Vinay Prasad's Observations and Thoughts

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August 2026

Josh Shapiro is in trouble
Free advice to the governor and other politicians regarding public health
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
Does the shingles vaccine reduce cardiovascular events?
Nature medicine strikes out... again
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
Two recent interviews
Wanted to make two recent interviews available to you all
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
I have 3 problems with the letter opposing the punishment of Nathan Cofnas
Don't restore Nathan, fire the Rector
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
Should we ban pre-med and medical student research?
The sentiment is spot on, even if the solution is impractical.
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
Have the sciences been hopelessly captured by “woke ideologues with contempt for truth, evidence and common sense”?
Steven Pinker is right about the question, but wrong about the answer.
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
Jason Arday, Nathan Cofnas, Cambridge, Ghent and NEJM Voices
The thesis that universities have lost the plot seems to be repeatedly confirmed
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
26:19
Jason Arday in the New England Journal/ Nicholas Cofras’ Suspension letter
I am astonished both of these are in writing; and why the former is in a medical journal
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
10 thoughts about Jason Arday, Cambridge, Nathan Cofnas, and the decline of Universities.
10 thoughts about the Jason Arday story, the suspension of Nathan Cofnas, Cambridge and what it represents about universities and politics more broadly.
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
Should folks older than 75 take a statin?
A french trial says no-- is the trial useful?
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
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