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AI Needs Continuing Education, Too – Commentary
Publication -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
Publication -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 […] -
Research & Commentary: Georgia Senate Legislation Would Protect Georgians from ESG De-Banking, Utility Discrimination
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation in the Georgia Senate would combat environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring systems and ensure Georgians are not discriminated against for ideological reasons by financial institutions or utility companies based on their exercise of speech, political activity, religious views, or their occupation. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores are essentially a risk assessment mechanism increasingly being […] -
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U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Planned Parenthood Medicaid Funding
Publication -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
Publication -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 […] -
Carbon Capture and Storage Projects: The Threat To Property Rights
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is one of the latest methods climate activists are using to combat greenhouse gases and achieve “net-zero” carbon dioxide emissions. Government-funded CCS companies manage projects that capture CO2 emissions at their source and condense carbon dioxide into a liquid-like “supercritical” state. The liquified CO2 is then transported through pipelines or […] -
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Gig Workers, Too, Deserve HSAs – Commentary
Publication -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 […] -
Streamlined: Reforming Tennessee’s Private School Regulatory Environment
Publication -Policy Studies -Executive Summary Early in the 2025 legislative session, the Tennessee General Assembly finally acceded to the request of Governor Bill Lee and passed a universal education savings account program that would provide all Tennessee parents with state funding to choose the educational model that best meets their learning needs of their children. The program established, […] -
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HSAs ‘Too Restrictive,’ Should Be Expanded: Report
Publication -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
Publication -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 […] -
Research & Commentary: 2025 Should Finally Be the Year When Education Choice Comes to Texas
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation making its way through the Texas legislature would establish a universal education savings account (ESA) program open to all children in the Lone Star State. These accounts would cover tuition, fees, and curricula for eligible children at private and parochial schools, as well as textbooks, private tutoring services, transportation costs, and educational therapies. Funds could […] -
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Californians Face Unhealthy Air Quality After Wildfires
Publication -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
Publication -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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Shakedown Lawsuits, Not Safety, Explain Drug Shortages – Commentary
Publication -U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) called on U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D. to take “appropriate actions to investigate and recall products with unacceptable levels of benzene.” In a letter to Califf on October 31, 2023, Blumenthal alleged an “independent quality assurance company,” a fancy phrase for a lab, found “unacceptable” […] -
Research & Commentary: Virginia Senate Legislation Would Protect Virginians from ESG De-Banking Discrimination
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation in the Virginia Senate would combat environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring systems and ensure Virginians are not discriminated against for ideological reasons by financial institutions based on their exercise of speech, political activity, religious views, or their occupation. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores are essentially a risk assessment mechanism increasingly being used by investment […] -
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$1 Million Prize at Stake in Debate on Safety, Effectiveness of COVID-19 Shots
Publication -A businessman is offering $1 million to anyone who can prove the mRNA COVID-19 inoculations did not kill more people than they saved. Entrepreneur, vaccine critic, and alternative therapy advocate Steven Kirsch, the inventor of the optical mouse and founder of Infoseek, Frame Technology Corp, Abaca, and OneID, issued the challenge during the COVID-19 crisis. […] -
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Report: Child Died During Clinical Trial of COVID-19 Shots
Publication -Concerns about the safety and efficacy of mRNA COVID-19 shots have increased after a January 3 report that drug maker Moderna failed to inform the U.S. government of the death of a child during clinical trials of its vaccine, as required by law. “A preschool-aged child died of cardio-respiratory arrest after getting a booster shot […] -
Research and Commentary: Missouri’s Big Tech Policy
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Protections Against Big Tech Censorship Are Integral in Missouri’s Next Legislative Session Legislation that would protect Missourians’ free speech on social media platforms is an integral and timely policy goal that should be considered in 2025. States around the nation have introduced legislation with the same objective in mind since the peak of blatant censorship […] -
Research & Commentary: Universal Freedom Scholarship Program Would Put Wyoming in the Education Freedom Vanguard
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation recently introduced in the Wyoming House of Representatives would change the name of the state’s Education Savings Accounts Program to the Wyoming Freedom Scholarship Program and also universalize it, opening the program up to all Wyoming families. Currently, the Education Savings Account Program, just launched last year, is only open to Wyoming families whose household […] -
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Lockdowns Caused Changes in Teen Brains, Study Finds
Publication -The COVID-19 lockdowns caused significant changes in adolescents’ brains, a scientific study has found. Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle used MRI data to show the normal thinning of the cortex that happens during adolescence was accelerated in teens during the lockdowns. The effect was greater in female brains than in male brains, […] -
Research & Commentary: Farmer Protection Act Would Provide Protection from ESG for South Carolina’s Agriculture Sector
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation in the South Carolina House of Representatives, the Farmer Protection Act, which would combat environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring systems and ensure South Carolina’s farmers are not discriminated against by financial institutions based on environmental policy. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores are essentially a risk assessment mechanism increasingly being used by investment firms and […] -
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What the FDA Gets Wrong About Drug Ads – Commentary
Publication -There are only two countries in the world where drug manufacturers are allowed to advertise their products directly to consumers: the United States and New Zealand. Drug companies in the United States spend $4 billion a year on TV ads alone. The typical TV drug ad these days usually touts the benefits of a drug—maybe with a lot of […] -
Research & Commentary: Push to Universalize New Hampshire’s Educational Freedom Accounts is Appropriate and Timely
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation recently introduced in the New Hampshire House of Representatives would universalize the state’s Education Freedom Accounts Program (EFA), an education savings account (ESA) program, for low- and middle-income students, and open the program up to all New Hampshire families. Access to the EFA Program, launched in 2021, is currently only open to students whose […] -
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Where to Draw the Line on Outrageous Health Care Prices – Commentary
Publication -I often write about high prices in health care. Some gene therapy drugs cost more than $1 million for a one-time treatment. The latest oncology drugs are especially expensive. Danyelza (for neuroblastoma) and Kimmtrak (uveal melanoma) cost $1.2 million and $1.1 million, respectively. The average annual cost of a new cancer drug is more than $250,000. […]