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Caroline Kennedy pretty much nukes RFK Jr."Caroline Kennedy warns senators of ‘predator’ RFK Jr. in searing letter."
01/28/2025

Caroline Kennedy pretty much nukes RFK Jr.
"Caroline Kennedy warns senators of ‘predator’ RFK Jr. in searing letter."

Caroline Kennedy warns senators about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination, questioning his ethics and views on vaccines.

Skeptical Inquirer PresentsA Conversation with Paul Offit: What RFK Jr.’s Confirmation Could Mean for the American Healt...
01/28/2025

Skeptical Inquirer Presents
A Conversation with Paul Offit: What RFK Jr.’s Confirmation Could Mean for the American Health Care System
Now available online!

When Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was announced, public health advocates around the nati...

Our recent SIP guest Paul Offit is helping to prep Senators ahead of the Kennedy confirmation hearings.
01/28/2025

Our recent SIP guest Paul Offit is helping to prep Senators ahead of the Kennedy confirmation hearings.

Public health experts answered questions from Democratic Senators about whether vaccines cause autism, whether manufacturers should be immune from liability for vaccine injuries, whether vaccines are adequately studied, and more, during a round table discussion about anti-vaccine "misinformation" ah...

Why RFK Jr. Is Dangerous to Public Health(Yes, it is paywalled, but it is good to see the WSJ taking this stand)
01/28/2025

Why RFK Jr. Is Dangerous to Public Health
(Yes, it is paywalled, but it is good to see the WSJ taking this stand)

He’s made millions from referring clients to trial lawyers, and he advocates mass tort litigation that would ruin the vaccine industry.

13 Questions Kennedy Must Answer, According to Experts
01/28/2025

13 Questions Kennedy Must Answer, According to Experts

The top queries from leaders and experts.

"How a boy from the Bronx unearthed the workings of the Universe.Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg’s posthumously published...
01/27/2025

"How a boy from the Bronx unearthed the workings of the Universe.
Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg’s posthumously published memoir details a swashbuckling life in physics."

Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg’s posthumously published memoir details a swashbuckling life in physics.

Ben Radford has entry in his "Misleading Meme Monday" series. In "Plexiglas Perplexities", Ben looks at an anti-masking...
01/27/2025

Ben Radford has entry in his "Misleading Meme Monday" series. In "Plexiglas Perplexities", Ben looks at an anti-masking meme that circulated at the height of Covid and is still making the rounds...

Welcome to another edition of Misleading Meme Monday, an occasional series of short columns each focusing on a single, specific popular-yet-misleading meme. ...

Skeptical Inquirer PresentsWhat Teachers Want to Know about Climate ChangeFeaturing: Bertha Vazquez
01/27/2025

Skeptical Inquirer Presents
What Teachers Want to Know about Climate Change
Featuring: Bertha Vazquez

Science has advanced enormously in the past 500 years, guided by experimental tests of theory and practice. In that same time, science teaching and education—guided primarily by tradition and dogma—has remained largely medieval. Carl Wieman will discuss research from university classrooms that r...

Experts saw Samoa's plunging vaccination rates as a crisis. RFK Jr. saw an opportunity.
01/24/2025

Experts saw Samoa's plunging vaccination rates as a crisis. RFK Jr. saw an opportunity.

New details show how Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then chair of an anti-vaccine group and now Trump’s pick for health secretary, sought to exploit a deadly vaccine accident.

Nick Tiller’s latest piece explores “The Three Wellness Mindsets: Believers, Liars, and Bullsh*tters.”"Each has its moti...
01/24/2025

Nick Tiller’s latest piece explores “The Three Wellness Mindsets: Believers, Liars, and Bullsh*tters.”
"Each has its motivations and beliefs, and learning to distinguish among them is crucial for making informed decisions about your health."

The wellness world is a big place. And yet, like Earth, it’s overpopulated: with coaches and trainers in gyms, studios, and wellness centers; manufacturers ...

Questions for RFK Jr.’s Senate Confirmation: Part IVBy Paul Offit
01/24/2025

Questions for RFK Jr.’s Senate Confirmation: Part IV
By Paul Offit

On Wednesday, January 29th, at 10 am, RFK Jr. will be asked questions about heading the Department of Health and Human Services. Here are some suggestions.

9 questions senators should ask Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
01/23/2025

9 questions senators should ask Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

HHS nominee’s confirmation hearing should focus on vaccines and infectious disease control.

You can watch the Kennedy confirmation hearings here on January 29th and you can submit comments.
01/23/2025

You can watch the Kennedy confirmation hearings here on January 29th and you can submit comments.

Hearing to consider the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., of California, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services

In a likely preview of what Kennedy will face from Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-M...
01/23/2025

In a likely preview of what Kennedy will face from Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) last week issued a letter pressing him to answer 175 questions on a range of topics including vaccines

The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts

RFK Jr. faces mounting bipartisan criticism
01/23/2025

RFK Jr. faces mounting bipartisan criticism

Pressure is mounting on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as critics squeeze senators from both sides of the aisle to oppose President Trump’s pick to be the nation’s top health official.  Kennedy’s bipar…

Turning a Miss Into a HitNo, psychic medium Tyler Henry did not tell TV personality Ricki Lake that her house would burn...
01/23/2025

Turning a Miss Into a Hit
No, psychic medium Tyler Henry did not tell TV personality Ricki Lake that her house would burn down and three months later it did.
New Guerrilla Skepticism article by Susan Gerbic

No, psychic medium Tyler Henry did not tell TV personality Ricki Lake that her house would burn down and three months later it did. But it’s all over the en ...

Tell Your Senators to Oppose Nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for Secretary of HHSThe Senate Finance Committee annou...
01/23/2025

Tell Your Senators to Oppose Nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for Secretary of HHS

The Senate Finance Committee announced Wednesday that it will hold a confirmation hearing on Kennedy's nomination on Jan. 29. That's expected to be followed by a second hearing in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee a day later.

The Center for Inquiry (CFI) urges our supporters to make their voices heard on a crucial matter of public health: Join us in opposing the nomination of Rob ...

Benjamin Radford’s latest article on the CFI blog takes a look at two recently released government reports looking into ...
01/22/2025

Benjamin Radford’s latest article on the CFI blog takes a look at two recently released government reports looking into “the origins and nature of Havana Syndrome.” Radford says both reports point pretty directly toward mass sociogenic illness (MSI).

As 2025 began, the U.S. government issued two reports about the origins and nature of Havana Syndrome, and both supported a psychosocial—not a military—expl ...

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