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Trump Blocks Gender Treatments for Children
President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) on January 28 blocking gender treatment for children in the United States. The order, “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” defunds government research and grants involving “chemical and surgical mutilation of children,” authorizes action against Medicare or Medicaid providers who participate in such treatments, stops the…
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AI Needs Continuing Education, Too – Commentary
Humans aren’t the only health care providers requiring continuing education to maintain their competency. Artificial intelligence (AI) also needs a regular reboot. This is a factor many people overlook when they get excited about AI, especially after the announcement of the $500 billion investment in Project Stargate and President Donald Trump’s Removing Barriers to American…
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Controversial Brain Death Diagnoses Under Fire
Recent dubious brain death diagnoses have some calling for an end to the controversial protocol. Brain-Death Declaration A prominent recent case involved a 23-year-old Jamaican woman who admitted herself to Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, New York, for elective surgery on July 30, 2024. In February, Amber Ebanks, a business student attending school in New…
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U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Planned Parenthood Medicaid Funding
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether states can block Medicaid eligibility from health care providers who offer abortions, such as Planned Parenthood. The high court agreed on December 18 to hear Kerr v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, in which the regional chapter of Planned Parenthood and an individual plaintiff sued South Carolina Health…
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Gain-of-Function Research Funding Ends, EcoHealth Alliance Out
In the advent of President Donald Trump’s second term, four significant actions related to the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath took place in quick succession. First, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under President Joe Biden banned gain-of-function research and debarred EcoHealth Alliance and its former president, Peter Daszak, from receiving federal grants…
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Gig Workers, Too, Deserve HSAs – Commentary
By Joel White, David A. Hyman, and Ge Bai Approximately 59 million Americans currently participate in the gig economy. For most, this is a part-time way to make money, but 17 million people derive all their income from contracted opportunities. Gig workers are found in various industries, including transportation (for example, Uber, DoorDash, and InstaCart), freelancing (Upwork), e-commerce…
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HSAs ‘Too Restrictive,’ Should Be Expanded: Report
In his new report on “The Case for Healthcare Freedom,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) argues Congress should make health savings accounts (HSAs) available to more people, raise the money contribution limits, and reduce restrictions on what the money in the accounts can be used for. “Until Americans control more of their healthcare spending and middlemen…
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Congressman Proposes Cure for U.S. Health Care System
The Daily Signal: Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) issued a diagnosis for America’s broken health care system, and the congressman says the problem isn’t what people think. America’s health crisis doesn’t come from health insurance, Big Pharma, or even food additives, Roy says. “It’s the fact that politicians, bureaucrats, and corporations are all benefitting from a broken, cronyistic…
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Californians Face Unhealthy Air Quality After Wildfires
In addition to the loss of life, property, livelihoods, and vegetation caused by the raging wildfires in greater Los Angeles, residents of the stricken area will have to cope with the effects of smoke-related unhealthy air, the Los Angeles County Health Department warned in a January 11, 2025 advisory. The lingering health effects of the…
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Trump Withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization—Again
Hours after taking office for a second term, President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). Trump had pulled the United States out of the WHO on July 6, 2020, during his first term. Under an Act of Congress enacted in 1948, the move required one…
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