Policy & Ethics

72 percent of Americans believe that federal public health institutions play a pivotal role in the nation's health care system, though fewer than 40 percent of people trust these agencies to fulfill that obligation.

When we look back on the COVID-19 pandemic, we'll be forced to address a number of vexing questions.

It is impossible to spend a career in drug discovery research without having the following argument dozens of times: Someone: "Drug prices are too high. We should break the patents and let generic companies make them cheaply."

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.