Vaccine Hesitancy: Myths and Facts
Vaccine hesitancy is the delayed acceptance or refusal of vaccines despite their availability, a behavior the World Health Organization formally defined in 2014. The most durable myths, including the claim that the MMR vaccine causes autism, fail when tested against the documentary record, the large cohort studies, and the regulatory archive. Published: June 5, 2026. […]
Tuskegee Syphilis Study 1932-1972: How a Documented Medical Conspiracy Shaped 50 Years of Public Distrust
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study is the rare case where the word “conspiracy” survives the documentary test. From 1932 to 1972, the United States Public Health Service enrolled 600 Black men in Macon County, Alabama in a non-therapeutic study of untreated late-stage syphilis, withheld penicillin after it became standard care in 1947, and continued the protocol […]