The US is experiencing its largest summer Covid wave in at least two years | my interview with ⁦Brenda Goodman⁩ ⁦CNN⁩ cnn.com/2024/08/16/hea…

FDA approves updated coronavirus vaccines….finally washingtonpost.com/health/2024/08…

I detail the phony baloney pseudoscience in one of my books

BREAKING—the FDA has just authorized the new Novavax vaccine, tailored to JN1 related variants. Anyone age 12 and over are eligible. You may receive it 2 months after a prior version of COVID-19 shot (and prior infection, though FDA memo didn’t specify). fda.gov/news-events/pr…

This 8 minutes is fantastic. It was great to see friend of the pod Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) at around 4:51 doing his thing. Thanks to Pete Dominick for introducing us 🐝 to him. @StandUpWithPete

Does Paxlovid reduce #LongCovid? A new study says yes, adding to several previous reports with some lack of concordance nature.com/articles/s4159…

So Scientific American ⁦Scientific American⁩? We’re expecting an unprecedented assault on American science in 2025, especially climate/pandemic science. More than ever we will need our science journals/editors to be bold, fearless, and accurate. Depending on Sci Am to be out in front

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'S Appointment Sparks Controversy Over Conspiracy Theories — A spokesperson for Kennedy did not respond to a request for comment from The Bulwark. Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of vanityfair.com/news/story/rfk…:

Where did COVID-19 originate? Saskatoon lab helps with genetic analysis that points to animal market | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

Good comment by ⁦m. gessen⁩ in ⁦The New York Times⁩ this morning nytimes.com/2024/11/25/opi…

Gentle reminder: even if you don't mask regularly, please mask inside airplanes.

How RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine views could unleash vaccine-preventable diseases: my comments with ⁦Arthur Allen⁩ ⁦KFF⁩ ⁦KFF Health News⁩ ⁦NPR⁩ npr.org/sections/shots…

motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

#PLOSGlobalPublicHealth: It won’t end with COVID: Countering the next phase of American antivaccine activism, by Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) in PLOS Global Public Health dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

Covid vaccines also reduce your risk of long COVID yalemedicine.org/news/covid-vac….

Also detail how Covid mRNA vaccinations saved 3.2 million American lives CIDRAP cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/repor…

cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/new-l….

Letter from Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, of which I am a member, to President Trump: sigmaxi.org/news/article/2…

Not vaccinating comes at an exorbitant cost. Good ⁦Washington Post Opinions⁩ piece by Donald McNeil Jr donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…

Yes, among people who refused Covid vaccines during the delta and BA.1 omicron waves in 2021-22, that resulted in 200,000-300,000 needless deaths. They were victims of antivaccine activism driven by politics and the corrupt wellness/influencer industry pushing ivermectin, which