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Americans’ high pharmaceutical costs are homegrown, not the result of “global freeloading.” Read More

The OBBD doesn’t cut Medicaid. It just restores the program to its previous (unaffordable) trajectory. Read More

Reforming the federal government’s largest entitlement programs is an imposing political project that will require those with shared... Read More

In Washington, there is always a heated debate about government efficiency and effectiveness. But that debate has moved outside the Beltway... Read More

It’s America’s loss that Vinay Prasad will not be able to make the changes necessary to restore trust in public health officials. Read More

In just two weeks, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) managed to do what no slow-moving bureaucracy should ever achieve: it... Read More

Following the departure of Vinay Prasad, M.D., former head of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), the FDA has... Read More

Kennedy’s justification for these purges reveals his fundamental misunderstanding of how medical science works. Read More

The “follow the science” movement has an awkward relationship with medical evidence. Read More

Choline is essential for cognitive function, and it's hiding in your egg carton Read More

In 2023, obesity and excess weight cost U.S. businesses and employees $425.5 billion, according Global Data. If we are serious about tackling... Read More

The latest nutrition news tells us more about the state of the science (and the reporting) than it does what we need to know. Read More

Stanford faculty member George Tidmarsh, M.D., Ph.D. named Director of Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Read More

"The people that control the journals, in particular the editors, often have an interest in promoting a narrative," says Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Read More

Seed oils have become the most recent food to avoid. Despite being a staple in every diet and having significant economic value to the U.S.,... Read More

Nicotine vaping continues to outperform FDA-approved smoking cessation therapies in well-designed studies, including a new clinical trial... Read More

Yes, Americans are aging and are using more health care, but we can’t have a labor force of nursing home attendants and home health... Read More

Dr. George Tidmarsh, physician, scientist, and biotech CEO, joins Jerry Rogers on "The Business of America" podcast to discuss the risks... Read More

The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) contains the most substantial conservative reforms to federal health care programs of any legislation in... Read More

We talk a lot about the cost of medicine, the rising costs of Medicaid and Medicare and entitlements. Polling shows that health care remains... Read More