Weaponized Doubt The new Covid-19 vaccine won’t alter your DNA New coronavirus vaccines have become a magnet for pseudoscience conspiracy theories feature Isobel Cockerell
Why Imran Khan’s chemical castration law won’t solve Pakistan’s sexual violence crisis Pakistan is the latest country to authorize the use of chemical castration as a punishment for sex offenders brief Gautama Mehta
Weaponized Doubt How Brexit's biggest booster embraced anti-science populism Nigel Farage rebrands his anti-immigration party to pander to the anti-lockdown brigade feature Isobel Cockerell
ASMR YouTubers fight testing fears with Covid role-play videos Now that human contact has become all too rare, intimately whispered YouTube videos are providing reassurance to millions of viewers feature Isobel Cockerell
The creep of pseudohealth into India’s hospitals Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promotion of alternative and traditional treatments is impacting the country’s science-backed medical system brief Gautama Mehta
China’s ‘paper mills’ are grinding out fake scientific research at an alarming rate Seeking promotions and financial rewards, doctors and researchers are fueling a thriving industry that produces bogus studies for cash feature Isobel Cockerell
Weaponized Doubt Why a fast-tracked Covid-19 vaccine will still be safe The number of people reassured by any future coronavirus vaccine’s safety is dwindling. We tackle some of their fears explainer Isobel Cockerell
Weaponized Doubt Inside Russia's anti-5G movement In a country widely viewed as the home of global disinformation, a Western conspiracy theory is flourishing feature Roman Korolev and Katia Patin
Scientists criticize Hollywood doctor for treating Covid-19 patients with unproven ‘age reversal’ cocktail A doctor known for his appearances on reality TV shows gave nine patients a compound of unproven supplements without obtaining institutional approval to carry out his research feature Isobel Cockerell
Weaponized Doubt Fear, stigma and survival: inside Facebook’s coronavirus recovery groups Around the world, people getting over Covid-19 are finding support and solidarity in the most unlikely of places feature Isobel Cockerell
Weaponized Doubt Switzerland’s teenage pseudoscience queen ‘Esoteric star’ Christina von Dreien has made a series of worrying statements on everything from Covid-19 and 5G to European identity feature Filip Brokeš
The Brazilian city being turned into a coronavirus "lab experiment" In a country with the world’s second-highest pandemic death toll, public officials and doctors are promoting a drug that scientists say is unproven against Covid-19 dispatch Isabela Dias
Italy’s anti-vaxxers are getting political The coronavirus pandemic has boosted the ranks of anti-vaxxers in Italy and abroad dispatch Alexandra Tyan
Understaffed health care workers battle Covid-19 across Russia follow-up Gautama Mehta and Katerina Fomina
