Jenny McCarthy strikes again
Just in time for the introduction of Autism’s False Prophets by Dr. Paul Offit (the current choice for Scienceblogs’ book club), Jenny McCarthy comes out with yet another interview decrying vaccines,...
View ArticleVaccines and autism–can we stick a fork in it now, please?
Last fall, I wrote about a new research paper which tried to replicate some of Andrew Wakefield’s original results, which not only claimed a correlation between MMR vaccination and autism, but also the...
View ArticleSwine flu and snake oil
I was introduced to snake oil salesmen at a young age. My mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when I was in kindergarten, and while she has mostly followed the advice of her neurologists,...
View ArticleThe development of a conspiracy theory
Interesting post today at juggle.com, showing the evolution of a conspiracy theory akin to a game of telephone. Interestingly, it starts with an article in Wired by author (and former Scienceblogger)...
View ArticleBiblical fever = influenza. You’re kidding me, right?
Via Bob O’H and Cath Ennis comes this truly bizarre article from the Virology Journal: “Influenza or not influenza: Analysis of a case of high fever that happened 2000 years ago in Biblical time”. Now,...
View ArticleBiblical flu paper going bye-bye
Well, that was quick. Yesterday’s post highlighting a really terrible paper in BMC’s Virology Journal drew a lot of comments here and at Pharyngula, and attention at the journal (where it currently...
View ArticleAdditional thoughts on Bible-flu and the retraction
PZ has some additional thoughts on the Bibleflugate retraction up at Pharyngula. Choice quote: This is a serious concern, to my mind. Scientists are expected to be open and communicative about their...
View ArticleMargulis does it again
We all know of once-respected scientists who ended up going off the deep end, adhering to an unproven idea despite massive evidence to the contrary. Linus Pauling and his advocacy of megadoses of...
View ArticleThe Pap smear is no panacea, Katie Couric
Regular readers keeping up on infectious disease issues might have seen Seth Mnookin’s post yesterday, warning of an upcoming episode of the Katie Couric show focusing on the HPV vaccine. Even though...
View ArticleAnother “Frontiers In” journal steps in it
Almost a year ago, I wrote about a terrible article that was published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health. FiPH is a legitimate, peer-reviewed journal, and they had just published a manuscript...
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