Bari Weiss's new CBS hires include 'germ theory denialist' doctor [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Among the new hires at CBS announced by Bari Weiss is a doctor who has claimed that he has reduced his biological age by 20 years with therapies including cold plunges; that cod liver oil can treat autism and that conditions like Alzheimer’s and dementia can be reversed with the kind of nutritional supplements he also sells on his online store.
Dr Mark Hyman, who has been called a “germ theory denialist” by medical author Harriet Hall, and has been brought on as a contributor in Weiss’s revamping of CBS’s news division. He is perhaps the most prominent exponent of so-called “functional medicine” (FM), an alternative medicine that oncological surgeon David Gorski has described as “pure quackery”.
Like some other moves at CBS, his hiring is likely to win favor with the Donald Trump administration.
Hyman is a longtime collaborator with health and human services secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, writing a preface for Kennedy’s 2014 book that argued for the removal of the preservative Thimerosal from vaccines, and appearing alongside Kennedy in an upcoming documentary, Maha Uncensored. Hyman also co-authored a diet book with evangelical pastor Rick Warren.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/bari-weiss-cbs-mark-hyman
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