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Coronavirus

WHO Joins Top Epidemiologists in Emphasizing Harm Caused by Lockdowns

Months into the pandemic, we’re finally getting a real debate over the right way to fight the virus.

J.D. Tuccille | 10.14.2020 12:50 PM

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Science

More Countries Should Pay Plasma Donors

Most foreign countries refuse to pay for plasma because of outmoded guidance from the World Health Organization, so much of the world relies on the U.S.'s paid plasma donors.

Peter Jaworski | 9.10.2020 6:00 AM

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Money

Cash Remains Healthy as the Pandemic Rages

People like the convenience of digital transactions, but they rely on the anonymity and reliability of physical money.

J.D. Tuccille | 7.15.2020 11:30 AM

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Reason Roundup

239 Scientists Ask WHO To Change Its Position on How COVID-19 Spreads Through Air

Plus: debunking antitrust myths, defunding U.S. Air Marshals, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.6.2020 9:30 AM

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Blood Donors

Americans Get Paid To Donate Plasma. Everyone Else Should Too

Our secret weapon against COVID-19 could be cold, hard cash.

Peter Jaworski | 7.2.2020 8:30 AM

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Is Asymptomatic Spread of COVID-19 Very Rare? Depends How You Define 'Asymptomatic'

Plus: Netflix out-trademarks the U.S. government, contraception shortages, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.9.2020 9:30 AM

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Coronavirus

The WHO Is Right To Reject Calls To Ban So-Called 'Wet Markets'

Wet markets should be made safer, not driven underground.

Baylen Linnekin | 5.16.2020 8:30 AM

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WHO Deletes Misleading Tweet That Spread Paranoia About COVID-19 Reinfection

"The thread caused some concern & we would like to clarify."

Robby Soave | 4.26.2020 4:17 PM

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How China Corrupted the World Health Organization's Response to COVID-19

Trump isn't absolved of his own failures in confronting the pandemic, but the WHO's response to the coronavirus destroyed much of its credibility and damaged the field of public health.

Zach Weissmueller | 4.15.2020 1:40 PM

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Coronavirus

The WHO Helped Spread Chinese Communist Lies About COVID-19. Now It's Lecturing People About Drinking During Quarantine.

The WHO arguably failed at its most basic mission of stopping the spread of a global pandemic, but it's still willing to hector people about their drinking habits.

Christian Britschgi | 4.15.2020 12:50 PM

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Trump Vows to Cut Off U.S. Funding to the World Health Organization

"We have deep concerns whether America's generosity has been put to the best use possible."

Brian Doherty | 4.14.2020 8:00 PM

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Coronavirus

Public Health Authorities Have Failed America at Every Level

They ignored early warning signs and pretended that everything would be OK.

Shikha Dalmia | 4.13.2020 2:00 PM

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Coronavirus

Health Care Workers Need Masks (and the Rest of Us Need Them, Too)

DIY manufacturers scramble to reduce shortages, as public health officials send mixed messages about the efficacy of broader use.

Zach Weissmueller | 3.31.2020 1:31 PM

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Balaji Srinivasan: Coronavirus Will Shape This Decade Like 9/11 Shaped the 2000s

The biotech entrepreneur and Silicon Valley visionary wants mandatory quarantines and a "digital Dunkirk" rescue operation.

Nick Gillespie and Austin Bragg | 3.12.2020 12:35 PM

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China's Coronavirus Censorship Hurts Public Health

Efforts to control the flow of information fail, but they muddle the quality of what people share in defiance of the censors.

J.D. Tuccille | 2.4.2020 7:30 AM

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Reason Roundup

Banned Microplastics Pose No Risk to Human Health, Says World Health Organization

Plus: More on the 1619 Project, a chart shows how crazy U.S. military spending is, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.22.2019 9:40 AM

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CRISPR

Global Gene-Edited Baby Ban Urged

Why should an international panel of experts get to decide if you will be allowed to gene-edit your kids?

Ronald Bailey | 3.14.2019 6:00 PM

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Video Games

My Teenage Video Game Obsession Wasn't 'Gaming Disorder'

I was a gay teen in the 1980s, hiding from a terrifying world in an arcade. The WHO's push to uniquely pathologize gaming won't help people like me.

Scott Shackford | 6.20.2018 2:35 PM

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Tobacco

The World Health Organization's Tough Tactics Against Tobacco and E-Cigs

The United Nations' public health agency achieves consensus through mass detentions and media censorship.

Todd Krainin | 11.21.2016 12:00 PM

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Soda Taxes

Why the World Health Organization is Wrong on Soda Taxes

WHO's proposal that countries enact steep fees globally is wrong and unjustified.

Baylen Linnekin | 10.15.2016 8:00 AM

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WHO Worries Africans are Getting Too Fat

Suggests taxing their sodas to help

Christian Britschgi | 10.13.2016 11:45 AM

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Coffee Not a Possible Human Carcinogen After All

Absurdly precautionary International Agency for Research on Cancer admits it was wrong

Ronald Bailey | 6.15.2016 12:04 PM

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Glyphosate

Glyphosate Not a Cancer Risk, Concludes FAO and WHO Expert Panel

Roundup "unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans"

Ronald Bailey | 5.16.2016 1:50 PM

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Smoking Bans

World Health Organization: No Kids Should See Films That Show Smoking

World Health Organization is fighting to bar children from seeing smoking in films without a guardian. As far as Zika virus goes, there is plenty of international coordinating to do.

Brian Doherty | 2.3.2016 11:14 PM

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Eat Food and Die

What happens when warnings about processed meat's cancer risk collides with California's absurd Prop 65 (over)warning law?

Baylen Linnekin | 11.14.2015 8:00 AM

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Friday Funnies: Hot Dog Cancer Link Denial

Chip Bok | 10.30.2015 7:00 AM

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Your Bacon Risk of Cancer, From Wired

Meanwhile PETA offers you a free vegan starter kit and a vegan mentor

Ronald Bailey | 10.27.2015 12:03 PM

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Meat Eaters Beware: Carnivory Declared Cancerous

Bacon, ham, and sausage are especially hazardous (and tasty).

Ronald Bailey | 10.26.2015 12:40 PM

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