Fauci Diaries Update, Public Health Needs MAHA, National Academy of Pseudoscience, Cyclospora Outbreak Warning, Lac Vaccinum Defloratum, Statin Floodgate, Xanthan Gum Inflammation, NVAC Vaccine Prediction, Microplastic Removal Options, Curcumin Cancer Success and MORE!
by Mark Dillinger | Jul 28, 2026 | Government and Media, Health Concerns, Natural Remedies, Show Notes, Social Issues & Policy, Social Issues & Politics, Vaccines |
July 28, 2026 3-5pm ET
Tuesday on The Robert Scott Bell Show:
Hour 1
‘I Am the Most Famous’: Fauci Basked in Media Spotlight, Newly Released Diaries Show Sen. Rand Paul released personal diary entries written by Dr. Anthony Fauci spanning December 2019 to the end of 2022 ahead of Fauci’s scheduled July 29 congressional testimony on the origins of COVID-19 and the federal pandemic response. The contemporaneous notes document meetings, scientific discussions, public messaging and Fauci’s observations during the crisis. Early entries include a Jan. 26, 2020, note stating that the first infection occurred in early December and was not connected to the Wuhan seafood market, which Fauci described as an amplifier rather than the source. A Jan. 31, 2020, entry records a conversation with Jeremy Farrar about discussions among scientists Kristian Andersen, Eddie Holmes and Bob Garry regarding unusual viral features such as the furin cleavage site and the possibility of deliberate insertion and lab release. Fauci later wrote that no one was 100 percent certain of the origin and called for thorough investigation, while by July 2021 noting scientists argued with good evidence for natural emergence. Recurring entries show Fauci commenting on his rising media profile, writing in May 2020 that his national and international fame was explosive and that he was the most famous and talked-about person in the country. Other notes express frustration with the Trump administration over efforts to reopen the economy, restricted media appearances and perceived denial of ongoing outbreaks. A June 2021 entry records an email from scientist Jesse Bloom about early Wuhan SARS-CoV-2 sequences deleted from the NIH Sequence Read Archive that Bloom recovered and analyzed. Paul has long clashed with Fauci over gain-of-function research funding and lab-leak theories, which Fauci previously described as preposterous in some framings while acknowledging the concept itself is not inherently a conspiracy theory.
Public Health Needs MAHA Public health professionals should engage with the Make America Healthy Again movement rather than dismiss it as purely anti-vaccine, because many of its core concerns about environmental pollutants, ultra-processed foods, healthcare costs and industry capture of regulatory institutions are shared by millions of Americans and align with long-standing public health priorities. Author Craig Spencer, who has attended MAHA events and spoken with supporters, notes that KFF polling shows about four in 10 Americans identify with the movement, with top priorities being healthcare costs, restricting chemical additives in food and limiting corporate influence, while nearly eight in 10 MAHA supporters consider established vaccines such as measles, mumps, rubella and polio safe and only 4 percent cite vaccines as their reason for support. MAHA’s political success stems from its willingness to name problems loudly and challenge powerful interests, contrasting with public health’s more cautious, technocratic approach that has left the field appearing distant or scolding, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic when trust in agencies like the CDC, NIH and FDA fell sharply. Spencer acknowledges MAHA’s reckless elements, including unproven claims and vaccine falsehoods, but argues public health has often set the evidence bar too high and lacked nerve on issues like ultra-processed foods, toxins and drug prices. He recommends that the field end financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies that create appearances of conflict, show up visibly and non-partisanly on shared issues such as air quality, lead in water and food quality, and rebuild trust by demonstrating it is on the side of communities rather than relying solely on data and court victories.
Yet Another Embarrassment From The National Academy Of Pseudoscience The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine released a report titled “Attribution of Extreme Weather Events and Their Impacts” asserting that rising greenhouse gas concentrations from human activities are affecting the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts and floods. Author Francis Menton criticizes the report for assuming its conclusion from the outset and for failing to address alternative hypotheses or evidence that might contradict the human-attribution claim across its 175 pages. Menton notes that the report relies on correlational evidence and improved modeling and observations while ignoring data sets showing no overall increase in extreme weather metrics, such as accumulated cyclone energy charts that display no clear upward trend. He previously faulted an NAS-authored chapter in the Federal Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence for incorrectly stating that correlation is the only means of establishing causation, contrary to the scientific method of falsifying null hypotheses. Menton highlights connections between report contributors and climate litigation groups, quoting an attorney who said the NAS report would boost plaintiffs’ cases against fossil fuel companies. He calls for defunding the NAS and for members to resign, arguing the report exemplifies politicized science rather than rigorous inquiry, and references additional papers documenting declines in temperature extremes and natural fluctuations in regional precipitation that the NAS report did not cite.
Cyclospora boosts fears that deadlier foodborne outbreaks are ahead Food safety experts warn that federal funding cuts and changes to surveillance systems under the Trump administration have weakened the ability to detect and contain foodborne illness outbreaks, raising the risk that future pathogens could prove far more deadly than the ongoing cyclospora outbreak that has sickened thousands across dozens of states. The CDC’s FoodNet program, created after deadly E. coli cases in the 1990s, has ended mandatory tracking of cyclospora and five other pathogens including listeria, which kills as many as 30 percent of diagnosed cases and hospitalizes nearly 95 percent of those infected, and campylobacter, which affects an estimated 1.5 million people yearly. Participating states no longer must report these illnesses, while passive systems rely on voluntary state reporting without firm timelines. FDA domestic and foreign food inspections have long fallen short of congressional targets and dropped further after job cuts of about 3,500 positions at the agency. Michigan, which has reported more than 7,000 cyclosporiasis cases, has diverted staff from other programs to trace sources, with state officials saying underfunded public health is already limiting detection capacity. HHS maintains that FDA investigators were not affected by staffing reductions, that the president’s budget proposes a $33 million increase for food safety, and that the CDC continues monitoring cyclospora. Critics including food safety lawyer Bill Marler and academics argue the reduced surveillance allows outbreaks to continue longer, increasing illnesses, while state health departments face growing burdens from federal cuts.
Welcome back to another “Homeopathic Hits” episode on The Robert Scott Bell Show!
Today’s Homeopathic Hit is Lac vaccinum defloratum, commonly known as Skimmed Milk.
Boericke highlights this remedy for diseases with faulty nutrition, sick headaches with profuse flow of urine during pain, car sickness, obstinate constipation, and marked prostration accompanying the headache picture.
Hour 2
Considering statins? New US cholesterol guidelines may change your decision Updated 2026 cholesterol treatment guidelines from the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and partnering societies could make an estimated 21.5 million additional U.S. adults eligible for statin therapy, bringing the total to about 87.5 million people or more than half of adults ages 30 to 79, according to a JAMA analysis of national health survey data. The expansion stems from four main changes: extending risk assessment to ages 30 to 79 instead of primarily 40 to 75, lowering risk thresholds so that a 10 percent 10-year cardiovascular risk is now high, 5 percent intermediate and 3 percent borderline, giving greater weight to conditions such as advanced chronic kidney disease and HIV, and incorporating 30-year risk estimates for younger adults so that those with low near-term risk but elevated lifetime risk may still be considered. Eligibility means statin therapy should be discussed rather than automatically prescribed, with decisions individualized based on age, LDL levels, family history, other conditions and personal preferences. Patients should know their lipid numbers and use tools such as the PREVENT calculator, and may consider coronary artery calcium scans or additional blood tests like lipoprotein(a) for clearer guidance. Statins are extensively studied and generally well tolerated, though muscle symptoms and a modest increase in diabetes risk can occur. Lifestyle measures including heart-healthy diet, exercise, weight management and not smoking remain foundational and may precede or accompany medication depending on overall risk.
Study: Xanthan Gum, A Staple In Gluten-Free Foods, Linked To Gut Inflammation A ten-week study in adult male rats found that xanthan gum, a common food thickener used in gluten-free products, sauces and medical thickeners for swallowing difficulties, produced signs of mild colon inflammation at every dose tested. Researchers divided 32 Wistar rats into four groups and fed three groups increasing amounts modeled on human exposure from gluten-free diets or daily thickener use, then examined colon tissue under a microscope and measured inflammation and barrier proteins. Treated rats showed higher lymphocyte infiltration and elevated inflammation scores, particularly at middle and high doses, along with increased TNF-alpha and Claudin-2 levels consistent with greater tissue inflammation and permeability, though a second measurement method showed less consistent results. Body weight, blood sugar and cholesterol remained unchanged, so the gut changes would not have been detected on routine checks. Only the highest dose altered gut bacteria by increasing a rare bacterial group, while overall diversity stayed stable. The authors link the findings to long-standing clinical concerns about xanthan gum and necrotizing enterocolitis in premature infants, though the study used adult rats rather than infants and cannot prove effects in humans. Limitations include the small sample of eight animals per group, use of only males, and focus solely on the colon. The paper was published in PLOS ONE and calls for further translational research connecting animal results to clinical care.
New NVAC Charter Opens the Door to Vaccine Questions Washington Has Dodged The renewed National Vaccine Advisory Committee charter filed July 7, 2026, explicitly allows subcommittees to examine topics including strengthening natural immunity, identifying individuals at greater risk of adverse vaccine reactions, genetic susceptibility, immune dysregulation, personalized vaccinology, non-immunization strategies, scientific integrity, product safety and informed consent. ANH-USA describes this as a major opening after years in which such questions were often dismissed as anti-science. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine acknowledged in 2013 that key elements of the childhood vaccine schedule, including number, timing, order, frequency and age of administration, had not been systematically examined and that evidence on children more susceptible to adverse reactions was limited. The COVID-19 experience is cited as demonstrating the risks of one-size-fits-all policies that inadequately accounted for prior infection, natural immunity, age or individual risk while marginalizing dissenting scientists and eroding trust. The article references attorney Aaron Siri’s September 2025 Senate testimony about an unpublished Henry Ford Health study comparing vaccinated and unvaccinated children that reportedly found higher rates of certain chronic conditions among the vaccinated, though the study was not peer-reviewed and Henry Ford disputed claims it was buried while citing methodological flaws. ANH-USA argues that science must be free to ask hard questions about interventions recommended for healthy children and often required for school, and that the new charter offers an opportunity to rebuild trust through transparent research, open debate, individualized risk assessment and genuine informed consent rather than suppressing discussion.
New Supplement May Remove Microplastics From Body A new postbiotic supplement called Qi601, made from heat-inactivated Lactobacillus fermentum aggregates, may help limit absorption of microplastics by binding to the particles in the digestive tract so they pass through the body rather than being absorbed. Microplastics, pieces of plastic less than 5 millimeters in size that are found in oceans, soil, food, health and beauty products and human tissue, have been linked to increased risk of heart attacks and strokes and higher concentrations have been detected in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease. In a small human study, participants chewed gum, a known source of microplastics, before taking the supplement developed by Quorum Innovations Inc., and researchers found that Qi601 increased capture of microplastics in the mouth by 87.6 percent. Laboratory models of the human gut showed that about 98 percent of plastic particles remained attached to the postbiotic as it passed through saliva, stomach and intestinal phases. The manufacturer states that the bacterial strain has been determined by the FDA to be Generally Recognized as Safe and recommends one capsule daily for adults, with children and pregnant or breastfeeding individuals using it only under healthcare provider guidance. The product is described as forming a biofilm-like shield that physically binds microplastics and nanoplastics during digestion.
Turmeric’s Curcumin Emerges As Frontrunner Against Cancer Cells In Early Lab Study An early laboratory study tested five plant compounds with traditional medicinal histories, curcumin from turmeric, berberine, CAPE from bee resin, biochanin A from red clover, and cucurbitacin E, against mouse fibrosarcoma cells and normal rat muscle cells. Curcumin and CAPE showed the clearest early preference for affecting cancer cells over healthy ones, while the compounds drained energy stores far more aggressively in fibrosarcoma cells, typically 83 to 92 percent, than in normal cells. Curcumin drove the highest share of cancer cells into a senescence-associated state exceeding 75 percent, compared with about 57 percent of normal cells, and berberine similarly affected more than 69 percent of tumor cells with less impact on healthy ones. Biochanin A appeared highly effective against cancer cells in culture but proved the most toxic in a live wax moth larvae model, with only 2 of 10 surviving past the first day, while curcumin and berberine maintained high larval survival rates comparable to controls. The study, published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, is a cell-based screen rather than a test in animals or humans and used rodent cell lines from different species. Authors note limitations including the preliminary nature of the larval toxicity screen and call for further work with human sarcoma models and mammalian safety testing before any therapeutic conclusions can be drawn.
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