4. The Politics of Health: Public Health & Misinformation

Coronavirus not only infects the human retina, but can also replicate in it

A picture is emerging of the toll long Covid takes inside the body and why it can be so debilitating.

Nature - Like adults, children can experience long COVID, but few studies of the condition include young people. That has to change.

Mass media and policy makers are pushing for a return to pre-COVID times while trying to normalize a staggering death toll

What does society owe immunocompromised people?

Free-market interests used fights over COVID protocols to further privatize K-12 education. Economist Emily Oster, whose research is funded by those groups, has laundered their ideologies and given them the imprimatur of science, write epidemiologists Abigail Cartus and Justin Feldman.

Arguably the most important medical innovation of the 20th century is under attack, in part because it’s been so effective. We live in an era when

As a proudly Autistic person, I can say that, rightfully, there has been much ridicule and outrage among decent and thoughtful people about President

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Gavi, the world’s largest vaccine funder, now faces a funding shortfall following the shutdown of USAID.

Canada is transitioning from a method of joint US-Canada medical school accreditation to a purely Canadian accreditation system.

Moderna said on Tuesday its updated COVID-19 vaccine formulation elicited a strong immune response in all adults aged 65 and older, as well as in individuals aged 12 to 64...

Health organizations reject the Trump Administration’s assertion of a link between using acetaminophen in pregnancy and autism.

On Monday, the Four Horsemen of the Woo-pocalypse joined President Trump to blame autism on acetaminophen use during pregnancy. They couldn’t resist adding antivax misinformation as well.

Trump and RFK Jr claimed acetaminophen use during pregnancy increases autism risk and suggested leucovorin could treat autism symptoms.

RFK Jr appointed five new members to the CDC's ACIP vaccine advisory panel, shifting towards anti-vaccine viewpoints.

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Claims from the Trump White House about links between use of the painkiller acetaminophen—often sold under the brand name Tylenol in the U.S.—during pregnancy and development of autism have set off a deluge of responses across the medical, scientific and public health communities.

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And there’s a lot at stake if liberals overcorrect in response.

The World Health Organization said that ‘extensive research’ had found no link between acetaminophen and autism.

Political directives have undermined agency's independence and record of supporting the best basic research

FDA to approve leucovorin despite questions about whom it might help

False claims of a link between autism and Tylenol during pregnancy are dangerous. Psychological science teaches us the best way to counter it.

This presidential administration owes the public both accuracy and humility. Responsible communication distinguishes association from causation; explains uncertainty; avoids single-factor stories about complex traits; and centers the people most affected — in this case, autistic people and pregnant people.”