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Medical equipment

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FDA

Federal Court 'Vacates in Its Entirety' the FDA's Costly and Onerous Lab Test Rule

RFK Jr. should accept the ruling and instruct the agency to immediately halt all efforts to regulate laboratory-developed and in vitro tests.

Ronald Bailey | 4.1.2025 1:30 PM

The Best of Reason Magazine | Joanna Andreasson

Neonatal care

The Best of Reason Magazine: A Baby Dies in Virginia

The lethal consequences of a common, obscure hospital licensing law.

Eric Boehm | 7.30.2024 6:06 PM

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Olympics

This Revolutionary Robotic Suit Enabled a Paralyzed Man To Carry the Olympic Torch

Wandercraft, the French company that developed the exoskeleton suit, recently got FDA approval to use them for stroke rehab in the U.S.

Eric Boehm | 7.26.2024 4:00 PM

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FDA

FDA Aims To Stifle Medical Innovation Again

After botching COVID test approvals, the Food and Drug Administration wants power over thousands of other tests.

Ronald Bailey | 3.28.2024 6:00 AM

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Technology

When Your Heart Becomes a Snitch

Modern medical devices are lifesavers. But they’re vulnerable to hackers and compromise our privacy.

J.D. Tuccille | 1.15.2024 7:00 AM

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Economic Nationalism

COVID-19 Industrial Policy Fails Again

A Connecticut company got a $138 million government contract in order to break America's supposed "dependence" on foreign-made syringes. It has yet to produce even a single one.

Eric Boehm | 4.22.2021 1:50 PM

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Organ transplants

When Drones Deliver Human Organs

Imagine skies filled with drones carrying kidneys and livers, on their way to save the lives of people awaiting transplants. The future is here!

Liz Wolfe | 9.28.2020 4:10 PM

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Donald Trump

Trump's Trade War Made the Pandemic Worse, and Nationalism Will Slow the Recovery

Protectionism is now infecting the GOP to a degree that may be difficult to eradicate when the Trump era ends. 

Eric Boehm | 7.11.2020 6:00 AM

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Video Games

The FDA Just Approved the First Video Game for Prescription Use

It’s a new era of digital therapeutics—and a reminder of how burdensome the federal regulatory process is.

Peter Suderman | 6.16.2020 4:48 PM

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Economics

Face Mask Volunteers DIY Their Own Kind of Division of Labor

Making masks, face shields, and other protective equipment is the bottom-up, COVID-19 version of rolling bandages or knitting socks for the troops.

Virginia Postrel | 6.4.2020 6:00 AM

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Coronavirus

America Wasn't Ready for Coronavirus

Early takeaways from the country's response to a pandemic

Ronald Bailey, Damon Root, Eric Boehm, Nick Gillespie, Elizabeth Nolan Brown, and Scott Shackford | 5.4.2020 6:00 AM

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Free Trade

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.

Eric Boehm | 4.10.2020 1:20 PM

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Coronavirus

Stop Looking for 'Leadership' During the COVID-19 Outbreak

If you really want politicians to do something helpful, ask them to stop "leading" and to get out of the way.

J.D. Tuccille | 3.20.2020 9:55 AM

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Coronavirus

Trump's Tariffs Weakened America's Hospitals. Then Coronavirus Hit.

Some of Trump's tariffs hit medical equipment and supplies from China. We need more trade, not less, to be prepared for pandemics.

Eric Boehm | 3.17.2020 12:30 PM

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Technology

Humans Are Building Better Versions of Themselves

From insulin to prosthetics, technology makes this the best moment yet to be living with a disability.

Mike Riggs | 7.15.2019 6:00 AM

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Medical equipment

Patients Will Feel the Pain as FDA Slams Medical Device Industry With Growing Regulatory Burdens

Businesses that founder or just never get launched won't suffer anywhere nearly as much as the people who would have benefited from their innovations.

J.D. Tuccille | 9.20.2018 12:01 AM

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Medical equipment

North Carolina Doctor Sues to Break Up State-Enforced Medical Cartels

A new lawsuit from the Institute for Justice is challenging the state's certificate-of-need laws.

Christian Britschgi | 7.31.2018 5:00 PM

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FDA

Is the World Finally Ready for a Female-Orgasm Machine? [Reason Podcast]

Meet the father-daughter team behind the Yarlap, which promises to fix incontinence...and so much more.

Nick Gillespie | 4.27.2017 12:30 PM

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Neonatal care

A Baby Dies in Virginia

The lethal consequences of a common, obscure hospital licensing law

Eric Boehm | 4.2.2017 12:00 AM

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