It's not too much liquid It's not too many different things at too big a number It's not the size of this thing It's not 80 different vaccines None of this is true, but they will go after MMR based on this. The consequences are going to be massive measles outbreaks. Dead kids.

⚠️TYLENOL & AUTISM—RFK Jr & Trump are wrong—the largest best study in the world in 2.5 MILLION KIDS—found no increased autism risk with acetaminophen (aka paracetamol/Tylenol). A crude analysis found only a tiny 5% risk, but once you adjust via sibling controls, the even tiny 5% risk vaporizes to 0%📉

TGIF! I had a wild evening finishing my recap and criticism of this week's chaotic and unbearably stupid ACIP meeting. open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

🚨🚨 If I could just summarize 1 sentence from the new National Academy of Sciences study on climate, boldface, flashing red, it would be: "the evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-caused GHGs is beyond scientific dispute." BEYOND SCIENTIFIC DISPUTE 🚨🚨

In a meeting that devolved into confusion and near chaos, federal advisers on Thursday voted 8 to 3 against vaccinating children under four years old with a combination shot that protects against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/h...

“ABC and CBS are making a serious miscalculation. Their servility to Trump will not earn them peace, only greater pressure.” That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.

In Deutschland ist das Inverkehrbringen von Nikotinbeuteln verboten. Trotzdem werden sie gerade immer beliebter bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. Angebote im Internet unterlaufen den Jugendschutz, sagt Reiner Hanewinkel vom IFT-Nord. share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothe...

Magical Athlete is back and better than ever. This game is full of loud laughter, crazy abilities, and more joy than a hundred other games combined. It is perfect. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/09/16/m...

Ich denke, Jörg Timm, Vizepräsident der GfV, spricht hier für viele Virologen: "Hat uns schon überrascht" www.ndr.de/nachrichten/... (MB)

Sonnencreme soll krebserregend sein, Soja unfruchtbar machen: In sozialen Medien kursieren allerlei Gesundheitsinfos und Warnungen: Doch was stimmt – und was nicht? Wir haben dazu eine Serie gemacht: Medfluenced, der Dlf-Medizincheck. Alle Infos gibt`s hier: www.deutschlandfunk.de/medfluencer-...

The U.S. Department of State has announced it will honor a commitment made before President Donald Trump took office to help millions of people in poor countries receive a powerful new HIV prevention tool. https://scim.ag/465CcBR

If you’re wondering how much of what RFK Jr said yesterday about vaccines was true—almost none of it was. @FullerLab_UW is one of the most accomplished vaccinologists out there and her article is required reading to separate truth from falsehoods. theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-s...

The stupid, it burns. This guy is US Secretary of Energy and blithely puts certifiably and grossly and embarrassingly incorrect statements on social media.

Normally, I track how Trump, RFK Jr. et al deny facts about biology and how that will kill a lot of people. But, reading about climate today and it's the same, getting fringy scientists on board to make money/destroy our planet-- and, kill lots of people. Fun times! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/c...

#Windkraft: Ein Team in Dänemark entwickelt eine Methode, mit der Rotorblätter mithilfe von #Drohnen und #KI im laufenden Betrieb auf Schäden untersucht werden. www.deutschlandfunk.de/mit-drohnen-...

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It’s time! Introducing HAVOC TOWN, a brand new supernatural thriller for your ears. Starring Jewel Staite, James Callis, Felicia Day, & Ray Wise. Arriving 8/19 on all podcast platforms. Hear the trailer and subscribe today: www.grimandmild.com/havoctown

🥪 Dejea Lyons and Shellan Saling leave no doubt: To save the #PlasticsTreaty, serious sh** needs to happen! Listen to our chat at the United Nations Headquarter on the eve of #InternationalYouthDay! soundcloud.com/plastisphere... #INC5.2

JD Vance had the #water level of a lake manipulated to accommodate his vacation plans. It's not always the big corruption stories that rankle. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Those mRNA vaccine programs that RFK Jr. is killing because he claims they don't work? The people who invented them got the f***ing Nobel Prize. And they've saved literally millions of lives already. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...

Source: www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

"On the one hand, we have a hypothesis underpinned by evidence, although imperfect, and on the other hand we have a hypothesis without evidence, although it might exist." Our latest editorial in advance of our August issue www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky #ClinMicro #ViroSky #SARS-CoV-2

Die Erde als großer Organismus, der durch komplexe Rückkopplungen ständig Bedingungen erschafft, die das Leben fördern. Das war die Idee hinter der über 50 Jahre alten Gaia-Hypothese. Wir haben Bücher besprochen, die diese Idee wieder neu mit Leben füllen. share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothe...

Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com

Killing prevention—Trump health secretary RFK Jr abruptly cancels US’s official preventive care committee meeting—WITHOUT ANY REASON GIVEN. Public health scientists fear the cancellation of the USPSTF meeting is prelude to further chaos. www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/u...

Welche Energie brauchen wir für die #Energiewende? Öffentliche Unterhausdebatte morgen ab 21:00Uhr in Halle (Saale) im Rahmen der Leopoldina-Nacht. www.leopoldina.org/veranstaltun...

Das energiereichste Molekül, das je im Labor erzeugt worden ist, ist Hexastickstoff. Der Chemiker Peter R. Schreiner erklärte mir, warum es sich bei der Synthese nicht nur um eine akademische Spielerei handelt. www.deutschlandfunk.de/elementares-...

Quick thread on the WHO's SAGO report on the origins of COVID-19, highlighting key points and even *new* data. Their summary is that a zoonotic origin of COVID-19 is best supported by available data. This is consistent with most scientific reviews and statements in the rest of the literature.

This is unprecedented. The AMA and other medical professional societies speak as one on respiratory virus vaccines and in their own way, say the Trump Administration cannot be trusted with your health. www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...

A WIN FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH & PUBLIC HEALTH—The NIH has now moved to reinstate ~900 grants that a judge last week ruled had been canceled illegally because their topics, ranging from vaccine hesitancy or promoting diversity in the scientific workforce, had been blacklisted by the Trump administration

Fachleute warnen vor einem Blutkonserven-Engpass in den Sommermonaten. Darüber habe ich im Dlf mit Kristina Hölig gesprochen. Sie leitet den Bereich „Transfusionsmedizin“ am Universitätsklinikum Dresden und das gleichn. Inst. des DRK-Blutspendedienst Nord-Ost: www.deutschlandfunk.de/engpass-bei-...

Die Zeit drängt! Seit mindestens 80 Jahren rostet Weltkriegsmunition in der Nord- & Ostsee vor sich hin. 3 Expert:innen diskutierten im Press Briefing über Risiken durch Giftstoffe, mögliche Gefahren durch Explosionen sowie die Herausforderung der Bergung. www.sciencemediacenter.de/angebote/wel...

You want to talk about government efficiency? Every $1 spent on childhood immunizations in the US returns a savings of $11, thanks to preventing illnesses, and saving millions of lives.

Inspiriert von der 3. UN-Ozeankonferenz, die am Freitag in Nizza zu Ende gegangen ist, habe ich mich heute an eine Erstpartie Conservas gewagt. Tag 5 im Januar - und schon merke ich, dass das mit dem nachhaltigen Fischfang nicht so leicht ist. #brettspiele

Was charakterisiert die Corona-Variante NB.1.8.1 oder Nimbus? Und mit welchen Veränderungen bei Sars-CoV-2 ist in Zukunft zu rechnen? Darüber habe ich im Dlf mit Prof. @neher.io von der @unibas.ch gesprochen. Erste Frage: Wie gefährlich ist die Nimbus? www.deutschlandfunk.de/nimbus-und-d...

Wo wird hier in D wie gewählt? Welche Muster gibt es und was lässt sich daraus lernen? Der Soziologe Ansgar Hudde hat Ergebnisse aus allen Bundestagswahl-Stimmbezirken analysiert- ein Ergebnis: Spotlight auf die Klein- und Mittelstädte. www.deutschlandfunk.de/wahlverhalte... 1/4

Das sagen Mediziner in einem Brief nach Brüssel: chemtrust.org/medical-prof... #pfas

Ein geschützter #Goldschakal hat auf Sylt über 90 Lämmer gerissen. Mit einer Ausnahmegenehmigung soll es nun möglich sein, das Tier zu erlegen. Der Wildtierbiologe Dr. Norbert Peter von der @goetheuni.bsky.social ordnet die Maßnahme ein: www.deutschlandfunk.de/zum-abschuss...

The key thing to understand about "Gold-Standard Science" is that it has nothing to do with gold-standard science and everything to do with an attempt to subjugate our research ecosystem to legitimize pseudoscience and nonsense. The MAHA report is a great example. www.latimes.com/business/sto...

An explosive outbreak of mpox in Sierra Leone is raising fears of wider spread. The country of 9 million has seen more than 3000 cases already. “We could see very rapid geographic expansion […] if we don’t really try and get things under control quickly,” says @kindrachukjason.bsky.social 🧪 #IDsky

Just released. My Nature piece: "Never before has the USA seen such an anti-intellectual, anti-science assault... History tells us that there are times when the dangers of inaction become sufficiently threatening to individuals or the planet that scientists... rdcu.be/eo3Hb

Darüber läuft um 16:35 mein Feature „Feindliche Übernahme" Teil 1 „Kennedys erfundene Autismusepidemie“ im @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy bei Wissenschaft am Brennpunkt. Das Feature ist jetzt bereits online verfügbar: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/a... open.spotify.com/episode/4sqU... 6/6

What happens when an anti-vaxxer becomes Secretary of Health? This is what we are currently witnessing in the USA. Robert F Kennedy Jr is spreading disinformation about vaccinations almost every day. He has particularly focused on the alleged link to autism - which has been disproven many times. 1/

Die US-Regierung will der Harvard Universität verbieten, weiterhin ausländische Studierende aufzunehmen. Was das für das wiss. Arbeiten dort bedeuten würde, darüber habe ich im Dlf mit @christinawarinner.bsky.social gesprochen, Anthropologie-Prof. in Harvard: www.deutschlandfunk.de/harvard-univ...

Today RFK and co. removed the COVID vaccine from the CDC's recommended immunization schedule for children and pregnant people. This is junk science. COVID puts children and pregnant people at higher risk for ER visits and hospitalizations, and Long COVID can cause chronic health issues for anyone.

Neue Medikamente gegen Migräne: Was können Gepante leisten? Den Wissensstand zu Ubrogepant und Co. und die Frage, welche Rolle die Arzneimittel in Zukunft in der breiten Versorgung (in Deutschland/Europa) spielen könnten, haben wir hier im Dlf beleuchtet: www.deutschlandfunk.de/migraene-med...

This is absolutely terrible news. With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately. h/t @merz.bsky.social

Since the NYT Armchair Brigade is at it again, let me just share a few public quotes made in May, 2020. 1️⃣ "Even Kristian Andersen [.] first thought that COVID-19 was just as likely to have been accidentally released from a lab as it was to have come from nature" www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/sci...

Die USA planen sicherheitsrelevante Forschung an Viren global einschränken. Warum das überhaupt keine gute Idee ist und wir stattdessen mehr investieren müssen um internationale Regelwerke und Richtlinien aufzubauen hat Virologin Linda Brunotte mit Joachim Müller-Jung von der FAZ diskutiert.

Beim „Browning“ werden Abbauprodukte von Pflanzen in Flüsse und Bäche geschwemmt. Für Regenbogenforellen stellt das eine bisher unterschätzte Gefahr dar, sagt Dr. Alexander Rebl vom FBN @fbndummerstorf.bsky.social share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothe...