Sitemap - 2025 - Vinay Prasad's Observations and Thoughts

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A users guide to the media coverage of health and science in 2025

5 reasons why the COVID-19 vaccine needs clinical trials before approval

Kennedy might pull the COVID shot for kids: Good!!!

When Democrat presidents want universities to do something, they just call and ask

Harvard will not comply-- well, at least that's what Garber has to say.

Some thoughts on food

Is more science better than less science?

3 ways the media coverage of health care is dishonest

Questions the media should ask about reductions in work force

The same media that lied about all things COVID is lying about Peter Marks' departure from FDA

7 things the CDC Director should do immediately

First defund bad science; then invest in good science

Yes, mRNA vaccine science should be deprioritized by the NIH for 5 reasons

Public health's stupidity will lead to more damage & more measles outbreaks

Easy come, Easy go. DEI buzzwords helped you get a grant and now they will cost you one.

Is seed oil better than butter? A new paper says YES, but is the paper any good?

Trump cuts NIH grants and the media screams; VP pulls up the NIH grant funded papers and reviews them- Whoa, they are useless, and should be cut!

Trump cuts Columbia's grants over handling of student protests: Should he include universities that violated academic freedom?

What #Stand Up for Science Rallies Don't Stand Up for

And the new FDA commissioner is.... Marty Makary

And the new NIH Director is... Jay Bhattacharya

Anti-depressants: The trials last 8 weeks; People take them for 8+ years

Francis Collins retires from the NIH

The media is getting Trump's biomedical policy decisions wrong b/c it refuses to discuss the big picture

Federal workers fired to improve efficiency - media outraged; Federal workers fired for not complying with an unethical vaccine mandate - media silent

PhD students in biology are cheap, exploited labor & sold a false promise

FDA approves Pfizer drugs with inadequate safety and efficacy data, and then regulators work for Pfizer

Universities are falling short again

The DOJ is investigating how many crimes are committed with masks on

What should the control arm be in a vaccine trial? Is it a placebo if it contains aluminum?

RFK jr is confirmed!

The reproducibility crisis and what it means for the NIH

The NIH must make these 8 reforms right now

NIH reduced indirects from 60+% to 15%: 10 things you should know

We are going to get pro-DEI backlash

Will RFK Jr get confirmed?

NIH study sections are broken

Pausing NIH study sections is going to be fine

Artificial intelligence and mRNA vaccines are not going to cure cancer

Fauci is pardoned

Red Dye #3 is out, and boosters may get RCTs: Why is the evidence to remove a chemical from food LESS THAN the evidence to recommend a medical interventions?

What is the truth about alcohol consumption

Will some Democrat Senators vote for RFK Jr?

Duke health's 2025 policy would ban an 11 year old kid from visiting his sick or dying father

Biden gives a Medal to Moderna and Pfizer - 10 reasons that was a bad idea