Trump's nominee for NIH director once stirred major controversy for criticizing lockdowns, mask mandates, and school closures. Yesterday, Senate Democrats didn't even raise the issue.
Entitlements are a much bigger expense, but that doesn't mean the waste doesn't matter.
A proposed bill in 2021 would have put the HHS secretary in charge of censoring COVID-19 contrarianism on social media.
HHS, like all government programs, has plenty of silly and wasteful line items in its budget; there's no need to just make things up.
New York's proposed ban on nicotine pouches ignores science, consumer choice, and the lessons of prohibition.
A popular narrative says Europeans are better off because of increased regulation. Reality paints a different picture.
RFK, Jr.'s Health and Human Service has inexplicably cancelled two vaccine-related advisory meetings since he took the helm of the agency.
The five-year survival rate of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer is currently 13 percent.
He also can't get a birth certificate or Social Security number for his daughter.
Odd coincidence that RFK Jr. is now Secretary of Health and Human Services?
Combine moral zealotry with increasingly blurred lines between political speech and violence long enough, and the outcome is predictable.
It tries to offset as much as $4.8 trillion—mostly for tax cut extensions—with only $1.5 trillion in supposed spending reductions.
All 194 countries in the World Health Organization imposed COVID travel restrictions. The authors of When the World Closed Its Doors argue it was a failure.
A new study claims addiction is on the rise because internet searches for gambling terms are increasing.
As part of a broader policy shift, the government plans to "start from scratch" regarding the permits.
Despite severe risks and without a crime committed, a Minnesota judge authorized doctors to forcibly administer electroconvulsive therapy—while barring key witnesses from the hearing.
Even if the Department of Government Efficiency eliminates all improper payments and fraud, we'll still be facing a debt explosion—which requires structural reform.
The pretend department’s downgraded mission reflects the gap between Trump’s promise of "smaller government" and the reality of what can be achieved without new legislation.
It's a good sign that the president is calling on critics of the federal government's lack of transparency to staff his administration.
Prosecutors claim the case is about coercion. So why isn’t that the charge they are bringing?
The bill would permanently schedule fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs—and impede therapeutic research.
One grant for $1.1 billion was supported by one sheet of paper and didn’t include itemized costs for the project.
There remains many open questions about whether the agency's funding played a role in the creation of COVID-19 in a Wuhan laboratory.
Eliminating the deficit requires cutting the biggest spending—defense, Medicare, Social Security. So far, Trump says he won't touch those.
New scores from the Nation's Report Card test reveal continued declines for already struggling students.
Drug warriors deserve blame rather than credit for their role in recent overdose trends.
The Trump administration made an extreme claim about wasteful foreign aid that just wasn't true.
Plus: RFK Jr.'s plan to squash Big Pharma, J.D. Vance vs. the bishops, and more...
The past three administrations have tried to limit gain-of-function research. The second Trump administration might be the first one to be successful at doing so.
Two new meta-analyses make a case for individualistic approaches to puberty blockers and hormone treatments, driven by patients, parents, and doctors rather than the state.
Remote work is a plus for many people and businesses, but that’s not necessarily true of D.C.
A new lawsuit alleges that, after failing to treat a placental abruption, medical staff conspired to have Brittany Watts arrested for her miscarriage.
Mandating negligible nicotine levels in tobacco products would create a big black market and criminalize currently legal transactions.
For all the excitement about the incoming administration and a return to the 2019 economy, market stability rests on the precarious assumption that the government will eventually put its fiscal house in order.
The focus on the health risks of alcohol consumption gives short shrift to the reasons people like to drink.
A New York Times essay helps illustrate why the surgeon general's new report on alcohol and cancer leaves out crucial context and nuance.
The problem is likely widespread across the country.
The Court will only consider one of the issues in Braidwood Management v. Becerra
Evidence continues to accumulate that non-tobacco-flavored vaping products can help reduce or discourage smoking.
Another significant administrative law grant of certiorari (and a dog that didn't bark).
New research indicates that, particularly in math, girls' test scores plummeted when compared to boys.
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