Once advocacy and industry are financially interdependent, neither has reason to question the other’s assumptions. Funding circulates between the same actors; criticism is treated as heresy; and innovation that arises outside the sanctioned ecosystem is dismissed as industry propaganda.
Who Funds the Room Where It Happens? Read Journal Article
Long-term, population-level studies will be essential to reveal whether certain cancer types occur more frequently in vaccinated compared to unvaccinated individuals. It is imperative for public health that the scientific community and regulatory agencies commit to rigorous investigation of these questions.
The Third Rail: Covid-19 Vaccines and Cancer Read Journal Article
This year, Brownstone Institute awarded its prize for outstanding achievement to three exceptional individuals who have been brilliant servants of society and truth in times of great upheaval.
Brownstone Prize Winners 2025 Read Journal Article
In my own field of anesthesiology, the best way to avoid risk is to do nothing at all. I suppose this makes me a walking contradiction: a physician who prescribes medicine while also being somewhat wary of medicine.
A Doctor in Full Read Journal Article
The old world of captured medicine is collapsing under its own weight. The new one is already being born — in every honest conversation, every uncensored study, every act of compassion unmediated by permission.
Why the Healers Had to Rebel Read Journal Article
The work of Gail Seiler and Teresa Cichewicz reminds us that even in the face of systemic failure, truth, conscience, and human dignity can still be defended. It feels fitting that the Betrayal Project’s emblem is a lighthouse.
To Bear Witness after Institutional Betrayal Read Journal Article
On Oct. 10, Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean P. Barbabella, announced that he found that our president “remains in exceptional health” and that he had received “updated Covid-19 booster vaccinations.” It’s likely the president received a Pfizer mRNA shot.
Consistent with the belief that every crisis is also an opportunity, the current global flux created by the crisis of multilateralism provides an exceptionally favourable confluence of circumstances for a transformative redesign of the architecture of international health governance.
Connecting the Dots between the WHO and UN Security Council Reform Read Journal Article
Ultimately, we need to reform the stranglehold that the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) and its Application Service (AMCAS) have on medical education. This whole process is worthy of study by the NIH.
The Perverse Incentives in the US Healthcare System Read Journal Article
The FDA’s treatment of NOAT stands out as a case study in inconsistency: a quiet, adult-focused brand approved in Europe yet effectively banned in the US, while flashier and riskier options continue to slip through.
Sweden’s evidence shows the results of a pragmatic approach: a near-smoke-free society achieved through consumer choice, not coercion. The FDA’s own approval of ZYN proves that such products can meet its legal standard for protecting public health.
FDA’s War on Commonsense Nicotine Regulation Read Journal Article
I am a mother, and I care about the world my children will inherit. I want them to grow up in a country where health is built on real food, clean water, strong families, and prevention rooted in nature.
Smoke, Mirrors, and the Pfizer Deal Read Journal Article
