Public Health

Policy

Conspicuous Calorie Counts Can't Control Consumption

There is little reason to believe the FDA's new menu regulations will make people thinner.

Jacob Sullum | 12.3.2014 7:00 AM

Nanny State

Control Freaks Still Targeting Tobacco

Rule-makers always want more.

John Stossel | 11.19.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Smoking by Teenagers Continues to Fall As Vaping Continues to Rise

Jacob Sullum | 11.14.2014 4:52 PM

HIV

Gay Men Who Can't Get Laid May Soon Get to Donate Blood

Scott Shackford | 11.14.2014 11:35 AM

Policy

Foodie Elite Push Obama to Create National Food Policy

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.11.2014 12:35 PM

Policy

What Is the Libertarian Response to Ebola?

How a free society should respond to a communicable disease outbreak.

George Annas, Ronald Bailey, Declan McCullagh, and Jeffrey A. Singer | 11.10.2014 8:30 AM

Science & Technology

The Dallas Ebola Outbreak Is About to Be Officially Over

In Africa, alas, the epidemic is still raging.

Jesse Walker | 11.6.2014 4:46 PM

Policy

Ebola Panic Control

A nurse's successful quarantine challenge is a victory for reason and due process.

Jacob Sullum | 11.5.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Maine Ruling Is a Rebuke to Governors' Ebola Fear Mongering

Jacob Sullum | 11.3.2014 11:54 AM

Policy

Maine's Governor Brags About His 'Robust Authority' to Quarantine Healthy, Ebola-Negative Nurses

Jacob Sullum | 10.30.2014 8:33 PM

Policy

After Escaping Chris Christie's Clutches, Ebola-Negative Nurse Faces Detention by Her State's Governor

Jacob Sullum | 10.29.2014 5:25 PM

Policy

Ebola Emergencies and Questionable Quarantines

Crying "disease" does not justify forcible isolation of asymptomatic health care workers.

Jacob Sullum | 10.29.2014 7:00 AM

Ebola

U.S. Soldiers Returnng from Liberia Being Monitored for Ebola

Being placed under observation in Italy

Reason Staff | 10.27.2014 1:35 PM

Policy

Despite Ebola Fears, DHS Unprepared for a Pandemic After Spending a Bundle, Warns Inspector General

J.D. Tuccille | 10.24.2014 1:35 PM

Politics

Ebola Threatens Us Because of NIH Budget Cuts! And Here's Our Latest $31 Million NIH Grant for Diversity

Brian Doherty | 10.22.2014 4:38 PM

Culture

Ebola and the Media's Multiple Personality Disorder

A tale of two narratives

Jesse Walker | 10.22.2014 4:31 PM

Policy

Ebola and the CDC's Dangerous Mission Drift

Controlling contagious diseases is just one of many items on the agency's to-do list.

Jacob Sullum | 10.22.2014 7:00 AM

Ebola

About 1,000 Being Watched for Ebola Symptoms in United States

Was that a sneeze?

Reason Staff | 10.17.2014 5:35 PM

Ebola

Rick Perry Supports Ebola Travel Ban

From countries that have been hardest hit

Reason Staff | 10.17.2014 2:15 PM

Ebola

CDC Lays Out New Plan to Fight Ebola Spread

Rapid response teams

Reason Staff | 10.14.2014 5:15 PM

Policy

We Already Have an Ebola Czar

It doesn't seem to be helping.

Jesse Walker | 10.14.2014 4:49 PM

Ebola

Mark Zuckerberg Donates $25 Million to Fight Ebola Virus

To the CDC Foundation

Reason Staff | 10.14.2014 2:45 PM

Ebola

Ronald Bailey Outlines How Cutting-Edge Medicine Might Have Spared Us the Ebola Epidemic

Reason Staff | 10.10.2014 1:30 PM

Civil Liberties

On Brittany Maynard, or the Right to Die is the Right to Be Free

J.D. Tuccille | 10.10.2014 12:22 PM

Life expectancy

U.S. Life Expectancy Increases by 6 Weeks - Needs to Go Up by 52 Weeks Per Year At Least

Ronald Bailey | 10.8.2014 2:41 PM

Policy

NYC Councilman Wants to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes, Since Everyone Knows They're Strictly for Kids

Jacob Sullum | 10.7.2014 3:10 PM

Ebola

Private Company Keeps Ebola Under Control When Liberian Government Can't

Ronald Bailey | 10.6.2014 8:03 PM

Ebola

About 50 Under Observation in Texas over Ebola

Those who may have had contact with traveler from Liberia

Reason Staff | 10.3.2014 4:50 PM

Contraception

Study: Providing Teens With Free Long-Acting Contraception Dramatically Lowers Births and Abortions

Ronald Bailey | 10.3.2014 11:41 AM

Culture

Don't Panic About Ebola—and Don't Panic About People Panicking Either

Public hysteria isn't the problem.

Jesse Walker | 10.1.2014 12:48 PM

Policy

Alarmed at Increase in Smoking, New York Regulators Resist a Much Safer Alternative

Jacob Sullum | 9.16.2014 3:17 PM

Policy

If You Liked China's Population Control Program, You'll Love Its Weight Control Program

Jacob Sullum | 9.4.2014 6:34 PM

Culture

Michelle Obama Does Funny or Die, Because Junk Food is Killing Us All

And it's not funny. At all.

Robby Soave | 9.3.2014 12:18 PM

Obesity

NIH Spends Millions Studying Why Lesbians Are Overweight

$3 million to date, and not done yet

Reason Staff | 9.2.2014 12:18 PM

Policy

Mark Bittman, Who Happily Drinks More Alcohol Than the CDC Says He Should, Thinks Any Amount of Soda Is Too Much

Jacob Sullum | 8.27.2014 12:16 PM

Salt

FDA Restrictions on Salt Could Kill You

Ronald Bailey | 8.25.2014 2:41 PM

Culture

American Heart Association: E-Cigs Are 'Trojan Horse of Nicotine'

Huh?

Reason Staff | 8.25.2014 9:15 AM

Pornography

Calif. Bill Mandating Condoms in Porn Discreetly Tossed in Trash Can Under Nearby Night Table

Scott Shackford | 8.15.2014 10:45 AM

Pornography

Puritanical Porn Condom Battle Heads to Nevada

Scott Shackford | 8.14.2014 1:10 PM

Science & Technology

CDC Raises Alert to Highest Level in Response to Ebola Outbreak

Reason Staff | 8.7.2014 9:41 AM

Public Health

Ebola Virus Death Toll Rises

Possible cases in Nigeria, Saudi Arabia

Reason Staff | 8.6.2014 2:00 PM

Public Health

NYC Hospital Testing Patient for Ebola

Uh oh.

Reason Staff | 8.4.2014 5:45 PM

Science & Technology

Don't Freak Out About Ebola Coming to America

The disease is scary, but the risks are low.

Jesse Walker | 8.4.2014 12:15 PM

Policy

Are California Lawmakers Trying to Chase Out Porn Industry Entirely?

Given how a similar condom requirement worked in L.A. it seems California Assembly members want to drive the adult film industry out of state.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.4.2014 11:00 AM

Public Health

Ebola Deaths Pass 700

At least 729 dead in West Africa

Reason Staff | 7.31.2014 12:16 PM

Policy

Government Menu Mandates Are Not Curing Obesity

Obesity rates may be leveling off or even falling.

Baylen Linnekin | 7.26.2014 8:00 AM