GoKawiilScience journalism piece warns against judging single studies in isolation
A science journalist argues that confusing, contradictory health headlines—like claims that coffee or red wine are alternately good and bad—often stem from treating individual studies as standalone verdicts rather than weighing them against the broader body of evidence. The piece cites the FDA's September 2025 warning linking acetaminophen in pregnancy to autism, a claim later undercut by a comprehensive review finding no clear link, as an example of cherry-picked science causing needless alarm. It also notes that roughly 7 million scholarly articles were published in 2025, making it increasingly hard to separate rigorous findings from sloppy or contradictory ones.