Don't Fear 'Frankenfood.' We're Already Living in the Lab-Grown Future.
Many people prefer naturally produced over man-made. But isn't there something just as compelling about the stuff that thousands of people collaborated to make?
Medicine
Upholding a Vaccine Mandate, the 9th Circuit Embraces an Alarmingly Broad Definition of 'Public Health'
The appeals court held that the government may require COVID-19 shots based purely on the benefits to recipients.
Abolish the U.S. Surgeon General
This “public health” position has long been a sinecure for professional activists.
Capping Student Loans Won't Destroy Medical Schools
Medical school is so expensive in the first place because of a policy that gives medical students unlimited access to loans.
Review: A Doctor Changes His Mind About Opioid Prescriptions
In Greed to Do Good, a former CDC physician calls the agency's war on opioids a disaster.
SCOTUS Upholds Tennessee Law Banning Medical Transition for Transgender Kids
With the culture war blazing, not even the Supreme Court could agree on the medical facts of the case.
Under RFK Jr., Vaccine Approval Is Getting More Politicized, Not Less
The Health and Human Services secretary appointed several anti-vaxxer-adjacent members to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
Texans Gain the Right To Try Individualized Medical Treatments
Ailing Americans are winning expanded freedom to try experimental medicine.
How Making GLP-1s Available Over the Counter Can Unlock Their Full Potential
Drugs like Ozempic might not only address obesity but also alcoholism, smoking, and drug addiction.
RFK Jr. Denigrates Privately Funded Medical Research
The Trump administration has cut billions in federal funding for medical research, as Kennedy singles out private funders for criticism.
Reason Nominated for 17 Southern California Journalism Awards
Nominees include stories on inflation breaking brains, America's first drug war, Afghans the U.S. left behind, Javier Milei, and much more.
Trump Called Price Controls 'Communist.' Now He's Ordering Them for Prescription Drugs.
The president hopes to introduce even more government intervention into health care.
Trump's Justice Department Just Defended Telehealth Abortion
In a Monday legal filing, lawyers for the Trump administration argue that an effort by red states to ban mail-order abortion drugs lacks standing.
Texas Closed Its Investigation Against These Parents. Why Are Their Names on a Child Abuse Registry?
A medical dispute over jaundice treatment prompted the state to take custody of Rodney and Temecia Jackson’s daughter for more than three weeks.
Jeffrey Singer: Get Government Out of Health Care
Longtime surgeon and Cato Institute fellow Jeffrey Singer argues that government overreach in health care undermines patient autonomy.
Do Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin Work?
Five years after Donald Trump declared a national COVID-19 emergency, here's what the research says.
Hospital Staff Failed To Treat Her Miscarriage, Then Accused Her of a Crime
A new lawsuit alleges that, after failing to treat a placental abruption, medical staff conspired to have Brittany Watts arrested for her miscarriage.
Penny Lane: Why I Gave a Kidney to a Total Stranger
The Confessions of a Good Samaritan filmmaker explores the dysfunctional world of organ transplants.
Don't Credit Drug Warriors for Reducing Overdoses
While a federal crackdown reduced opioid prescriptions, the number of opioid-related deaths soared.
The People Cheering Brian Thompson's Murder Can't Have the Medical Utopia That They Want
Whether private or public, third-party payment for health care is a huge problem.
Abolish the FDA
Many seriously ill people die waiting for the FDA to approve drugs that regulators in other advanced countries have already approved.
One More Damned Time: Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism
The Trump campaign is all in on RFK Jr.'s debunked anti-vax crusade.
Obesity in the U.S. Is Finally Declining. You Can (Probably) Thank Ozempic.
The medication shouldn't be this controversial.
Season 2, Episode 5 Podcasts
Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Dial 'T' for Terrible Telehealth Laws
How restrictions on telemedicine are forcing doctors to choose between following the law and obeying their ethical obligations.
The Government Monopoly on Donated Kidneys Is Killing Americans
Organ donations in the U.S. are controlled by a network of federally sanctioned nonprofits, and many of them are failing.
In a Victory for the Free Market, FDA Approves New Schizophrenia Drug
Despite billions of taxpayer dollars spent on mental illness research, Cobenfy was developed by a private biopharmaceutical company.
A Setback for MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy
An FDA advisory committee concluded that MDMA's benefits had not been shown to outweigh its risks.
A Study of 'Problematic' Opioid Use Among Pain Patients Is Less Alarming Than It Seems
The authors of the meta-analysis misleadingly imply that pain treatment should be blamed for recent increases in drug-related deaths.
The DEA Wants To Ban Scientifically 'Crucial' Psychedelics Because People Might Use Them
The agency claims DOI and DOC have "a high potential for abuse" because they resemble other drugs it has placed in Schedule I.
Biden and Trump Are Both Disastrously Wrong About Tariffs
Yes, cheap imports hurt some American companies. But protectionist trade policy harms many more Americans than it helps.
The Best of Reason: Child Welfare Systems Are Trapping Innocent Families
Georgia parents were accused of child abuse after they took their daughter to the doctor. Does the state's story add up?
Child Welfare Systems Are Trapping Innocent Families
Georgia parents were accused of child abuse after they took their daughter to the doctor. Does the state's story add up?
Biden, Trump, and RFK Jr. Are All Anti-Freedom
Those three presidential candidates are making promises that would have bewildered and horrified the Founding Fathers.
Divided Over Purdue Pharma Deal, SCOTUS Unites in Accepting a Dubious OxyContin Narrative
The majority and the dissenters agree that the drug was "central" to "the opioid crisis," even though there is little evidence to support that thesis.
Journal of Free Speech Law: "FDA Regulation of Physicians' Professional Speech," by Prof. Barbara J. Evans
An early article from what will eventually be several on Information as Medicine.
Feds Arrest Telehealth Execs for Overprescribing Adderall
But will the government ever face repercussions for its role in the Adderall shortage?
Should You Be Able To Take an Alzheimer's Test at Home?
Plus, an AI-generated version of the same article
New Survey Finds Abortions Increased Slightly in 2023, Despite Widespread Bans
The same survey found that thousands of women are still getting telemedicine abortions, even if they live in states where the procedure is illegal.
AI Can Do Paperwork Doctors Hate
With help from artificial intelligence, doctors can focus on patients.
FDA Once Again Stands Athwart Biomedical Innovation, Yelling 'Stop!'
New red tape will result in fewer safe and effective diagnostic tests.
Government Data Refute the Notion That Overprescribing Caused the 'Opioid Crisis'
The CDC’s numbers show that pain treatment is not responsible for escalating drug-related deaths.
Why Did Harvard Fire Martin Kulldorff?
Martin Kulldorff talks about his dismissal from Harvard Medical School, persisting college vaccine mandates, and surviving COVID-era censorship on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
First Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Goes Home
Potentially good news for the nearly 100,000 Americans on the transplant waiting list.
FDA Aims To Stifle Medical Innovation Again
After botching COVID test approvals, the Food and Drug Administration wants power over thousands of other tests.
