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Medicine

Drug Shortages? Ham-Handed Pandemic Interventions Deserve Much of the Blame

You can’t turn lives and economies off and on without inflicting lingering harm.

J.D. Tuccille | 12.7.2022 7:00 AM

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Blood Donors

Sexually Active Gay Men May Soon Be Able To Donate Blood in America

Men in monogamous relationships may get clearance to give.

Scott Shackford | 12.2.2022 2:30 PM

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Public Health

As the Monkeypox Spread Recedes, There Are Lessons To Learn

In times of public health crises, government red tape and misguided communication make matters worse.

Scott Shackford | 12.1.2022 2:30 PM

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Public Health

Monkeypox Starts To Recede as Men at Risk Change Sexual Behavior

The lesson here: Public health messaging needs to be clear and specific. Oh, and federal bureaucracy sucks, as usual.

Scott Shackford | 9.2.2022 3:05 PM

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Public Health

It's OK To Warn Sexually Active Gay and Bisexual Men They're at Greater Risk of Monkeypox

Good public health messaging must be comprehensible, accurate, and actionable.

Scott Shackford | 8.9.2022 1:10 PM

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Vaccines

Monkeypox Cases Continue To Spread Across the U.S. as 3 States Declare Emergencies

They're trying to pressure the federal government into getting organized about vaccines.

Scott Shackford | 8.2.2022 3:05 PM

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Public Health

We Don't Need a White House Monkeypox 'Coordinator.' We Just Need the Vaccines.

The feds botch another epidemic.

Scott Shackford | 7.27.2022 2:35 PM

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Public Health

The U.S. Government Had What It Needed To Prevent the Spread of Monkeypox. It Happened Anyway.

Foot-dragging and red tape by the CDC and the FDA have fueled an avoidable outbreak.

Scott Shackford | 7.12.2022 1:40 PM

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Coronavirus

T-Cell Immunity Likely To Prevent Severe COVID-19 from Omicron Infections

Vaccination and prior infection induce a strong second line of immunological defense, finds South African study.

Ronald Bailey | 12.29.2021 3:30 PM

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Coronavirus

FDA's At-Home Testing Screw-Up Is Undermining Promising New COVID Treatments

The same agency that stymied COVID-19 testing is now dawdling over approving new antiviral pills.

Ronald Bailey | 11.30.2021 3:50 PM

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Coronavirus

The Worst-Case COVID-19 Predictions Turned Out To Be Wrong. So Did the Best-Case Predictions.

An argument for humility in the face of pandemic forecasting unknown unknowns

Ronald Bailey | 6.22.2021 5:15 PM

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Coronavirus

Let Volunteers Expose Themselves to COVID-19 To Speed Up a Vaccine

"Economists are accustomed to thinking about tradeoffs," says economist and Nobel laureate Alvin Roth. "It appears that at least in some parts of the ethics community, they are not."

Justin Monticello | 9.2.2020 4:10 PM

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Coronavirus

Could the COVID-19 Epidemic Fade This Fall Without New Lockdowns?

A new study suggests that a second higher wave of infections can be avoided.

Ronald Bailey | 8.27.2020 5:45 PM

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Coronavirus

What It's Like To Be a Rational Optimist in a Pandemic

Matt Ridley on how the coronavirus caught him by surprise, the crucial role of dissent in politics, and the importance of innovation for survival

Nick Gillespie | 5.3.2020 6:00 AM

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Coronavirus

Trump Suggests Anti-Malarial Drug Chloroquine Is an Effective Treatment Against COVID-19

FDA is reportedly cutting red tape to give expanded access to COVID-19 patients.

Ronald Bailey | 3.19.2020 3:15 PM

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Coronavirus

Are We Battling an Unprecedented Pandemic or Panicking at a Computer-Generated Mirage?

A close look at the new study from Imperial College which models worst-case scenarios and makes the case for social distancing.

Ronald Bailey | 3.18.2020 5:15 PM

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Reason Roundup

Maybe Doctors Shouldn't Need the Government's Permission To Fight Coronavirus

Plus: Trump wants to bail out airlines, and he called COVID-19 the "Chinese virus."

Robby Soave | 3.17.2020 9:39 AM

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Coronavirus

No, Trump Didn't Cut the CDC's Coronavirus Budget. No, People Aren't Blaming Corona Beer for the Disease.

Coronavirus misinformation is spreading faster than the disease itself.

Eric Boehm | 2.28.2020 4:40 PM

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Coronavirus

How Worried Should You Be About the Wuhan Coronavirus?

We will soon learn if humanity's increasing biotechnical prowess can prevent a modern pandemic.

Ronald Bailey | 1.27.2020 4:55 PM

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California

California Killed 1.2 Million Birds To Stop a Virus. Pet Owners Say They Were Terrorized.

The euthanasia campaign may be necessary to prevent the spread of the Newcastle disease, but bird owners say that it's being carried out in a cruel manner.

Justin Monticello | 1.14.2020 2:00 PM

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Zika

Louisiana Police Spread Fake News About Zika-Infected Meth, Then Admit They Made It up for 'Attention'

The officer who cooked up the story adds that he collects "a lot of great (and incredibly raw) intelligence" by reading comment threads.

Joe Setyon | 12.31.2018 1:15 PM

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TSA

The TSA's Plastic Screening Trays Are the Dirtiest Part of the Airport

The trays are germier than the airport toilets.

Zuri Davis | 9.6.2018 5:45 PM

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Mosquito

Over-Regulation Is Making Us More Vulnerable to Disease

Regulatory precaution, not rising temperatures, is the main driver for the increase in vector-borne disease.

Ronald Bailey | 5.8.2018 12:00 PM

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GMO Food

GMO Virus Could Save Florida's Orange Groves

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reportedly approve a GMO virus to fight citrus greening disease.

Ronald Bailey | 11.22.2017 3:00 PM

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Cory Doctorow on Cyber Warfare, Lawbreaking, and His New Novel 'Walkaway'

The novelist, activist, and BoingBoing founder on cyber warfare, Uber-style reputation economics, and what he's likely to get arrested for someday.

Katherine Mangu-Ward and Todd Krainin | 5.25.2017 9:37 AM

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Can Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Save The World From Zika?

A look at several mosquito-modification projects and the political and cultural pushback they're facing.

Zach Weissmueller | 12.2.2016 12:39 PM

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Florida

Anti-Vermin Measure on Ballot in Florida

Sadly wouldn't outlaw or ban pesky politicians

Ronald Bailey | 11.8.2016 4:12 PM

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Zika

Your Neighbors Get to Vote on How Much Zika Risk You Have to Take

It's democratic, so what could possibly be wrong with that?

Ronald Bailey | 8.26.2016 4:39 PM

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Zika

FDA Finally Approves 'Friendly' GMO Mosquitoes

Just as Zika virus breaks out in Florida - coincidence?

Ronald Bailey | 8.5.2016 12:15 PM

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Zika

Zika Hits Florida—Avoid Travel to Affected Areas Warns CDC

If only there were a technology that could reduce the numbers of these deadly mosquitoes

Ronald Bailey | 8.1.2016 5:50 PM

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Zika

'Friendly' GMO Mosquitoes Knock Back Dengue Fever by 91 Percent

If the FDA will let them, they could do the same thing here when Zika arrives

Ronald Bailey | 7.14.2016 1:03 PM

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Zika

Want a Zika-Free Caribbean Vacation? Grand Cayman Chooses GMO Mosquitoes

Meanwhile FDA bows to anti-biotech activist fears and won't expedite approval of proven technology

Ronald Bailey | 5.6.2016 10:35 AM

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Zika

Libertarians and the Zika Virus

The open access medical commons and the role of government

Ronald Bailey | 4.29.2016 12:32 PM

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Zika

Zika Coming to America: Use GMO Mosquitoes to Fight It!

Blame any zika-caused microencephaly on Friends of the Earth, the Center for Food Safety, Food & Water Watch, and GMO Free USA

Ronald Bailey | 4.8.2016 1:01 PM

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Zika

First U.S. Zika Virus Transmission: Not by Mosquitoes but by Sex in Dallas

It is not inevitable that there will be a major zika outbreak in the U.S.

Ronald Bailey | 2.2.2016 4:13 PM

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Virus

Zika Virus Outbreak: Unleash the GMO Mosquitoes!

While we wait for a vaccine, GMO mosquitoes are here now to help control the outbreak.

Ronald Bailey | 1.26.2016 3:46 PM

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