FDA Approves an E-Cigarette for the First Time but Still Seems Bent on Banning the Flavors Former Smokers Overwhelmingly Prefer
If teenagers like an e-liquid flavor, the agency seems to think, adults should not be allowed to buy it.
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Even If Requiring People Who Have Recovered From COVID-19 To Be Vaccinated Is Legal, That Doesn't Mean It Makes Sense
The failure of legal challenges obscures an ongoing scientific debate.
It Took More Than 15 Years for a South Carolina Hospital To Get Permission To Be Built
In much the same way that zoning laws are wielded by NIMBYs to block new development, Certificate-of-Need laws can be used to impose costly delays on building new medical facilities.
Joe Manchin Isn't the Fiscal Conservative We Need, but He's the Best We've Got
"Spending trillions more on new and expanded government programs, when we can't even pay for the essential social programs...is the definition of fiscal insanity."
Court 'Won't Sanction One More Day' of Texas Abortion Law
Plus: Twitter's new trigger warnings, good news for food freedom, and more...
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...
Public Health Officials Blew Up Their Credibility, and We're Paying the Price
Vaccine hesitancy can, in part, be laid at the feet of experts who betrayed the public’s trust.
Anthony Fauci Says It's 'Too Soon To Tell' Whether Christmas Parties Will Be Allowed
Overcautious health officials are living on another planet.
The FDA Is Determined To Ignore the Decline in Underage Vaping Because It Weakens the Case for New Restrictions
The agency seems inclined to ban the vaping products that former smokers overwhelmingly prefer because teenagers also like them.
CDC Director Recognizes Confusion Over COVID-19 Booster Vaccines
Plus: Brothel raids, rapid COVID-19 testing, and more...
This Anti-Vaping Congressman Insists 'There's Simply No Evidence' That E-Cigarettes Help Smokers Quit
Although Raja Krishnamoorthi says "adults can do what they want," he is determined not to let them.
The Houston Chronicle Cites Iffy Data To Make the Case for Mask Mandates in Schools
When you are already convinced a policy makes sense, any evidence will do.
Has the Pandemic Finally Peaked in the U.S.?
Recent modeling scenarios cautiously suggest yes.
The CDC Made America's Pandemic Worse
The agency didn't just botch the initial test. It resisted mass testing.
Blame Both Parties if the Federal Government Shuts Down in December
Democrats want to raise the debt ceiling, while Republicans occasionally remember they're against big government spending.
No, Tennessee Isn't Hoarding Monoclonal Antibody Treatment for the Unvaccinated
Plus: Internet freedom at 11-year low, charter school enrollment up 7 percent, lawyer behind abortion lawsuit speaks up, and more...
Quarantined L.A. Schoolkids Have Lower COVID Rates Than Vaccinated Teachers
Media persists in pediatric scare stories even while the country's largest dataset shows tiny yet still-declining rates, including among the needlessly quarantined.
First Abortion Doc Sued Under New Texas Law
Plus: The link between college and moral absolutism, environmental activists vs. Facebook, and more...
Court Says COVID-19 Can No Longer Justify Immediate Expulsion of Migrant Families
Plus: Pro-Palestine protests allowed outside synagogue, Biden's bank surveillance plan, and more...
Taxing the Rich Isn't Enough to Pay for Democrats' Welfare State. They'll Need To Soak the Middle Class Too.
There simply aren't enough rich people to finance all the new spending.
'COVID-19 Hospitalizations' Are an Increasingly Misleading Measure of Severe Disease
New research shows incidental and mild infections account for a large and rising share of that widely cited number.
Can Biden's Vaccination Rule for Private Employers Survive Judicial Scrutiny?
A broad standard with no exceptions better serves his goals, but it will be harder to defend in court.
Democrats Try To Hide a $3 Trillion Tax Increase From Voters
The plan would make a liar out of Biden on a level reminiscent of George H.W. Bush's betrayal of his "read my lips" tax pledge.
Since the FDA Has Not Approved Any Vaping Products, All of Them Are Now 'Subject to Enforcement Action'
The agency's decisions so far reflect a bias against the flavored e-liquids that former smokers overwhelmingly prefer.
The Biden Administration's 'Emergency' Vaccine Mandate May Be Vulnerable to Legal Challenges
OSHA has rarely used this option, which avoids the usual rule-making process, and most challenges to such edicts have been successful.
No, Biden, This Is About Freedom and Personal Choice
It's time to stop "states of exception" that justify government overreach into more and more of our lives.
Two Big New Ways the Biden Administration Plans To Overstep Its Pandemic Authority
Plus: The vaccine and abortion debates, a promising jobs report, and more...
Biden Admits He Can't Mandate Masks. Why Does He Think He Can Mandate Vaccines?
Biden's sudden embrace of a federal vaccine requirement seems inconsistent with his acknowledgment that he cannot mandate every COVID-19 precaution he'd like people to follow.
California Is Set To Outlaw Unannounced Condom Removal
Plus: 9/11's domestic law enforcement legacy, America still behind on COVID-19 rapid testing, and more...
Medicare Is About To Run Out of Money. Democrats Want To Make the Program Cost Even More.
The federal health care program is on track for a trust fund shortfall in just five years. But instead of paying for the program that exists, Democrats want to expand it.
Americans Are Souring on Mask Mandates and Warrantless Surveillance: Poll
Plus: Tipped minimum wage kills jobs, how the U.S. "helped" out women in rural Afghanistan, and more...
How 9/11 Actually Changed Everything
Plus, why is no one talking about the Medicare Trustees' entitlement report?
Ohio Hospital Allowed To Stop Treating COVID-19 Patient With Ivermectin
Plus: Student-professor relationships and Title IX, web hosts reject abortion snitch website, and more...
Everything Is Infrastructure Now
How spending got out of control and words lost their meaning.
The FDA Is Set To Unintentionally Push Quitters Back to Smoking
Instead of trusting the science, the FDA will treat adults like children.
Unfortunately, Ivermectin Is Not a Miracle Cure for COVID-19
Podcaster Joe Rogan took the drug after falling ill. Here's why it's not likely to help him.
Supreme Court Punts on Constitutionally Dubious Texas Abortion Law
Plus: Millennial myth busting, McFlurry madness, and more...
The Sweeping Texas Abortion Ban That Took Effect Today Is Plainly Inconsistent With SCOTUS Precedents
Because the Supreme Court so far has not intervened, post-heartbeat abortions are now illegal in the Lone Star State.
The Secret To Vaccinating Children: Off-Label Vaccinations
It’s legal for doctors to give kids the Pfizer vaccine, but Pfizer isn’t allowed to say so.
Biden Keeps Pushing Dubious Arguments for CDC Supremacy
The president seems determined to anoint the agency’s director as the nation’s COVID-19 dictator, no matter what the law says.
Key Medicare Fund Will Be Insolvent in Just Five Years
The health program won't be able to pay all of its bills starting in 2026, according to a new Trustees report.
The New York Times Assumes a Scientific Consensus on School Mask Mandates That Its Own Reporting Shows Does Not Exist
If all sensible people agree that students should be forced to wear masks, why do other countries reject that policy?
Amherst College Orders Vaccinated Students To Be Double-Masked Indoors
The college's absurd COVID-19 countermeasures are the strictest in the nation.
The CDC's Framing of Homicide and Suicide As 'Public Health' Issues Provides Cover for Biden's Gun Control Agenda
The agency returns to a research area where it has caused much controversy in the past.
Abortion Ban To Take Effect in Texas on Wednesday
Plus: Kids got more obese during the pandemic, how Section 230 protects gun rights, and more...
Critics of the SCOTUS Decision Against the CDC's Eviction Moratorium Might Miss the Rule of Law When They Need It
The Court said it "strains credulity" to believe that Congress gave the CDC the "breathtaking amount of authority" it asserted.
Cuomo Replacement Kathy Hochul Says New York's Real COVID Death Toll Is 12,000 Higher Than Cuomo Claimed
Hochul’s office reports that some 55,400 people have died of the coronavirus in New York, much higher than the 43,400 claimed by Cuomo, who left office Monday.
Democrats Plot Huge New Federal Health Program as Part of $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan
Plus: Steven Horwitz's economic theories, Hawaii cops sued over fatal shooting, and more...
