From time to time our work results in coverage in the mainstream media – this is an archive of media coverage of our work.
2021
- ASA to charity: Remove claims homeopathy helps diabetes and asthma (Chemist and Druggist, 21st May 2021)
- Homeopathy UK told to take down articles saying remedies can help depression and asthma (BMJ, 20th May 2021)
- Homeopathy UK hit by advertising ruling over claims to treat depression, diabetes, infertility (Daily Mail, 19th May 2021)
- Homeopathy UK banned from claiming to treat depression (The Times, 19th May 2021)
- The Times calls for a clampdown on homeopathy (The Times, 19th May 2021)
- Homeopathy course dropped by Middlesex University due to Covid ‘cures’ (The Times, 21st March 2021)
- Advertising Standards Authority upholds challenge against Homeopathy UK (Civil Society, 7th May 2021)
- Young people given vaccines early (iNews, 25th February, 2021)
- World Health Organisation calls on Instagram to increase efforts to remove anti-vaccine propaganda (The Telegraph, 31st January 2021)
- Homeopaths peddling ‘dangerous’ vaccine myths ‘have crossed the line’ (The Telegraph, 24th January 2021)
- Homeopaths claiming duck extracts are ‘as good as vaccines’ condemned by NHS England (The Daily Star, 24th January 2021)
- Anti-radiation stickers sold on Amazon (The Telegraph, 4th January 2021)
2020
- Bioresonance food intolerance tests are hair-brained and ineffective (Mirror, 15th October 2020)
- NHS GPs continue to prescribe homeopathic remedies despite being told not to, as government delays blacklisting homeopathy (The Telegraph, 13th September 2020)
- MPs call for criminal charges for practitioners who promote alternative cancer cures (The Telegraph, 5th September 2020)
- Fighting Anti-Vaccine Pseudoscience, One Viral Video at a Time (Bloomberg, 13th August 2020)
- Ministers join our call to change legislation to better protect cancer patients from quackery (Telegraph, 9th August 2020)
- How crowdfunding cash can be turned to quackery (Telegraph, 1st August 2020)
- Vitamin dosing via bluetooth? Physicist warns don’t waste your money on Healy (Radio New Zealand, 29th July 2020)
- I lost my boyfriend to cancer ‘conspiracy theories’ (BBC Three, 20th July 2020)
- Is there a future for newspaper astrologers in the era of fake news? (Press Gazette, 17th July 2020)
- Relatives warn of dangers of alternative treatments for cancer in BBC documentary (BMJ, 16th July 2020)
- Liverpool mum slams thermography clinic for the “false hope” it gave her son (Liverpool Echo, 16th July 2020)
- Society of Homoeopaths is investigated over claims that standards chief promoted anti-vaccination material (BMJ, 15th July 2020)
- ‘Thermographic scans gave my son false hope’ (BBC, 15th July 2020)
- False Hope? Alternative Cancer Cures (BBC Three, 15th July 2020)
- Alternative medicine and thermography: Sean’s cancer story (BBC, 15th July 2020)
- Families of cancer patients claim homeopathy clinic ‘radicalised’ their family members (Daily Mail, 15th July 2020)
- False Hope? Alternative Cancer Cures, BBC3, review: a clear-headed dismantling of quackery
- Daily Mail speaks out against homeopaths and anti-vaxxers (Daily Mail, 13th July 2020)
- Society of Homeopaths status to be reviewed after professional standards director shared anti-vax misniformation (The Telegraph, 11th July 2020)
- Twitter criticised for letting Pizzagate conspiracy theory trend (The Telegraph, 9th June 2020)
- Coronavirus misinformation spreads on Facebook (The Telegraph, 26th April 2020)
- Homeopaths ‘risking lives with bogus coronavirus treatments’ (The Times, 13th April 2020)
- The Times view of homeopaths promoting bogus coronavirus treatments: Junk Medicine (The Times, 13th April 2020)
- Facebook takes action against conspiracy theories linking 5G and coronavirus (The Telegraph, 6th April 2020)
- Flat Earthers: What They Believe and Why (Scientific American, 27th March 2020)
- Homeopaths spread coronavirus misinformation (Mirror, 26th March 2020)
- Homeopaths spread misinformation over coronavirus prevention and cure (Telegraph, 2nd March 2020)
- Coronavirus scam ‘cures’ are spreading online (Telegraph, 27th February 2020)
- Homeopaths Reaccredited by Standards Body but With Conditions (Medscape, 14th February 2020)
- Society of Homeopaths told to expel anti-vax members (Daily Mail, 14th February 2020)
- Society of Homeopaths rebuked over bogus autism remedies (The Times, 13th February 2020)
- Society of Homeopaths told by Professional Standards Authority to stop allowing autism ‘treatments’ (Independent, 13th February 2020)
- Society of Homeopaths banned from offering autism ‘treatments’ (Daily Mail, 13th February 2020)
- Crowdfunding sites urged to blacklist alternative cancer treatments (The Telegraph, 10th February 2020)
- SCARE STORY: The new anti-vaxx film backed by disgraced doctor Andrew Wakefield that’s fuelling UK movement that could kill YOUR kids (The Sun, 16th January 2020)
- Anti-vax film to be shown at a council-owned Notting Hill theatre (Daily Mail, 14th January 2020)
2019
- Movimento que rebaixou homeopatia no Reino Unido e na Austrália chega ao Brasil (Folha De S.Paulo, 22nd November 2019)
- Campanha contra a homeopatia no SUS será lançada neste sábado (Scientific American Brasil, 21st November 2019)
- Model Claudia Scott given dressing down by BBC watchdog for dangerous ear-wax tip (The Times, 20th November 2019)
- Homeopatia funciona mesmo? (Saúde, 19th November 2019)
- Chiropractic treatment and the case of John Lawler (Telegraph, 12th November 2019)
- Society of Homeopaths needs to ban autism ‘cures’ (Telegraph, 11th November 2019)
- Homeopaths are still offering autism ‘cures’ despite being told to stop (Telegraph, 10th November 2019)
- Google removed adverts for homeopathic ‘MMR’ remedies (Daily Mail, 5th November, 2019)
- Homeopaths sell homeopathic ineffective MMR remedies (Daily Mail, 3rd November, 2019)
- Chair of Society of Homeopaths shares anti-vaxx misinformation (Daily Mail, 1st November, 2019)
- Homeopaths? They flog woo-woo. Don’t get me started on osteopaths (The Times, 31st October 2019)
- Dangerous anti-vax misinformation sold by royal homeopath Ainsworths (Daily Mail, 29th October 2019)
- Homeopathic cannot prevent measles, says Dr Max Pemberton (Daily Mail, 29th October 2019)
- NHS chiefs’ fears about homeopathy mirrored in the veterinary profession (Vet Surgeon, 29th October 2019)
- Homeopathy should have professional accreditation revoked, NHS leaders urge (BMJ, 29th October 2019)
- Head of NHS, Simon Stevens, speaks out against homeopathy (The Guardian, 28th October 2019)
- Health bosses’ ‘serious concerns’ over homeopathy (BBC, 28th October 2019)
- NHS chief wants homeopathy to lose official stamp of approval (The Times, 28th October 2019)
- Bad Medicine: Homeopaths can cause great harm and deserve to be stripped of their accreditation (The Times, 28th October 2019)
- Head of NHS, Simon Stevens, calls for homeopathy to be blacklisted over anti-vax misinformation (The Telegraph, 28th October 2019)
- Head of NHS, Simon Stevens, calls homeopathy ‘dangerous’ over antivaxx misinformation (Daily Mail, 28th October 2019)
- RUBBISH REMEDIES: NHS chief slams ‘chancers’ for pushing ‘bogus’ homeopathic treatments following fall in childhood vaccination rates (The Sun, 28th October 2019)
- NHS calls for homeopathy to be blacklisted over anti-vaccine scaremongering (Independent, 28th October 2019)
- NHS England address ‘serious concerns’ over potential homeopathy reaccreditation (Pulse, 28th October 2019)
- BBC Today (BBC Radio 4, 28th October 2019)
- Nick Ferrari’s morning show (LBC, 28th October 2019)
- Matthew Wright Show (talkRadio, 28th October 2019)
- Good Thinking With Michael Marshall (Skeptical Inquirer, 17th October 2019)
- Why the use of CEASE therapy on children with autism is wrong (Spectator, 16th October 2019)
- Professional Standards Authority challenged over accreditation for Society of Homeopaths after misleading autism claims (Daily Mail, 4th October 2019)
- Professional Standards Authority faces legal challenge over autism treatments (The Guardian, 4th October 2019)
- Homeopaths put children at risk with autism ‘cure’ (The Times, 4th October 2019) (print edition)
- The Times view on homeopaths who claim to cure autism: Phoney Medicine (The Times, 4th October 2019) (print edition)
- Psychics like Jeanette Wilson are moving into the wellness industry and it’s dangerous (Noted, 2nd October 2019)
- Homeopathic treatment has been dismissed as quackery by doctors — so why do people keep taking the medicine? (iNews, 27th August 2019)
- Sunkiausiu gyvenimo metu šarlatanai apspinta kaip maitvanagiai: už stebuklingus vaistus susikrauna didžiulius turtus (Delfi, Lithuania, 4th August 2019)
- Phedra weight-loss pills are a waste of time and money (Mirror, 1st August 2019)
- Homeopathy in Europe: Is the Tide Starting to Turn? (Medscape, 29th July 2019)
- New Zealand psychic under fire in UK over ‘false’ health claims (New Zealand Herald, 20th July 2019)
- NZ psychic under fire in UK over health claims (Otago Daily Times, 20th July 2019)
- Concerns raised over ‘Psychic Surgery’ coming to Enfield (Enfield Independent, 20th July 2019)
- Flat Earth: How did YouTube help spread a conspiracy theory? (BBC, 18th July 2019)
- Fake cancer cures flourish online (The Guardian, 14th July 2019)
- Is YouTube to blame for the rise of flat Earth? (BBC Trending, 13th July 2019)
- The 13 weirdest events to hit Cheshire as Stranger Things 3 launches on Netflix (CheshireLive, 7th July 2019)
- ‘Psychic healer’ Jeanette Wilson comes to town (Oxford Mail, 3rd July 2019)
- El príncipe Carlos, en el punto de mira por su apoyo a la homeopatía (El Pais, 3rd July 2019)
- ¿Por qué el Príncipe Carlos sigue apoyando la homeopatía? (Quo, 1st July 2019)
- ‘Psychic healer’ claims ghosts can cure arthritis during Chester show (CheshireLive, 1st July 2019)
- ‘Psychic healer’ Jeanette Wilson claims spirit doctors can heal disease (Liverpool Echo, 30th June 2019)
- Medical science can find no cure for the belief in quack remedies (The Times, 29th June 2019)
- Anti-vaccine homeopaths on official list (The Times, 29th June 2019)
- Prince Charles criticised after becoming patron of Faculty of Homeopathy (Daily Mail, 26th June 2019)
- Prince Charles under fire for becoming patron of homeopathy group (Sky News, 26th June 2019)
- Prince Charles under fire for becoming patron of homeopathy body (CNN, 26th June 2019)
- ‘Obscene’: Prince Charles slammed over new patronage (News.com.au, 26th June 2019)
- Le prince Charles accusé de “charlatanisme” : son nouvel engagement fait polémique au Royaume-Uni (Closer, France, 26th June 2019)
- Scientists attack Charles for becoming Faculty of Homeopathy patron (The Times, 25th June 2019)
- Prince Charles becomes patron of Faculty of Homeopathy (The Guardian, 25th June 2019)
- ‘Is the Earth actually flat? (Chichester Observer, 11th June 2019)
- Diluindo o gasto público com homeopatia, até sobrar só a memória! (Questao de Ciencia, 9th June 2019)
- Homeopathy prescribing set to be blacklisted under NHS England plans (Pulse, 9th April 2019)
- NHS Homeopathy call-in, James O’Brien, LBC (8th April 2019)
- Homeopathic remedies to be banned by NHS (Daily Mail, 7th April 2019)
- NHS spends £55,000 a year on homeopathy prescriptions (Telegraph, 5th April 2019)
- Why some people believe the world is flat (Daily Mail, 1st April 2019)
- GoFundMe blocks cash appeals for controversial cancer clinic (Financial Times, 20th March 2019)
- GoFundMe bans donations for controversial cancer treatments (The Hill, 20th March 2019)
- Cancer crowdfunding ‘couldn’t save my daughter’ (BBC, 8th March 2019)
- German cancer ‘cure’ clinic uses dead mother to as a testimonial’ (Daily Mail, 7th March 2019)
- Cancer crowdfunding ‘couldn’t save my daughter’ (part 2) (BBC Victoria Derbyshire, 7th March 2019)
- Cancer crowdfunding ‘couldn’t save my daughter’ (part 1) (BBC Victoria Derbyshire, 6th March 2019)
- Families warn against alternative cancer cure clinic (Mirror, 6th March 2019)
- How skeptics are fighting back against falsehoods (The Observer, 27th January 2019)
- Mornings with Kay Adams (BBC Radio Scotland, 22nd January 2019)
- Cancer patients are crowdfunding in order to get ineffective treatments at cancer ‘cure’ clinics(Daily Mail, 21st January 2019)
- Double standards in the regulation of veterinary medicines in the UK (Regulatory Rapporteur, 4th January 2019)
2018
- Homeopathy charities to be taken off the register (Independent, 11th December 2018)
- Provide evidence of claims or leave register, Charity Commission tells complementary and alternative medicine organisations (BMJ, 11th December 2018)
- Charity Commission revises approach to charities promoting complementary medicine (Third Sector, 11th December 2018)
- It all adds up for Olivia (Shropshire Star, 4th December 2018)
- Gwyneth Paltrow To Launch Netflix TV Series On Wellness? (Grazia, 25th November 2018)
- Shropshire student Olivia through to UK mathematics final (Shropshire Star, 19th November 2018)
- Why medical experts are increasingly concerned about crowdfunding websites (Noted New Zealand, 7th November 2018)
- Gwyneth Paltrow reported to regulators over misleading and dangerous claims (Independent, 29th October 2018)
- Gwyneth Paltro’ws misleading health claims go too far (Evening Standard, 29th October 2018)
- Goop has been reported to UK regulators for ‘potentially dangerous’ claims (Mashable, 29th October 2018)
- Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop reported to UK watchdogs over ‘potentially dangerous’ health advice (CNBC, 29th October 2018)
- Goop Reported To Authorities Over Dangerous Claims About Products For Pregnant Women (Grazia, 29th October 2018)
- Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop health product ‘dangerous to expecting mothers’ (Sunday Times, 28th October 2018)
- Gwyneth Paltrow reported to trading standards over misleading and dangerous health claims (Daily Mail, 28th October 2018)
- Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Has Been Reported to British Regulators Over ‘Misleading and Potentially Dangerous Claims’ (Huffington Post, 28th October 2018)
- Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop reported to UK ad watchdog for ‘dangerous’ marketing to women (The Drum, 28th October 2018)
- Crowdfunded cancer treatments – do they work? (BBC, 14th September 2018)
- Heart-tugging tales of crowdfunded cancer ‘cures’ fuel quack medicine (New Scientist, 14th September 2018)
- Is cancer fundraising fuelling quackery? (BMJ, 13th September 2018)
- Crowdfunding cancer appeals ‘fuelling quackery’ (The Times, 13th September 2018)
- Cancer crowdfunding is fuelling quackery (The Telegraph, 13th September 2018)
- Cancer crowdfunding is fuelling quack treatments (Daily Mail, 13th September 2018)
- Cancer crowdfunding is fuelling quackery (Mail Online, 13th September 2018)
- Cancer crowdfunding is fuelling pseudoscience and ineffective ‘cures’ (Independent, 13th September 2018)
- Are crowdfunding sites promoting quack treatments for cancer? (NHS Behind the Headlines, 13th September 2018)
- Crowdfunding for cancer: how ‘conmen’ use websites to exploit terminal patients with fake treatments (Newsweek, 13th September 2018)
- Cancer crowdfunding is fuelling ‘quack’ treatments that can cause harm (The Metro, 13th September 2018)
- Cancer crowdfunding sites criticised by doctors for ‘quack’ cancer treatments (The Metro, 13th September 2018)
- eBay pulls sale of false cancer ‘zapper’ treatments (The Telegraph, 2nd September 2018)
- Last NHS funding for homeopathy to cease (The Daily Mail, 15th August 2018)
- NHS no longer funds homeopathy (The Metro, 15th August 2018)
- NHS-funded homeopathic treatment to end in Bristol (BBC, 7th August 2018)
- Homeopathy no longer available on NHS in England after CCG cuts service (Nursing Times, 7th August 2018)
- Dangerous homemade cancer cures promoted by Facebook (The Telegraph, 4th August 2018)
- Bristol considers ending homeopathy on the NHS (BBC Points West, 1st August 2018)
- Universities unwittingly funding videos from discredited doctor Andrew Wakefield (The Times, 21st July 2018)
- Cancer deaths higher among users of alternative therapies (The Times, 20th July 2018)
- Does Ireland need dedicated body to fight pseudoscience? (The Irish Times, 3rd July 2018)
- Opinion: Why is Bristol’s NHS wasting thousands on ‘hocus pocus’ cures? (Bristol Post, 24th June 2018)
- Tech giants are making millions from ‘quack’ diet apps for cancer (The Times, 19th June 2018)
- NHS homeopathy in terminal decline (The Scotsman, 9th June 2018)
- Health inequality promotes alternative medicine myth (The New European, 2nd June 2018)
- Conspiracy theorists meet to discuss flat earth (The Guardian, 27th May 2018)
- Homeopaths sell rabid dog saliva ‘remedy’ (The Mirror, 4th May 2018)
- Good Thinking reports from the UK’s first ever Flat Earth conference (The Guardian, 2nd May 2018)
- David Icke Live: What I Learned From Spending Four Hours With The World’s Most Famous Conspiracy Theorist
(Gizmodo, 1st May 2018) - Interview with Simon Singh on Science Weekly (The Guardian, 13th April 2018)
- Curbs on hospital linked to Queen over rule breach (The Times, 19th March 2018)
- Homeopathy no longer NHS funded in London (The Guardian, 16th March 2018)
- FT Health: Homeopathy Crackdown (Financial Times, 16th March 2018)
- NHS homeopathy ending in London (BBC, 13th March 2018)
- NHS homeopathy funding stops at London’s homeopathic hospital (Independent, 13th March 2018)
- NHS-funded homeopathy dwindles with end of prescriptions from famous London hospital (Nursing Times, 13th March 2018)
- London’s Main Homeopathic Hospital Will Stop Treating People on the NHS (Gizmodo, 13th March 2018)
- Why we must question facilitated communication, especially in the case of ‘locked-in’ children (The Guardian, 5th February 2018)
- Charity criticises Kingston ‘alternative medicine’ practitioner over methods (SW Londoner, 23rd January 2018)
- Maths mastermind from Sheffield makes top three in trans-Atlantic contest (Sheffield Star, 19th January 2018)
- BBC Today ‘Puzzle for Today’, Puzzle No. 136 (BBC Today, 10th January 2018)
- Divide and conquer: The Sheffield maths maestro taking on the world (Sheffield Star, 4th January 2018)
