Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Facebook swamped by hundreds of thousands of scam ads for illegal or dangerous medical products
Two months ago, a sponsored post for a supplement popped up on Facebook with a miraculous claim: “The doctors have ...
Viewpoint: Can this California pediatrician and Congressional hopeful quell anti-vaccine extremists?
Dr. Richard Pan is no stranger to blood. As a pediatrician, he was trained for its inevitability. But unlike your average medical ...
How big health brands are funding online medical misinformation
A study published in the medical journal JAMA Network Open, which is published by the American Medical Association, found that health care-related ...
Longevity: Is cellular rejuvenation even possible?
Many scientists now believe that mastering cellular rejuvenation may be the key to transforming how long and how well we ...
Millions take omega-3 fish oil for brain health. New research suggests it may do the opposite.
While omega-3 fatty acid supplementation is widely used for cognitive protection, its efficacy remains controversial, and its impact on core ...
Viewpoint: ‘Measles is a canary in the healthcare coal mine’: Challenging RFK, Jr.’s scare campaign
The rise of measles may also be a harbinger of something even worse, public officials say. “Measles is basically a ...
After slashing global health aid by $19 Billion, Trump moves to tap $2.1 billion more—to cover shutdown costs
The Trump administration plans to redirect $2 billion in funding intended for global health programs to cover the cost of ...
Viewers of right-wing news sites are double as likely to view MMR vaccines suspiciously
Where Americans get their news may play a significant role in shaping their attitudes toward the measles, mumps, and rubella ...
‘He seems fine’: Marty Makary out as FDA commissioner
Marty Makary resigned from his position as commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on [May 12, 2026], ...
Viewpoint— ‘Muscular governance’: How authoritarianism is surging corporate-linked energy misinformation
The world’s slide into authoritarian practices is accelerating the climate crisis. At its core, the authoritarian goal is typically to ...
Viewpoint: RFK Jr. recommends replacing ‘poisonous’ seed oils with beef tallow. The American Heart Association says that could eventually kill you.
Beef tallow is a high-fat food that contains very limited micronutrients when consumed in typical dietary amounts. ... The high ...
Pro-vaccine “hero” vs. an anti-vax “villain”: ‘Bad Vaxx’ video stirs MAHA backlash
A video game billed as a “‘vaccine’ against disinformation” is drawing criticism for the “inoculation” strategies it employs — and ...
Regulators’ dilemma: Thalidomide, Metformin, and the cost of getting drug approvals wrong
Umpiring in sport is a strange profession. A cricket umpire stands for hours under the sun, matching the stamina of ...
Hantavirus outbreak research: Trump administration shut down study last year on rodent-to-human transmission
In 2025 the Trump administration eliminated funding for a group that had been running a pilot project aimed at studying the type ...
“Evidence for puberty suppression and gender affirming hormones limited’: British doctors group questions early transitions but also opposes blocker ban
The BMA’s long awaited critique of the Cass review has largely vindicated the findings of the original landmark review into ...
Despite politicized disinformation, Midwest AI data centers are fueling a solar energy boom
Electricity has turned into one of the most important commodities in the [Midwest] region, with utility rates increasing in recent ...
Anti-vax activists falsely blame COVID vaccines for the rising U.S. cancer rate among younger people.
Websites and high-profile anti-vaccine activists are seizing on recently released U.S. government statistics showing a rise in cancers among young ...
Overmedicalization? RFK Jr.’s antidepressant crackdown raises conflict questions over his fee stake in Wisner Baum, the tort firm built on suing drug makers
Environmental lawyer and volunteer riverkeeper RFK Jr continues to make waves in his current job as head of the US ...
Seeds of power: China turns to genetic engineering to become global superpower
Amid persistent US-China tensions and recurring supply chain shocks, Beijing is moving upstream in the food system by tightening control ...
Viewpoint: Surge of climate misinformation traced to right wing and anti-wind activists
According to a report presented by UK-based think tank CASM Technology and WindEurope, a large ecosystem of actors, such as ...
Transforming farming and nutrition with AI and robotics? Larry Ellison’s half-billion-dollar Hawaii greenhouse dream goes bust
In a row of six greenhouses on a remote stretch of the Hawaiian island of Lanai, Larry Ellison is trying ...
Viewpoint: Internal White House documents detail administration’s strategy to undermine climate science
The second Trump administration is taking its hostility to climate science to new levels. In addition to its rhetoric dismissing ...
Vaccine shootout at the CDC
When President Trump named a new leadership team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention two weeks ago, public ...
‘Conflict entrepreneurs’ are driving disinformation and shaping public opinion
As brands battle for people’s attention, they no longer control their brand messages nor the ecosystem they exist in. Their ...
Farmers are a major source of misinformation—about farming
Misinformation has long been a feature of social media platforms. That’s why a University of Waterloo researcher has launched a ...
‘Protecting the integrity of science’: Kennedy’s FDA blocks release of taxpayer-funded studies finding COVID and shingles vaccines safe
Although large studies of the COVID-19 and shingles vaccines found few risks and overall safety, the U.S. Food and Drug ...
Manufacturing a conspiracy: The timeline of how the White House embraced the fringe claim that scientists are being mysteriously murdered
On April 20, the House Oversight Committee announced that it was planning an investigation of its own. “If the reports ...
