Florida Gets Closer To Being a 'Free State' With Plan To End School Vaccine Mandate
Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo proposed ending the requirement that public school children be vaccinated, calling the mandate "slavery."
Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo proposed ending the requirement that public school children be vaccinated, calling the mandate "slavery."
Not long ago, conservatives were rightly concerned about jawboning. Now they're apparently happy to take part in it themselves.
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Florida officials can’t agree on whether unpasteurized milk is a health threat or benefit, leaving consumers more confused than if they were left to decide for themselves.
RFK Jr. has had a crazy week. It will not be his last, alas.
The CDC needs drastic reform, but RFK Jr.'s firing of agency head Susan Monarez does not achieve that.
The Health and Human Services secretary once again stands athwart biomedical progress yelling, "Stop!"
Illinois wants to give mental health screenings to elementary schoolers. Will that actually help struggling kids?
The appeals court held that the government may require COVID-19 shots based purely on the benefits to recipients.
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya defends open disagreement, criticizes groupthink, and argues that democracy depends on our ability to speak and listen across political and scientific divides.
This “public health” position has long been a sinecure for professional activists.
Science journalist Gary Taubes discusses the MAHA Report, new dietary guidelines, and bad nutrition science on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
Federal liability protections currently prevent people suing COVID-19 vaccine makers, and instead require them to request compensation from a program that's covered only 39 COVID vaccine injury claims.
Yale’s Jacob Hacker and Sesame’s David Goldhill debate a government-run health insurance plan.
The success of "contingency management" belies the notion that addiction is an uncontrollable disease caused by a drug's impact on dopamine levels.
While a viral post called the results “shocking,” the study itself found little evidence that social media use harms mental health.
Does RFK Jr.'s MAHA movement want to loosen the government's grasp on food and medicine—or use government power to impose blueberries on everyone else?
By almost every measure, America during the pandemic was a more dangerous, deadly, and dysfunctional place.
The Trump administration has cut billions in federal funding for medical research, as Kennedy singles out private funders for criticism.
Marty Makary grossly exaggerates the prevalence of adolescent nicotine addiction, the concern underlying his agency's restrictions on e-cigarette flavors.
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That logic implausibly assumes presidents have the power to curtail substance abuse by attacking the drug supply.
Longtime surgeon and Cato Institute fellow Jeffrey Singer argues that government overreach in health care undermines patient autonomy.
As young adults swap cigarettes and vapes for oral nicotine products, policymakers should recognize this shift as harm reduction instead of cracking down on personal choice.
The justices unanimously overturned a 5th Circuit decision that deemed the agency's treatment of e-liquids "arbitrary and capricious."
Innovation, basic research, and economic growth do not rely on federal science funding.
There's no strong evidence that cellphones cause cancer. There also isn't strong evidence that cellphones cause teen depression.
Such a regulation would override consumer choice for scientifically shaky reasons.
Is shutting down the CDC's HIV prevention division a good idea?
The new, coarser world will likely be with us for years to come.
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Five years after Donald Trump declared a national COVID-19 emergency, here's what the research says.
Five years after Donald Trump declared a national COVID emergency, here's what the research says.
Reform could replace an unsustainable boondoggle with lower costs, more freedom, and better care.
Trump's nominee for NIH director once stirred major controversy for criticizing lockdowns, mask mandates, and school closures. Yesterday, Senate Democrats didn't even raise the issue.
A proposed bill in 2021 would have put the HHS secretary in charge of censoring COVID-19 contrarianism on social media.
HHS, like all government programs, has plenty of silly and wasteful line items in its budget; there's no need to just make things up.
New York's proposed ban on nicotine pouches ignores science, consumer choice, and the lessons of prohibition.
RFK, Jr.'s Health and Human Service has inexplicably cancelled two vaccine-related advisory meetings since he took the helm of the agency.
A new study claims addiction is on the rise because internet searches for gambling terms are increasing.
Despite severe risks and without a crime committed, a Minnesota judge authorized doctors to forcibly administer electroconvulsive therapy—while barring key witnesses from the hearing.
It's a good sign that the president is calling on critics of the federal government's lack of transparency to staff his administration.
The bill would permanently schedule fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs—and impede therapeutic research.
There remains many open questions about whether the agency's funding played a role in the creation of COVID-19 in a Wuhan laboratory.
Drug warriors deserve blame rather than credit for their role in recent overdose trends.