Trump Selects Anti-Vaccination Kook Robert Kennedy Jr. to Head Vaccination Safety Commission - Update: Not So Fast?
Kennedy once compared vaccination to the Holocaust*
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Rand Paul May Disrupt the GOP's Terrible Plan to Repeal and Delay Obamacare
The Kentucky senator says he doesn't support a rollback of the health law without a replacement in place.
Is Sugar an Addictive Poison?
Hypothesis: More sugar causes both more diabetes and more obesity
Cancer Death Rate Continues to Fall: Incidence Declines for Men and Remains Steady for Women
Good news: Cancer mortality rate has dropped from its peak of 215.1 (per 100,000 population) in 1991 to 166.4 in 2012.
The Republican Plan to Repeal and Replace Obamacare Will Do Neither
The GOP is heading into a health policy quagmire of their own making.
Why Democrats Are Defecting From Obamacare…And Why Republicans Might Learn To Love It (Reason Podcast)
As President Trump comes to town, the GOP is hedging on promises to repeal and replace Obamacare. What the hell is going on?
Donald Trump Does Not Really Have a Plan to Fix the V.A.
Trump's team talks vaguely of privatization, but there's no substance.
California's Absurd and Insidious 'Bill of Rights for Children' Invites Pernicious Meddling
Richard Pan's bill reflects a busybody mindset that undermines parents and endangers children.
What Medicare's Payment Woes Tell Us About the Limits of Technocratic Reforms
Paying for value turns out to be harder than it sounds.
Safer Alternative to Smoking Can't Call Itself a Safer Alternative to Smoking
FDA decided not to decide whether snus can be marketed as the first safer-than-cigarettes product.
Adolescent Smoking Falls Again, Confounding E-Cigarette Alarmists
The latest survey results deal another blow to the hypothesis that vaping leads to smoking.
What a Subway Breast-Implant Ad Can Teach Us About U.S. Health Care
The idea that people won't be able to afford medical treatment without Obamacare is simply wrong.
Surgeon General Launches E-Cigarette Scare Campaign That Will Harm Public Health
Vivek Murthy's concern about adolescent vaping is overwrought, and his propaganda is pernicious.
Ohio Lawmakers Vote to Ban Abortion Just a Few Weeks Post-Conception
The 'Heartbeat Bill' was considered too unconstitutional to touch, but "Trump's election changed the dynamic."
Time to Declare Aging a Disease and Get On with Curing It: New at Reason
Who wants to live to be a 100? Someone who is 99 years old. Especially if he feels like a 25 year-old.
FDA Salt Guidance Could Kill More People Than It Saves
Treat people as individuals not just as members of an undifferentiated public health herd
Two New Studies Find Psilocybin Relieves Cancer Patients' Anxiety and Depression
A single dose of the banned psychedelic led to large and lasting psychological improvements.
FDA Approves Final Stage of MDMA Drug Trials
Banned in 1985, the "empathogen" could be legally available as a psychotherapeutic catalyst as soon as 2021.
Trump Picks Tom Price For HHS Secretary. Does This Really Mean He Wants to Repeal Obamacare?
Ultimately, legislation to repeal and replace the health care law will have to be driven by Congress.
Hey Boomers, Give Thanks To the Millennials We're Like Totally Ripping Off!
The cost of today's and tomorrow's lavish public pensions and entitlements will be borne by younger Americans.
How Much Do We Still Need to Care if a Potential Cabinet Member Is Anti-Gay?
Possible new health secretary not a fan of LGBT rights. Does it matter?
Surgeon General's Report Mistakenly Treats All Drug Use As a Problem
Vivek Murthy does not acknowledge the possibility that nonmedical consumption of psychoactive substances could be beneficial.
The BMJ Joins The Lancet in Supporting Drug Legalization
The venerable British medical journal urges governments to "investigate more effective alternatives to criminalisation of drug use and supply."
Five More U.S. Jurisdictions Imposed Soda Taxes Last Week
Cook County, Boulder, San Francisco, Oakland, and Albany, California, join Berkeley and Philadelphia in penalizing soft drink consumers.
Affordable Care Act's Unpopularity Helped Trump Win 2016 Election
What was Obamacare, in the end, but an arrogant overreach by an elite out of touch with the rest of America?
The Case for Optimism About Trump's Presidency
Leading libertarian thinkers say the billionaire bully might be better than Obama and Hillary on foreign policy, education, and more.
Vaping Is a Gateway to Quitting
A new study that links e-cigarettes to smoking has things backward.
Porn-Regulating Prop 60 Faces Final Showdown Tonight in California
Condoms-in-porn measure pits adult-film industry and public-health groups against public hysteria and a would-be porn czar
Support for Legal Abortion at Highest Level Since 1995, But Partisan Gap Widening
The gap between Republicans and Democrats on abortion is at its widest point in nearly 10 years.
The New York Times Highlights U.S. Officials' Irrational Hostility Toward E-Cigarettes
By portraying vaping as a public health menace, the government promotes misconceptions that deter smokers from quitting.
Pill-Induced Abortions on the Rise in America. Why That's a Good Thing
At Planned Parenthood clinics, 43 percent of all abortions are now drug-induced, not surgical.
The Obama Administration's Weak Excuses for Obamacare's Premium Hikes
Premiums under the health law are set to rise by double digits, even as plan choice is decreasing.
Obama Compares Obamacare to Smartphone That Was Recalled for Catching on Fire
It's an apt metaphor for the health law-but not in the way the president thinks.
Want to Live Longer? Then Go to College
New study by Brookings Institution scholars reports the mortality reduction benefits of higher education.
VA Clinic Leadership 'Reform' Really Just Shifting Managers Around
Reupholstering the deck chairs on a sinking ship
Criticism Has Delayed a Kratom Ban but Probably Won't Prevent It
The DEA's backtracking underlines the arbitrariness of the government's pharmacological taboos.
Canadian Company Offers DNA Preservation Service
Because why stop at preserving the memory of a loved one?
The DEA's Contrived Kratom Crisis
The agency's ban on the pain-relieving leaf shows how arbitrary the government's pharmacological taboos are.
Even Bill Clinton Thinks Obamacare Is a "Crazy System" That "Doesn't Make Sense"
The former president explains how Obamacare is failing.
Obamacare is Failing—and Hillary Clinton Doesn't Want to Talk About It
Another state health insurance regulator warns of impending collapse in the individual market.
