Anthony Fauci’s parting advice: Stick to the science
The 82 year-old veteran government official and infectious disease expert will officially retire at the end of 2022.
By Associated Press - December 25, 2022The 82 year-old veteran government official and infectious disease expert will officially retire at the end of 2022.
By Associated Press - December 25, 2022‘Under President Biden’s leadership, we are once again making things in America,’ Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in a statement announcing the new plan.
By Oliver Willis - September 07, 2022The study, published in a prestigious American medical journal, was scrutinized by experts immediately — but that didn’t stop it from spreading across conservative media.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - July 19, 2021Historian Douglas Brinkley said, ‘It’s impossible to keep politics out of science. But you can do your best to mitigate it.’
By Associated Press - May 10, 2021President Joe Biden stays away. The core players stick to their expertise. Data rules.
By Associated Press - April 04, 2021David Kessler aims to fix the nationwide coronavirus vaccine rollout where the Trump administration fell short.
By Amy Lieu - January 15, 2021Barack Obama’s support for the new coronavirus vaccines comes as the U.S. recorded more than 3,100 COVID-19 deaths in a single day.
By Associated Press - December 04, 2020Dr. Anthony Fauci countered Republican Sen. Rand Paul’s misinformation about ‘herd immunity’ with facts at a Senate committee hearing.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 23, 2020Donald Trump publicly contradicted the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on masks and vaccines again on Wednesday.
By Associated Press - September 17, 2020‘I think it’s just a political hit job, you want to know the truth.’
By Associated Press - May 25, 2020Even the science advisory board of the Environmental Protection Agency, which includes several Trump appointees, is questioning the agency’s approach.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 05, 2020Most scientific researchers have not been made into a stuffed toy with a red superhero cape. Or, for that matter, a bobblehead doll.
By Associated Press - April 19, 2020The Environmental Protection Agency’s fight against science continues even in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 06, 2020The EPA is defending its decision to reverse regulations designed to reduce contamination, against its own advisers.
By Oliver Willis - January 02, 2020‘I know windmills very much, I have studied it better than anybody,’ Trump claimed at a rally over the weekend.
By Josh Israel - December 23, 2019State Rep. Tim Ginter’s (R) proposed religious exemption from facts reportedly came from a Christianist advocacy group.
By Josh Israel - December 09, 2019The Department of Agriculture has suppressed over 1,400 studies on climate change as part of the Trump administration’s broad anti-science agenda.
By Oliver Willis - September 20, 2019The White House blocked scientific language from congressional testimony because it didn’t ‘jibe’ with the Trump administration’s official anti-science policy.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 10, 2019Trump officials are planning to fudge the numbers to pretend their policies won’t really kill 1,400 people a year.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 20, 2019Actions speak louder than words, and despite Trump’s pledge, his administration’s actions are not only falling short — they’re moving in the wrong direction.
By Caroline Orr - February 10, 2019The Trump administration is stacking the EPA’s Science Advisory Board with anti-science conspiracy theorists and industry insiders.
By Caroline Orr - February 05, 2019Fox News spent the past two days showcasing its commitment to denying science in the name of profit.
By Caroline Orr - February 01, 2019The administration is refusing to protect Americans from cancer-causing chemicals in the nation’s water supply.
By Caroline Orr - January 30, 2019Trump’s dangerous anti-science agenda may very well be his longest-lasting legacy.
By Caroline Orr - January 27, 2019Looking back at the year in science denialism, pseudoscience, and evidence suppression.
By Caroline Orr - December 26, 2018He likes maps.
By Caroline Orr - October 10, 2018More than 1,500 EPA employees left the agency during the first 18 months of Trump’s presidency.
By Caroline Orr - September 11, 2018A survey of 63,000 federally employed scientists are warning about the dangers of the Trump administration’s shocking assault on science.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 14, 2018EPA Director Scott Pruitt just upped the ante of his war on science.
By Caroline Orr - March 28, 2018