Nerd Immunity

14/10/2025

You know you’re guilty of asking for antibiotics to get rid of that flu or cold. Be careful not to misuse antibiotics as it can lead to common bacteria being difficult to treat due resistance of the life-saving medication

08/10/2025

Data reveal how the global challenge to reduce deaths and infections from drug-resistant bacteria is not going according to plan.

02/10/2025

The vast majority of people reporting dips in their ability to smell 2 years after COVID-19 had olfactory dysfunction when formally tested, findings from NIH's RECOVER Consortium showed.

And surprisingly, most people who didn't believe they had any post-infection changes in smell had measurable dysfunction as well.
http://medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/117703

02/10/2025

Women who miss their first screening appointment for breast cancer could have a 40% higher long-term risk of dying from the disease, according to a new study. https://cnn.it/3VHLwHx

25/09/2025

The South African Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (SASOG), together with SOOMSA and SASUOG, have stated:

👉 There is no reliable evidence that paracetamol use in pregnancy causes autism.
👉 At recommended doses, paracetamol remains the safest and most effective treatment for pain and fever in pregnancy.

📄 Read the full joint statement here: https://sasog.co.za/press-release-paracetamol-use-in-pregnancy/

25/09/2025

24/09/2025

The Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) has released a statement about pregnant mothers using paracetamol.

To read the entire statement, head to this link:
ranzcog.edu.au/news/paracetamol-use-in-pregnancy/

24/09/2025

Tylenol does not cause autism.

The recent “Tylenol during pregnancy and autism” paper that’s being cited as proof isn’t proof at all.

Read today’s issue of ImmunoLogic:
🔗 https://news.immunologic.org/the-tylenolautism-pseudoscience-pipeline 🔗

In fact, the lead author, Baccarelli, had these exact claims tossed out of federal court in 2023 for having ZERO scientific merit when he was a paid “expert witness” in lawsuits against Tylenol manufacturers & Walmart.

So he decided to repackage it and get it published in a journal to give it the appearance of legitimacy.

Even though the strongest studies — sibling studies — show NO relationship between autism and Tylenol use during pregnancy. It’s a cherry-picked group of studies that weighs memory recall FAR more heavily than actual data.

THAT is the “study” the Trump administration is using as “proof” Tylenol causes autism. That is the paper they’re using to add warning labels to acetaminophen. That is the paper that Trump based his dangerous — and wrong — medical advice on.

This is ACTUALLY the lawsuit pipeline used by a group of physicians with zero toxicology or biochemistry expertise who brand themselves as “environmental exposure experts” and get academic positions under that heading.

• Get paid to testify as an “expert”
• Publish weak observational science under an academic title
• Use the paper to get credibility for court or policy

This is the exact tactic RFK Jr. has built his career on — turning civil litigation against “chemicals” into a pseudoscience pipeline.

Worse? Now it isn’t just lawyers and grifters—our federal health agencies are legitimizing it.

So as Trump, RFK Jr, and their MAHA allies are screaming about this “paper” as proof Tylenol causes autism, remember:

It’s courtroom testimony that was tossed out for being garbage in 2023, now dressed up for PubMed.

And who is harmed? All of us. The public put at risk by fear, confusion, bad science, and dangerous policy.

Listen to the latest episode where me, Kaveh, and discuss this in more detail too: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1dAYcm8NZHr5B5d2rzUPmv?si=x4VOXBClSeKQrLosyAsmEA