David Gorski

An eminent cancer researche is promoting a study that seems to show—but, when critically examined, doesn't—that COVID vaccines are associated with increased cancer risk.

The newly reconstituted CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will meet this week. Packed with antivaxxers, the antivax-adjacent, and the unqualified, ACIP will begin the dismantling of the

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Nature Reviews Cancer published a commentary promoting "integrative oncology"—or what I like to call "integrating" quackery with oncology. The battle continues.

The Washington Post recently published an article asking if COVID-19 infection can cause cancer. Probably not, but it's more plausible than the vaccine.

Exploring issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine

At SBM, we’ve long argued that chelation therapy for heart disease is quackery. An abstract presented recently finally confirmed that. Why did it take so long?

COVID-19 antivax quacks are now “repurposing” ivermectin for cancer

Antivax scientist Byram Bridle just took the “new school” antivax movement old school by implying that COVID-19 vaccines might cause an “epidemic of autism.”

Exploring issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine

Mark Skidmore’s antivax paper claiming that COVID-19 vaccines might have killed 278K people was republished in a fake journal, thus “laundering” his study.

A study reaffirms the correlation among physicians between antivax views and quackery. Acceptance of alt med by doctors endangers vaccination efforts.

A prominent oncologist and cancer biologist, Wafik El-Deiry, recently amplified claims that COVID-19 vaccines cause “turbo cancer.” Once more into the fray...

Exploring issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine

This year, cancer quack Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski turned 80. Unfortunately, he doesn’t seem to be slowing down charging patients with advanced cancer huge sums for false hope.

COVID-19 “contrarians” like Dr. Vinay Prasad have long complained about being labelled “antivaccine.” Why do they embrace antivax messages like “do not comply”?

Last week, the Ohio State Medical Board suspended the medical license of Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, a longtime antivax quack. The question is: What took them so long?

A report in The Washington Post revealed just how badly state medical boards have been failing when dealing with physicians spreading COVID-19 misinformation.

Dr. Peter McCullough and a number of “anti-COVID-19 vaccine” antivaxxers out there has pivoted to quackery to “detox” from COVID-19 vaccines using nattokinase.

RFK Jr. endured bad press over a press event, but the fart jokes were mixed with darker side: His antisemitic claim that COVID-19 might have been “targeted.”