CIA Whistleblower Reveals COVID Lab Leak Cover-Up
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss the latest developments on the origins of COVID-19 and also the flimsy accusations against Rep. Thomas Massie.
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Abortion by Mail
Plus: Chinese relations, far-right extremists, Yale discriminated, and more...
The FDA's New Psychedelic Rules Are Groovy, but the Agency Is Still a Bad Trip
The new rules will fast track clinical testing, but a far cry from legalization or decriminalization.
Whistleblower Tells Congress the CIA Illegally Spied on White House Officials Investigating COVID Origins
CIA officer James Erdman told the Senate's Homeland Security Committee that his employer suppressed its own assessments that COVID likely came from a lab.
Hantavirus Fear Comes to the Remotest Islands in the World
Tristan da Cunha and Pitcairn Island are nearly impossible to get to. Somehow, hantavirus-exposed travelers ended up on both.
Father of Fertility
Plus: A new kind of seasteading, examining genocide claims, and more...
Marty Makary's Irrational Resistance to Flavored Nicotine Vapes Drove His FDA Resignation
On the subject of tobacco harm reduction, the former commissioner let his emotions override his avowed commitment to following the science.
San Francisco's Outdoor Smoking Ban Won't Improve Public Health, but It Will Hurt the City's Bars and Taverns
Bar owners warn that the proposed smoking ban could force closures, threaten jobs, and damage San Francisco’s nightlife.
Patients Have a Right To Try. Why Can't They Use It?
Terminally ill patients were promised access to experimental treatments, but the "right to try" exists mostly on paper.
Don't Waste Time Arguing Over the Surgeon General Nominee. Abolish the Office.
It’s a vestigial role that has morphed into a national annoyance.
Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Alvin Roth on Organ Markets
Roth explains why legalizing kidney sales can save lives.
Just Don't Call It a War
Plus: AOC says you can't earn a billion dollars, Mythos, hantavirus, and more...
Trump's Health Bureaucrats Are Undermining Confidence in Vaccines
From spiked CDC reports to blocked FDA studies, officials sidelined evidence showing vaccines are safe and effective.
No One Can Define 'Ultra-Processed Food.' Why Is RFK Jr. Trying To Regulate It?
How to raise food prices without giving consumers any useful information.
How a Scientific Cartel Protects Fraudsters and Rakes in Billions of Taxpayer Dollars
Corrupt scientists rarely face accountability. The real victims are everyone else.
Louisiana Says Men Are Spiking Women's Drinks With Abortion Pills. There's Scant Evidence of That.
Mail-order mifepristone is how countless women bypass abortion bans. That could soon change if Louisiana gets its way before the Supreme Court.
The People vs. CEQA
An initiative that would streamline California's development-killing environmental review law appears to be headed to the ballot.
Condemning Nicotine Pouches, Trump's Surgeon General Nominee Reveals Her Hostility to Harm Reduction
Nicole Saphier seems determined to obscure the health advantages of a much less hazardous alternative to cigarettes.
Prosecuting Fauci, Pirate Economy, and Mr. Beast's Red Button Blues
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss how Sen. Rand Paul is ready to go after Anthony Fauci's pardon and how Mr. Beast blew up the internet, again.
Europe Has Too Few Workers and Too Many Retirees. Cutting Immigration Will Make the Math Worse.
Europe’s resistance to immigration is a path to budgetary disaster.
CRISPR Genome Editing and the Future of Down Syndrome Treatment
The ethics of using safe gene therapies to improve the health and cognition of Down syndrome children and adults.
Does Roundup Cause Cancer? Monsanto's Supreme Court Case Could Have Big Impacts on the Food Industry.
The Court’s glyphosate case could reshape legal liability—and undermine evidence-based regulation.
The Evidence Revolution: Why 'Take Nobody's Word for It' Really Matters
Beyond Belief explains how the "evidence revolution" is helping practitioners, policymakers, and the public understand what really works.
The FDA Fast-Tracks Its Review of Psilocybin and Methylone, 2 Promising Psychedelics
The agency issued "national priority vouchers" for the two drugs six days after President Donald Trump promised to facilitate approval of psychedelic therapies.
'Shoot and Kill'
Plus: California fails to unmask ICE agents, the illogic of medical-only marijuana rescheduling, driverless cars in D.C., and more...
Lawmakers Seem Unlikely To Back RFK's $16 Billion Cuts to HHS
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defends his HHS budget, the modest cuts suggest shrinking government isn’t his real priority.
America's Debt Problem Is a Health Care Problem
And the government's "solution" is making it worse.
Medical Marijuana Rescheduling Is Legally Puzzling but a 'Huge Win' for Patients, Suppliers, and Scientists
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's distinction between medical and recreational cannabis is hard to reconcile with the relevant scientific and statutory criteria.
Brits Don't Need Government Mandates To Create a 'Smoke-Free Generation.' The Market Is Already Doing So.
With smoking rates already declining, the infantilization of future adults is unlikely to be a big win for public health.
Stephanie Barclay on "The Emergency Docket's Mistaken Birthday"
Contrary to what some believe, the Clean Power Plan was not the first executive branch action stopped on the "Shadow Docket."
Trump's Embrace of Psychedelic Therapy Leaves Most Users on the Wrong Side of the Law
The medical model assumes that people should be allowed to use psychedelics only for government-approved reasons.
A Grim Diagnosis, but New Science Is Rewriting the Story of Pancreatic Cancer
The day draws nearer when it is no longer "a death sentence."
The COVID Reckoning Doesn't Go Far Enough
Real medical freedom will require something greater than replacing the public health establishment: ending the FDA's monopoly.
The Promise and Limits of Trump's Psychedelic Therapy Order
The president's facilitation of research and FDA review could help make psychedelics available to approved patients. But what about everyone else?
Most Young Australians Successfully Evade the Country's Social Media Ban
The anxious generation is proving more tech savvy than regulators.
Trump's 'Great Healthcare Plan' To Replace Obamacare Isn't Much of a Plan
The administration's goal to lower prices is a good one, but officials don't actually have a plan to make it happen.
Sen. Mike Lee Says Federal Prison Hung Up on Him When He Tried To Check on Inmate
Families have complained for years that the Bureau of Prisons fails to notify them when their incarcerated loved ones are seriously ill or even dying.
A Maryland Hospital Held a Woman for Months Against Her Will. The Supreme Court Will Decide if She Can Sue.
The case will determine whether an unnamed plaintiff can take the hospital and its doctors to federal court.
Trump Won With the MAHA Vote. Now He Might Be Losing It.
A new poll shows Make America Healthy Again supporters are drifting from Trump, but their “health first” politics may reshape conservative politics in the process.
Trump's New Budget—Which Proposes $1.5 Trillion for Defense—Is Unserious. You Should Still Take It Seriously.
It would be easy to wave it away and move on. But that's how the U.S. got in such a dire fiscal situation.
Minneapolis Might Bring Back Bathhouses As Spaces for Sex and Queer Community
It’s a public health matter, say proponents of the new bathhouse ordinances.
Why Does Trump Want the Biggest Defense Budget Ever?
Plus: Trump’s budget ignores the deficit, NASA’s Artemis program faces delays and rising costs, and a listener asks about libertarian alternatives to Medicare for All.
Alabama Birthing Center Regulations Are Nearly Impossible To Comply With. State Supreme Court Could Intervene.
"It shouldn't be this hard to give birth safely in the state of Alabama, and it doesn't have to," said the ACLU's lead counsel on the case.
How Capitalism Lost the Working Class
Brink Lindsey discusses the gap between mass prosperity and mass flourishing, capitalism’s crisis of inclusion, and the implications of falling fertility.
America Has Gone More Than a Year Without a Surgeon General. Has Anyone Noticed?
Rather than debating over who should fill the role, Congress and the White House should just eliminate it altogether.
