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September 26, 2023 – Good News About This Season’s Flu Vaccines
September 19, 2023 – Following the Data: Newest COVID Vaccination Recommendations
September 19, 2023 – How Legislators Accelerate COVID Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths
September 12, 2023 – Greenpeace’s Vile War on the Poor and Vulnerable
September 7, 2023 – Mask Up Again? As COVID Cases Rise, Look to Science, Not Pundits
September 5, 2023 – The Peril and Promise of Chatbots in Education
August 31, 2023 – FDA’s Tobacco Policy is in Disarray
August 29, 2023 – The Perils of 'Do Something Syndrome'
August 24, 2023 – DEI Statement Requirement Should Be Abolished
August 22, 2023 – The Brave New World of AI: From Shoe Design to Colonoscopies
August 17, 2023 – Regulation of Molecular Genetic Engineering Must Be Evidence-Based
August 15, 2023 – The ‘Thin White Line’ That Protects Your Dental Health
August 10, 2023 – A New COVID Surge Has Begun. The Timing Is Bad.
August 8, 2023 – Are We Facing Another Coronavirus-Like Viral Pandemic?
August 3, 2023 – Florida, Texas Reporting Locally-Acquired Malaria Cases. (Spoiler Alert: It Isn't Bill Gates' Fault)
August 1, 2023 – Decision to Drop Atomic Bombs on Japan in 1945 Was a Strategic and Moral Imperative
July 27, 2023 – 'To Mask or Not to Mask?' In Healthcare Facilities Remains a Hotly Debated Question. It Shouldn't Be.
July 25, 2023 – FDA’s Approval of New Alzheimer’s Drug is Real, But Very Modest, Advance
July 20, 2023 – Should You Get COVID and Flu Shots Together?
July 18, 2023 – UCLA’s ‘3 Wishes Program’ Captures the True Meaning of Serving Patients
July 13, 2023 – Activist Vandana Shiva Is A Mortal Threat To the Most Vulnerable
July 11, 2023 – What's Driving the Fear-and-Smear Campaign Against Genetic Engineering? (Spoiler Alert: In Part, It's Russia and Its American 'Useful Idiots'.)
July 6, 2023 – Race-based Admission to Medical Schools Was Dangerous. Good Riddance.
July 5, 2023 – A Baker's Dozen Ways to Become Your Doctor’s Favorite Patient
June 29, 2023 – Regulators Should Embrace Vatican’s Endorsement of Genetic Engineering
June 27, 2023 – Does the 14th Amendment Permit You to Spread an Infectious Disease?
June 22, 2023 – Russia's Secret 'War Against the West’: Propaganda Targeting Vaccines and Genetically Engineered Crops
June 20, 2023 – Welcome to the Age of Chatbots (aka, The Information Hellscape)
June 15, 2023 – FDA’s Priorities Have Literally Gone to the Dogs
June 13, 2023 – First FDA-Approved RSV Vaccines Prevent Respiratory Infections That Pose Serious Hazards to Older Adults
June 8, 2023 – Birds and Bees Protection Act Would Bring Costly ‘Derogation Drama’ to New York
June 6, 2023 – Dental Health: Put Your Mouth Where Your Money Is
June 1, 2023 – Many of Our Elected Officials Are Unfit to Serve. Medical Problems Are Sometimes the Cause.
May 30, 2023 – EPA Shows Again It's the Worst Regulatory Agency in the History of the World
May 25, 2023 – FDA’s ‘Accelerated Approval’ Pathway for Drugs is Important, But Imperfect
May 23, 2023 – Pharmacy Shelves are Bare of Many Critical Drugs, Frustrating Doctors and Endangering Patients. There's a Straightforward Policy Solution.
May 18, 2023 – Dogs to Sniff Out COVID Infections? Hey, I’ll Bite!
May 16, 2023 – A Critical But Neglected Aspect of the Pandemic: Long COVID
May 11, 2023 – Cybersecurity in Health Care: Critical to Patients, Medical Providers
May 9, 2023 – FDA Needs Bold Reforms Instead of Kicking the Can Down the Road
May 4, 2023 – High-Tech Medicine and Dentistry Get Headlines. But Low-Tech Innovations Can Save Lives, Cut Healthcare Costs.
May 2, 2023 – COVID is Worse Than the Flu. Much Worse.
April 27, 2023 – Charles III Might Be King, but He’s Still the Dunce of Wales to Me
April 25, 2023 – Genetically Engineered Crops Are Key to Sustainable Farming. So Why Are Some Scientists Afraid to Discuss Them?
April 20, 2023 – Earth Day Has Become Polluted by Ignorance and Political Correctness
April 18, 2023 – Welcome to the Information Hellscape
April 18, 2023 – 'Notable Articles' in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2022
April 13, 2023 – The Conundrums of Prostate Cancer
April 11, 2023 – Medical Scribes Can Improve Patient Care and Prevent Physician Burnout
April 6, 2023 – Norman Borlaug, 'Father of the Green Revolution,' Was Remarkable in Many Ways