The lawsuit raises some of the same issues as earlier successful challenges against the CDC's eviction moratorium. But, in this case, the federal government has a stronger legal rationale for its policies.
Life is returning to "normal" after two years, but that normal includes even fewer limits on executive powers.
The eviction moratorium and Title 42 "public health" expulsion cases have many parallels that may have been ignored because of their differing ideological valence. Both strengthen the case for nondeferential judicial review of the exercise of emergency powers.
Q&A with Dr. Vinay Prasad, a practicing hematologist-oncologist and associate professor in the department of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco
More evidence that the public health bureaucracy dropped the ball when a once-in-a-generation pandemic hit.
The same agency that brought us security theater continues to enforce a rule that never made sense.
The agency ignores downward trends in both kinds of nicotine use and obscures the huge difference in the hazards they pose.
The policy, which covers trains, buses, and subways as well, is now set to expire on April 18.
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A spending bill provision would redefine "tobacco products" to include products that have nothing to do with tobacco.
Robert Califf must demand transparency and accountability from the bureaucrats.
Disagreement over pandemic policy accelerates the slide toward authoritarianism in another country.
2.5 million dead bees, and an unlikely test of public health powers.
The surgeon general's definition of misinformation includes statements that are arguably or verifiably true.
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"If I do my job right, you should barely know I'm here."
Attendees at Biden's State of the Union speech were almost entirely unmasked.
The agency emphasizes that children face a very low risk from COVID-19, which it has known all along.
Mocking COVID public health theater is finally going mainstream.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky stressed that people could continue to wear masks if they wanted to.
From the CDC to the FDA, there are too many missteps to list.
The unions' support for hygiene theater is of a piece with their support for security theater.
Also, Democrats show they can read the polls on mask mandates.
Case trends in states with mandates were very similar to case trends in states without them.
For the first time in two years, Coachella will return. Festival attendees will be able to enjoy themselves without having to abide by nonsensical mandates.
Like the war on drugs and the war on terror before it, the war on COVID is a futile, deeply destructive campaign, and Americans want out.
The answer, as Tyler Cowen and Matthew Yglesias, argue, is probably not. But political ignorance is still a serious problem.
Seven out of 10 Americans say "it's time we accept COVID is here to stay and we just need to get on with our lives." Politicians are taking notice.
The president is waiting until children, who have always faced an infinitesimal risk from COVID-19, are "more protected."
"The District’s indoor mask requirements will be dialed back on March 1, 2022," said Bowser.
The cost of 'free' tests is really going up when you look at insurance premiums.
Some lawmakers should try double-masking their hypocrisy.
Rochelle Walensky says "now is not the moment" to stop forcing masks on children. Democratic politicians increasingly disagree.
But not so fast, Angelenos. No return to normal for you.
The agency further undermines its credibility by desperately trying to back up conclusions it has already reached.
Delta CEO Ed Bastian asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to create a special no-fly list for passengers convicted of creating onboard disruptions.
The children have less to fear from COVID-19 than she does.
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If California politicians think the mask mandate is stupid, they should lead the charge to get rid of it.
Phase 1 testing begins on new vaccine based on mRNA advances.
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That recommendation, which never had a firm basis, is even harder to justify in the current context.
"My servers are not lesser people," said owner Eric Flannery. "They don't need to be masked. They don't carry disease."
From to-go cocktail bans to Neil Young to teachers unions, the pandemic has provided a convenient pretext for selfish advancement.
Supporters of that policy assume it works, then desperately search for evidence to validate that conviction.
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