On August 23, in an interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Fox’s Neil Cavuto asked if the school shutdowns had “forever damaged” kids. Fauci answered, “I don’t think it’s forever irreparably […]
Tag: Healthcare
Which Lasts Longer, Spike Proteins or CDC ‘Facts?’
On November 23, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published information on something that was on everybody’s mind: vaccines against COVID-19. In a page titled “Understanding mRNA […]
Goodbye, Anthony Fauci
When Anthony Fauci announced his retirement, a deluge of fawning coverage about his career immediately appeared in mainstream media outlets. This praise was both expected and deeply disturbing. Yasmeen Abutaleb […]
Blame the Federal Diabetic Assault
As a decades-long reader of the Los Angeles Times, I have noticed its opinion section’s Marxian tilt. But I am not referring to Karl Marx. I mean Groucho, who described […]
Risk Analysis for Children’s Health
The federal government officially embraced risk assessment in 1983 with publication of Risk Assessment in the Federal Government, followed by the use of cost-benefit analysis with President Carter’s Executive Order […]
Government Is the Scourge of Diabetics, Not Their Savior
Congressional Republicans have defeated a proposal by congressional Democrats to mandate that private insurance companies cap out‐of‐pocket spending on insulin by their enrollees at $35 per month. Republicans were right to […]
The FDA Has a Science Problem
It was announced in July that Matthew Holman, the director of the Office of Science in the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), was stepping down to take a […]
Price Controls Hurt Patients, Risk Future Innovation
The U.S. Senate just announced legislation within Medicare Part D with the headline “lower prescription drug costs for beneficiaries living with cancer.” Behind this headline, with a further examination of […]
Risk Analysis for Children’s Health
The Federal Government officially embraced risk assessment in 1983 with publication of Risk Assessment in the Federal Government followed by the use of cost-benefit analysis with President Carter’s Executive Order […]
Re-Imagining Medicine
Twice per year a group of medical students and I put on a “Mini Medical School” for high school students in our city’s public school system. About 50 students, nearly […]