The Accelerating Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines Makes Domestic 'Immunity Passports' Largely Irrelevant
Vaccine hesitancy will decline as more family, friends, and neighbors get vaccinated.
Vaccine hesitancy will decline as more family, friends, and neighbors get vaccinated.
The agency will be extending its controversial eviction moratorium through the end of June.
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The precautionary principle kills again.
Mississippi's CON law means that physical therapist Charles "Butch" Slaughter (and others like him) can't adapt to the changing circumstances created by the pandemic.
How New York's governor botched early-pandemic guidance to residential care facilities for intellectually disabled adults
The comparison poses a puzzle for people who believe lockdowns were crucial in controlling the pandemic.
Research in Israel, the U.K., and the U.S. has found dramatic reductions in asymptomatic infections.
Much of the government response to COVID-19 has had little or negative impact on the public.
Greg Abbott's fear is hard to take seriously, but it jibes with hoary stereotypes about immigrants.
The governor's new policy represents a pretty modest shift from the existing rules.
The national eviction moratorium and Arizona’s business restrictions were based on dubious assertions of authority.
A promising new law will give agricultural communities in Massachusetts more say in local public-health rules that apply to them and impact their property and livelihoods.
The same is true of Texas and California, which suggests that legal restrictions are not as important as politicians imagine.
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Chief Justice John Roberts says the policy reflects "insufficient appreciation or consideration of the interests at stake."
We can’t eliminate the virus, but we can reduce its harm to our lives and livelihoods.
By the state’s own estimates, a two-month lockdown was less effective than a slow day of vaccinations.
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Despite taking a much more restrictive approach, California saw a bigger surge than Texas, and the drop began around the same time in both states.
The New York governor should look to his own state.
The rules should not just apply to the little people.
The governor's order had banned outdoor dining and forbade Californians from socializing with members outside their household.
At a time when supply is constrained and time is of the essence, medical providers in many states are throwing precious doses away.
Making it easier for families to fund their preferred education options will be a lot more effective than throwing a big bribe to teachers unions.
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The Columbia neuroscientist talks frankly about using heroin responsibly and "chasing liberty in the land of fear."
A politicized vaccine distribution process intended to take price out of the picture has given the edge to the rich, connected, and powerful.
The president acknowledges that there are limits to executive power, even during a public health emergency.
A comparison of Texas and California suggests that legal edicts matter less than The New York Times thinks.
Using obscure laws to prevent people from helping each other is obscene.
Now officials in Chicago and New York are reconsidering their rules.
Recent upward trends in cases and deaths seem to reflect virus transmission tied to holiday gatherings.
Vaccine booster doses currently being reserved will be released immediately to inoculate more Americans.
Small business owners and sheriffs are leading the revolt against Governor Gavin Newsom's stay-at-home orders, which they say are unscientific and ineffective.
The legislation gives the government wide latitude to detain those who might have a contagious disease.
The New York governor says hospitals have to increase vaccinations—but there's a catch.
Billionaires may well have enabled our greatest (only?) policy successes in 2020.
The incessant urge to make COVID-19 infection a morality play is corroding our humanity and distracting us from solutions.
A growing number of states are enshrining eviction moratoriums into laws that won't expire until well into next year.
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A 71-year-old therapist comes out of the "chemical closet" to promote MDMA as a means of self-discovery
The idea is looking less like a Get Out of Jail Free card and more like a hall pass.
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The government must move quickly to approve a one-dose regimen for Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines.
Ramp up the vaccinations now!