Overview

• The inquest is scheduled for July in the UK to determine how anti-medicine views influenced Paloma’s treatment choices.
• Paloma, 23, was diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in December 2023 and was told chemotherapy offered an 80 percent chance of recovery.
• Brothers Gabriel and Sebastian say their mother’s social media promotion of alternative therapies persuaded Paloma to refuse conventional cancer treatment.
• Kate Shemirani was struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council register in 2021 after sharing anti-vaccine and anti-medicine content to millions online.
• The case has prompted calls for stronger regulation of medical misinformation on social platforms, with TikTok recently banning some of Shemirani’s videos.