The Government Wants To Track Your Steak
A proposed USDA rule would require RFID tagging of all cattle and bison that move across state lines.
Disease
How the Media Manufactured Panic Over Bees
About 20 years ago, many American bees did die. Then that steadily diminished—but hysteria in the press continued.
FDA Once Again Stands Athwart Biomedical Innovation, Yelling 'Stop!'
New red tape will result in fewer safe and effective diagnostic tests.
Did Capitalism Fail During the Pandemic?
Columnist Joe Nocera debates Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein.
Former NIH Director: Ignoring 'Collateral Damage' Inflicted by COVID-19 Policies Was 'Really Unfortunate'
Francis Collins’ remarks highlight the folly of attaching "infinite value" to a life saved by government regulation.
The Media's Misleading Fearmongering Over Climate Change
"Over the last 20 years, because of temperature rises, we have seen about 116,000 more people die from heat. But 283,000 fewer people die from cold."
New Mosquitos Can Help Beat Malaria
Malaria is making a comeback in the United States. Mosquitos might be part of the solution.
'America Funded It': Rand Paul Blasts Fauci and the Media for Suppressing the Lab Leak Theory
The notion that COVID-19 came from a lab was once touted as misinformation. But now the FBI, the Energy Department, and others agree with Paul.
Fearmongering Won't Solve Climate Change
Global warming is an issue. But there are other pressing problems that deserve the world's attention.
Spoonies: The Culture of Staying Sick
Online communities have made their diagnoses their identity.
As the Monkeypox Spread Recedes, There Are Lessons To Learn
In times of public health crises, government red tape and misguided communication make matters worse.
Monkeypox Starts To Recede as Men at Risk Change Sexual Behavior
The lesson here: Public health messaging needs to be clear and specific. Oh, and federal bureaucracy sucks, as usual.
Study: Huanan Market In Wuhan Was the 'Epicenter' of COVID-19 Outbreak
"Have we disproven the 'lab leak' theory? No, we have not."
We Don't Need a White House Monkeypox 'Coordinator.' We Just Need the Vaccines.
The feds botch another epidemic.
Doctors Say Federal Bureaucracy Is Keeping Them From Adequately Treating Monkeypox
One vaccination requires 100 pages of government paperwork to be processed before treatment.
The U.S. Government Had What It Needed To Prevent the Spread of Monkeypox. It Happened Anyway.
Foot-dragging and red tape by the CDC and the FDA have fueled an avoidable outbreak.
Don't Panic Over Monkeypox
Plus: The wrong way to address formula shortages, Clinton approved the plan to share Trump-Russia information, and more...
When It Comes to Climate Change, Wealth Equals Adaptation
New U.N. report says we are about to "miss a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all."
Instagram Bans Healthy Eating Ads for Promoting 'Negative Self-Perception'
Plus: The ERA returns (again), Rep. Nancy Mace's marijuana mission, and more...
CDC Pushes Flawed Study on Kids, COVID-19, and Diabetes
Plus: Noncitizens can vote in New York City, making baseball fair, and more...
Closing Schools To Protect Kids Made Them Sick
Children forced to Zoom into school ended up with suboptimal immune systems—the opposite of herd immunity.
It's COVID Year 3 and the CDC Is Still Confused and Confusing
Plus: Conspiracy theory research, student loan forgiveness, and more...
Good News: The World Finally Has a Malaria Vaccine
This is great progress, but there is even more in the vaccine pipeline.
COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths Fell Significantly in September
Plus: Why partisans want civil war, Biden's comptroller pick yearns for the USSR, and more...
CDC Took Mistaken Data on Delta Variant Transmissibility From a New York Times Infographic
Plus: Dominion defamation suit against Trump lawyers can proceed, prices rose 0.5 percent in June, and more...
No, Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Will Not Turn the Florida Keys Into Jurassic Park
The goal is to drastically reduce the population of disease-carrying bloodsuckers.
U.S. Cancer Death Rate Continues 30-Year Decline While the Incidence Rate Is Flat
Good news from the latest Cancer Statistics 2021 report
New COVID-19 Strain and Bungled Vaccine Rollout Threaten the 'Return to Normal' in 2021
Plus: Josh Hawley rejects reality (again), Florida's still trying to bust Robert Kraft for getting a hand job, distilleries' good deeds get punished, and more...
Can the CDC Get Anything Right?
Plus: Trump's corruption surrounding TikTok, study supports decriminalizing prostitution, how "older people have become younger," and more...
Could the COVID-19 Epidemic Fade This Fall Without New Lockdowns?
A new study suggests that a second higher wave of infections can be avoided.
Wearing Masks Is an Effective Way to Control the COVID-19 Pandemic, Says New Study
"My mask protects you, your mask protects me"
Is Asymptomatic Spread of COVID-19 Very Rare? Depends How You Define 'Asymptomatic'
Plus: Netflix out-trademarks the U.S. government, contraception shortages, and more...
California's COVID-19 Shutdown Was Driven by Science. Until It Suddenly Wasn't.
It's great that Gov. Gavin Newsom is finally looking at costs and benefits. But don't kid yourself. None of it has anything to do with "science."
Nursing Homes Account for 42 Percent of America's COVID-19 Fatalities
In some states, the total is as high as 65 percent. It's a stunning statistic that might force policy makers to reconsider their approach to fighting the coronavirus.
What's the Herd Immunity Threshold for the COVID-19 Coronavirus?
Estimates range from 70 to 10 percent.
Coronavirus Has Infected 2.8 Percent of Hoosiers, Says New Study
The infection-fatality rate for COVID-19 in Indiana is 0.58 percent, nearly six times worse than seasonal flu.
Mission Creep and Wasteful Spending Left the CDC Unprepared for an Actual Public Health Crisis
Spending nearly 14 times as much on the CDC as we did in 1987 did not, apparently, help the agency combat the biggest disease threat America has faced in a century.
Quarantine Fatigue and the Social End to the Coronavirus Pandemic
What might learning to live with COVID-19 look like?
COVID-19 Modeling: How Many Coronavirus Deaths by the End of Summer?
Benchmarks for determining accuracy of projections are set.
'We Have Flattened That Curve': Some States Move Forward With Reopening Their Economies
But testing remains a key issue in some of those states.
Leaked Study Finds No Benefit from Antiviral Remdesivir in Treating COVID-19
A contrast with last week's leaked results from a University of Chicago study
The Coronavirus Has Exposed Governmental Failures. It Might Also Offer Hope for Change.
Government agencies and public utilities are the most preposterous examples of stasis. The coronavirus might force them, finally, to innovate and join the modern world.
Trump Vows to Cut Off U.S. Funding to the World Health Organization
"We have deep concerns whether America's generosity has been put to the best use possible."
Restricting Exports Makes It Harder To Fight Coronavirus
Export restrictions only make sense if you're unable to understand the obvious consequences of that policy.
No, 5G Is Not Spreading Coronavirus. That Doesn't Even Make Sense.
These theories are dumb. Destroying 5G infrastructure is not going to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
COVID-19 Patients and Their Families Are Being Put on Police-Enforced Lockdown
From doxxing people with the new coronavirus to making diagnosed and suspected patients wear ankle monitors, some states are taking all the wrong steps to slow the spread of COVID-19.
FDA Will Lift Restrictions on Face Mask Imports, Toppling Another Pointless Regulation
Health care workers will now be allowed to use the Chinese-certified KN95 masks, which are equivalent to the N95 masks that are in short supply.
No, Trump Does Not Have the Power to Declare a National Stay-at-Home Order
The president also cannot reopen the country whenever he pleases.
