curtain in the background.

Pandemic Revisionism Is a Pretext for MAHA Vandalism

My YouTube channel is a reliable history of the pandemic. The NY Times is not.

/ February 6, 2026
A group of elderly adults exercises together outdoors in a park, following an instructor in white practicing tai chi. Some participants squat or stretch, all smiling and appearing engaged in the activity. Trees and grass are in the background.

The Data Is In – Exercise Is Good For You

Many times in my career I have sat across from a patient who expressed that they are getting serious about their health, and then rattle off a list of things that they are doing to improve their health – all mostly worthless. I do not blame them – they are victims of a self-help, supplement, and wellness industry that has completely mislead...

/ February 4, 2026
Silhouette of an adult sitting cross-legged and placing a hand on a child's head, against a yellow and orange gradient background suggestive of a sunrise or sunset.

Pandemic Gurus: If You Can’t Defend MAHA Doctors Today, Then You Must Discard Everything They Said Regarding COVID.

Had MAHA doctors been in charge in 2020, when COVID swamped our hospitals and morgues, they would have brought the same level of malevolence and incompetence they are displaying today.

/ February 3, 2026
Jayanta Bhattacharya (Podcast Jay) being interviewed by Ross Douthat.

Lysenkoism 2.0 continues: Podcast Jay wants to turn NIH into the “research arm” of MAHA

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya has recently said that he wants to transform the NIH into the "research arm of MAHA" and a "central driver of the MAHA agenda." Lysenkoism 2.0 continues apace at NIH.

/ February 2, 2026
A black V-neck T-shirt with text in block letters over trans pride flag colors reading: "Leave trans kids alone you absolute freaks.

The Anti-Trans Obsessions of “Skeptic” Michael Shermer:  Hallucinating Imaginary Demons to Empower Actual Villains, Once Again.

I want to demonstrate to Michael Shermer that it’s possible for men like us to not talk about trans people constantly. If I can do it, so can he.

/ January 30, 2026