Regular readers might—or might not have—noticed last Monday that, for the first time in more years than I can remember, I ...

Myopia, or near-sightedness, has been steadily on the rise over the last half-century. A recent systematic review updates the ...

We are more likely to use an ineffective treatment after slight symptom improvement, even when the changes are coincidental.

If Drs. Vinay Prasad and Tracy Hoeg want to prove they actually care about routine vaccines, they can do what the should have ...

I think some respected newspapers could do a better job of being honest with their readers about some pretty basic and pretty important things.

A couple of weeks ago OpenEvidence dropped into my feeds. I am, as is no surprise to anyone who reads this blog, a fan of evidence. And I like open. Open skies, open vistas, open source. I use Linux ...

Shortly after endorsing Donald Trump for President, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed he and Trump will “make America healthy again.” His proposals to do that range from semi-reasonable to outright ...

The Florida Department of Health, run by Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, just released guidance on COVID-19 vaccines based on antivax tropes. Is the federal government next? This brings us back to ...