Combating Antiscience

5 years later, Dr. Peter Hotez on triumphs and tragedies of COVID-19

Five years after COVID-19 began its spread across the U.S., Here & Now checks in with infectious disease expert, physician and vaccine researcher Dr. Peter Hotez.
He reflects on the triumphs, like rapid vaccine development and scientific collaboration, to the tragedies, including the decision by some to not get vaccinated, which one study shows was responsible for more than 200,000 American deaths during a 15-month period from 2021 through 2022.
This segment aired on March 13, 2025.

Vaccines, Autism, and Neurodiversity

Could Vaccine Misinformation Lead to a Worldwide Health Crisis?

Texas Book Festival –The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science, a critical take on the anti-vaccine movement in America. This event was part of the 2023 Texas Book Festival in Austin.

Anti-science kills: From Soviet embrace of pseudoscience to accelerated attacks on US biomedicine
3-29-2021
Where We Live
Connecticut Public Radio Podcast

Ground Truths with Eric Topol
Mounting antiscience aggression in the United States