Policy & Ethics

This is what ACSH does and has done for more than four decades. We report on the science. We try to be as accurate and encompassing all the facts that we know at the time of publication.

The introduction of COVID vaccines created a conundrum for public health officials: the clinical trials showed that the shots effectively prevented severe illness and death, but there initially weren't enough doses to go around, and it was unclear

“Banning menthol—the last allowable flavor—in cigarettes and banning all flavors in cigars will help save lives, particularly among those disproportionately affected by these deadly products.

Red Lawhern Ph.D., a healthcare writer and member of the ACSH Board of Advisors, has repeatedly demanded that CDC respond to their many critics who have pointed out that the 2016 US CDC guidelines on opioid prescribing to adults with chronic non-c

A chimera refers to a single organism with cells from different individuals, meaning 

Which population is least likely to accept a COVID-19 vaccine? Russians.

After more than a year of masking, social distancing and far too much time spent in isolation, pandemic fatigue has set it and Americans seem to be running out of anxiety to expend on COVID-19.

“GMOs, products produced from GMOs, and products produced by GMOs shall not be used in food or feed, or as food, feed, processing aids, plant protection products, fertilisers, soil conditioners, plant reproductive material, micro-org

While the FDA does regulate both finished dietary supplements and dietary ingredients, dietary supplements are regulated under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (

Never mind your liberties, there's a deadly virus on the loose, and that's justification enough for the government to mandate that you get a COVID shot.