Bayer Launches Nationwide Science Delivers Tour to Take Science on the Road

WHIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 10, 2026--

Amid growing concerns over misinformation around health and science, Bayer launched a nationwide tour of its Science Delivers mobile interactive experience. The mobile display hits the road at a critical moment: a Harris Poll survey of 2,023 US adults, commissioned by Bayer – Science Under Siege: The Battle Between Viral Misinformation and Shared Belief in the Value of Science (March 2026) – found that 82% worry about their own and their families' wellbeing due to science and health misinformation.

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Tour Details

The tour will visit communities, universities, and local events across California, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri, New York, New Jersey and Washington, D.C, and more – engaging scientists, farmers, researchers, students, and members of the community on discussions around health innovation, agricultural science, and the future of scientific discovery.

The Interactive Experience

Visitors can engage directly with the custom mobile display featuring evidence-based science through interactive activities that showcase how science has delivered extraordinary progress in health, agriculture, medicine, and beyond. Guests will also be invited to share their personal experiences with science by writing a physical or digital postcard for the national educational campaign. These submissions feed into a growing national gallery of more than 700 postcards as of September 2026 showcasing how everyday lives are impacted by scientific progress.

"Science shapes the crops that feed us, the medicines that treat disease, and the communities where we live and work," said Matthias Berninger, EVP, Head of Public Affairs, Sustainability and Safety, Bayer. "Because misinformation threatens years of research required for new breakthroughs, we are meeting Americans where they live and work to spark curiosity and stand up for the future of innovation.”

"Trust in evidence is what gets a new treatment from a trial to the person who needs it – whether that's cardiovascular care, women's health, or beyond," said Dr. Yesmean Wahdan, SVP, Head of Medical Affairs US & North America, Bayer. "When people have access to evidence-based information they understand and trust, they make better decisions for themselves and their families. That's what this tour is really about – meeting people where they are and giving them something solid to stand on.”

“Behind every vitamin, pain reliever or allergy treatment on a pharmacy shelf is years of rigorous science, and consumers deserve to understand and trust that work," said Rachel Koontz, SVP, R&D, Global Self Care, Bayer. "This tour is an opportunity to close the gap between the lab and everyday life, and to give Americans the facts they need to cut through the noise.”

A Larger Movement

The tour is part of the Science Delivers campaign, launched last year, which invites Americans to champion the ways science has improved their lives, recognize and combat misinformation, and help create an environment where innovation can continue to thrive.

To view more on the tour stops or share how you’ve been impacted by science, visit Bayer's Science Delivers education hub.

About Bayer

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of health care and nutrition. In line with its mission, “Health for all, Hunger for none,” the company’s products and services are designed to help people and the planet thrive by supporting efforts to master the major challenges presented by a growing and aging global population. Bayer is committed to driving sustainable development and generating a positive impact on its businesses. At the same time, the Group aims to increase its earning power and create value through innovation and growth. The Bayer brand stands for trust, reliability, and quality throughout the world. In fiscal 2025, the Group employed around 88,000 people and had sales of 45.6 billion euros. R&D expenses amounted to 5.8 billion euros. For more information, go to www.bayer.com.

Bayer has launched a nationwide tour of its Science Delivers mobile interactive experience designed to champion evidence-based science and address misinformation. The display will visit communities, universities, and local events – engaging scientists, farmers, researchers, students, and members of the community on discussions around health innovation, agricultural science, and the future of scientific discovery.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The attacks at Polish schools over the past week were “spontaneous acts” driven by the online “glorification of violence,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Sunday.

Three attacks at schools in the Mazovian province in central Poland took place within four days this week, leaving one dead and many wounded, including children.

By Sunday morning, police had detained 117 people across Poland for carrying knives or other dangerous weapons, or for threatening to attack schools or fellow students. Some 64,000 schools were checked.

“We are not dealing with any group organized on a big scale,” Tusk said on Sunday morning, during a crisis meeting with government and security services. “These are very often spontaneous actions inspired by online activity.”

“In the past years and months, we have noted — globally and in Poland — a rise in the fascination with violence.”

Tusk said the acts could be associated with “nihilistic violence,” a term used by authorities to describe acts of violence driven by a nihilistic worldview and misanthropy rather than specific political goals.

In the case of Poland, he said “some of the people detained are active in the ultraright environment." He said authorities have observed intensified online searches of Nazi content as well as of “mass killers who have become idols online.”

Tusk said Poland was facing a “civilizational phenomenon” where kids playing video games, even banal ones, or those interested in crime stories, were getting exposed to more and more violence.

“This is essentially a copycat scenario, something of a long trail of attackers going back to at least 2019, if not decades earlier,” Kacper Rekawek, senior researcher at the International Center for Counterterrorism in The Hague, told the AP. He was referring to Brenton Tarrant, the white supremacist who shot and killed 51 Muslims at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019.

Rekawek said that one of the suspects in the latest Polish attacks used the same imagery and esthetics as Tarrant, which means the Polish incidents should be “placed within the confines of essentially terrorist behavior.”

Tusk said police checks at schools across Poland would continue into next week in case kids exposed to the stories of the past attacks might “get stupid and unsafe thoughts” to imitate them.

He said Poland had lots of work to do as a society, with parents and teachers having an especially important role to play in communicating with kids about their experiences online and explaining that “fascination and membership in these online practices can lead to very negative consequences.”

On Wednesday, a 19-year-old student at a vocational school in the Mazovian province attacked fellow students, teachers and passersby with a sharp object, wounding nine people. He was arrested nearby. The following day, a 15-year-old killed a school custodian and wounded two other people in a knife attack at his former school in the same province. On Saturday, a 21-year old woman wounded three at a post-secondary school in Warsaw.

Rumors that the attacks were coordinated and that there would be more on “bloody Friday” were shared in parents’ online groups and by mainstream media. It led to 59 schools preemptively suspending classes on Friday across Poland, the majority in Mazovian province.

Those detained on Friday by the police include a 14-year-old boy from Warsaw who was found in possession of a knife with a concealed blade and 11 firecrackers, and a 16-year old who came to school with a butterfly knife in his backpack, police said.

A police officer and a volunteer firefighter look down the street near a cordoned-off area following an attack on the Vocational School Complex No. 4 in Ostroleka, Poland, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafal Niedzielski)