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The vaccines seem to be working well, but the FDA isn't.
Vaccine hesitancy can, in part, be laid at the feet of experts who betrayed the public’s trust.
The agency seems inclined to ban the vaping products that former smokers overwhelmingly prefer because teenagers also like them.
They give an edge to big companies that have no problems accessing capital and whose executives are often well-connected with politicians.
Although Raja Krishnamoorthi says "adults can do what they want," he is determined not to let them.
"There really is no overarching federal strategy to guide the government’s efforts to improve Americans’ diets," says a new government report, which indicates that overlap in initiatives is creating waste.
E-cigarette regulations and taxes threaten an industry that could prevent millions of premature deaths.
It did recommend authorizing boosters for those over age 65
House Democrats' proposed excise taxes could double or triple the price of some vaping products.
Plus, how his tax hikes won't actually help anyone, either.
The agency's decisions so far reflect a bias against the flavored e-liquids that former smokers overwhelmingly prefer.
If they're good enough for Europeans, surely they're good enough for Americans.
Instead of trusting the science, the FDA will treat adults like children.
It’s legal for doctors to give kids the Pfizer vaccine, but Pfizer isn’t allowed to say so.
If so, public health officials have compounded the problem with disingenuous arguments, dubious policy shifts, and misleading statements.
The same institution that's unable to run the Postal Service or Amtrak orchestrated our invasion and withdrawal of Afghanistan.
The study highlights the dangers that government-encouraged "tapering" poses to patients on long-term opioid therapy.
From SpaceX and Tesla to Uber and Lyft, many of the most successful companies thrived without the government's stamp of approval.
Governments at the state, local, and federal levels can obstruct our pursuit of happiness and at times even jeopardize our safety.
A bipartisan bill in Congress seeks to get the FDA out of the premium cigar industry.
And it's easier to distribute than the current vaccines, which require ultra-cold storage.
Science writer Steven Johnson, author of the new book Extra Life, on vaccines, medical breakthroughs, and life after Covid.
Cicada season reminds us that insects are a great food source for humans.
Former Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir says former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb's support for a ban was based on "embarrassingly poor evidence."
At critical junctures, the FDA slowed vaccine development and rollout. Its decisions almost certainly cost lives.
And it's already sold out.
Subjects diagnosed with severe post-traumatic stress disorder made substantially more progress when they received MDMA rather than a placebo.
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This is the same agency that cost thousands of lives with its botched vaccine rollout.
Two recent studies show how ham-handed efforts to reduce opioid prescriptions undermine medical care.
Who could possibly have known that that would happen?
If public health scolds get their way, they will worsen the nation’s overcriminalization problem.
But only after the company jumps over more regulatory hurdles.
America's public health officials continue to undermine public health.
The decision by the CDC and FDA to pause the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was a disastrous misstep.
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The risks of blood clots are much lower than the risks of COVID-19 illness, hospitalizations, and deaths.
Yet the company is still getting stupidly scolded by public health busybodies
The role of the state is to protect rights and guard against fraud, not to prevent people from making risky choices.
Without the feds in the way, we could have rolled out at-home diagnostic testing, set up human challenge trials, approved vaccines sooner, and vaccinated Americans more quickly.
Knowledge is probably not more dangerous than alcohol, but why risk it?
Would vaccine vigilantes be justified in stealing and distributing AstraZeneca doses locked up by order of the government?
Instead of blocking food imports during a pandemic in which supply chains are strained, the FDA should allow consumers to choose food that will fill them up.
Burdensome regulations have likely cost lives.
The Reason Roundtable takes on the FDA, Andrew Cuomo, and more.
Adding a third vaccine could get America back to something resembling normal by this spring.
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