The vast amount of misinformation circulating in public health is largely due to not understanding evidence-based science.

Should you believe the findings of scientific studies? Amid current concerns about the public’s trust in science, old arguments are resurfacing that can sow confusion. As a statistician involved in ...

Scientists once thought illness was caused by “miasmas,” foul vapors that drifted through the air. For centuries, they were certain that the sun rotated around the Earth. Until the 1950s, they ...