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David Geier: A blast from the antivax past hired to “prove” vaccines cause autism

RFK Jr. has hired David Geier, an antivax quack from the past, to undertake a study to “prove” that vaccines cause autism. Truly, the results are preordained.

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Announcements Cancer Quackery

Some blog housekeeping and a bit of shameless self-promotion

Orac takes this opportunity to explain his absence and do a little blog housekeeping, followed by some shameless self-promotion.

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Antivaccine nonsense Politics Quackery

“MAHA”? Antivax conspiracy monger RFK Jr. is not the one to “make America healthy again”

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 quackery.

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Cancer Medicine Quackery

Google reviews for “alternative cancer clinics”: A marketing tool?

I’ve long been writing about “alternative cancer clinics” (i.e., quack clinics) that sell false hope in the form of very expensive but ineffective treatments to desperate cancer patients. A recent study demonstrates how they use Google to do this.

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Quackery

Better late than never, the ABIM finally revokes two board certifications

The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has finally revoked the Board certifications of two prominent COVID quacks, Drs. Paul Marik and Pierre Kory. What took so long?