Six common conspiracy theories and why it’s pointless to argue with them
Mocking conspiracy theories is tempting but it doesn’t work. To change minds you must challenge
Andrew Wakefield
Gwyneth Paltrow’s wellness products condemned by NHS chief
Goop’s ‘misleading claims’ mean people are wasting money and taking risks
Biggest mumps outbreak in a decade continues with 103 new cases last week
Worst affected part of the State is the greater Dublin area, which accounted for 1,126 cases so far this year
Kardashian effect is ‘diminishing’ public health messages, TD claims
Vaccinated children could suffer serious illness from mumps, says Kate O’Connell
The return of mumps: Why has the disease gained a hold in Ireland?
Current outbreaks of mumps and measles may be partially due to vaccination controversies
The Irish Times view on vaccination: a vital protection
Reported mumps cases have risen in the Republic this year
Dr Muiris Houston: I fear we are witnessing a resurgence in measles infection
In the cot was an eight-year-old boy: he could not swallow and was almost completely blind
The utter quackery of the wellness industry
It’s not surprising to see Goop’s anti-science, anti-fact garbage exposed for what it is
The shady backstreets of scientific publishing
Ivan Oransky shines light on papers pulled for mistakes, miscalculation, fakery or fraud
Rubella threat hasn’t gone away you know
Poor uptake of the MMR vaccine following a health scare in the 1990s coupled with an increase in the number of non-EU nationals living here has led to a higher incidence of susceptible women
Measles outbreak: the price of bad science
The State remains below the threshold where 95 per cent of the population are immune to measles, mumps and rubella
Anti-HPV vaccine myths have fatal consequences
Political and media support for false claims condemns young people to preventable deaths
‘Outlandish therapies’ exploit families of autistic children
Opinion: Misinformation about autism leaves many at risk from ‘purveyors of snake oil’
Discredited English anti-vaccine doctor’s Irish tour criticised
Fine Gael TD Kate O’Connell had thought ‘witch doctors had gone out with the Dark Ages’ as struck-off doctor Andrew Wakefield plans visit
Robert De Niro vexed by ‘Vaxxed’
The star’s Tribeca Film Festival accepted, then dropped, Andrew Wakefield’s film about what he still believes to be links between the MMR vaccine and autism
When research is sloppy or downright dishonest
Scientists’ careers are increasingly dependent on how often they publish research. But the ‘publish or perish’ metric has its problems, and can lead to shady practices
Who researches the research?
Despite the length of time it takes for evidence-based research to be carried out, not all evidence is equal
Society would benefit from a better understanding of what is and isn’t science
A theory is distinguished by having both explanatory and predictive power
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