Public Health
Mississippi and Oklahoma Governors Sign New Abortion Restrictions
In Mississippi, abortions after 18 weeks are banned, while Oklahoma doctors will have to follow outdated protocols when prescribing abortion drugs.
Save E-Cigarettes From the Children
Concerns about underage consumption should not dictate the choices available to adults.
The Biggest Obstacle to Gender Neutral Bathrooms? Building Codes.
Government went beyond mandating that employers give workers a place to do their business to specifying exactly how and in what ratios this must occur.
Big Brother Is Watching You Eat
The federal government wants to use your technology to change what you eat. In the meantime, they're surreptitiously posting your data online.
Paleo Libertarians
John Durant, author of The Paleo Manifesto: Ancient Wisdom for Lifelong Health, tells the story of how he discovered his inner hunter-gatherer.
The Rise and Fall of the New York City Tattoo Ban
How government regulators tried to kill the skin & ink trade.
LA Health Inspectors Shut Down "Dumb Starbucks"
Lack of permits, not a potential trademark violation, got the parody store shut down
TSA Criticized After Cancer Patient is Humiliated at Checkpoint
Wife of the patient, who wears a diaper because of prostate cancer, claims a TSA agent laughed at him
CVS To Stop Selling Tobacco Products By Oct. 1
Will lose around $2 billion a year as a result
Bill Gates Explains How World Is Getting More Awesome and Less Poor
Mythbusting naysayers about third-world development
Uncle Sam's Drinking Game
The federal government's definition of excessive alcohol consumption mixes medicine with moralism.
59 Patients Contract TB After Being Exposed in Nevada Hospital
Nothing to cough at
Vaping Gives Politicians the Vapors
New York extends its smoking ban to e-cigarettes because they look too much like the real thing.
Pediatrics Group Wants Nationwide Ban on Raw Milk
Warn pregnant women and children not to drink it
California Regulators Attempt to Kill Sriracha
Why did state regulators shut down the company's sales for a month and push the hot sauce's maker to consider leaving the state?
