In the hearing on Wednesday, Sanders called attention to Kennedy’s denial of germ theory while raising one of Kennedy’s shaky ...

Germ theory is the idea that pathogens can invade the human body and cause disease — and it wasn't always accepted. Evidence for germ theory accumulated over time, and as it did, it butted against ...

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Strange as it may seem, early germ theorists could tell us a lot about today’s attitudes toward climate change. While researching for a new book about the history of emerging infections, I found many ...

In recent months, the U.S. government has taken steps to defund and dismantle key infectious disease programs, including a National Institutes of Health lab that has contributed to groundbreaking work ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An anti-vax blogger went viral after she shared a video licking grocery store surfaces. The blogger was previously known for ...

From alleging that the polio vaccine kills more people than it saves to promoting cod liver oil as a remedy during a measles outbreak, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has, ...

I am stunned by the irony of two articles that appeared alongside each other in the Metro section of Saturday’s Globe. The first, “Health experts say germ theory denial explains RFK Jr.’s views,” ...

An anti-vax blogger went viral after she shared a video licking grocery store surfaces. The blogger was previously known for claiming to have cured her son's autism diagnosis. The video echoes a ...