Policy & Ethics

The strategy has been to defund and then attack in the media. These attacks extend beyond the people currently or recently employed in these professions. It also directly cuts off the pipeline of scientists in training.

Earlier this month, in a Wall Street Journal 

“Today, we are taking a bold step in restoring public trust by totally reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP).

The New York Post recently reported o

Systems thrive when environments are structured for success, whether in a Michelin-starred kitchen or a termite colony.

“For far too long, ingredient manufacturers and sponsors have exploited a loophole that has allowed new ingredients and chemicals, often with unknown safety data, to be introduced into the U.S.

“It’s natural to think of scientists as truth seekers, people driven by an intense curiosity to understand the natural world.

In a generational policy change, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed to repeal the “Endangerment Finding”, the determination that underpins the government’s legal authority to regulate greenhouse gases and, in turn, is the underpinn

In my conversation with Bill Wirtz, I explored the consequences of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to “rein in” the influence of the pharmaceutical industry by downsizing key health agencies, such as the FDA, NIH, and CDC.

"Scholarly bullshit is defined as scholarship that is so pointless and unnecessary that even the scholar producing it cannot justify its existence,” Kirchherr defined in a