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A Survivor's Guide to Ultra-Processed Foods February 20, 2025
They're cheap, convenient and wrecking your health. Here's how to cut back....
Smart Leadership Can Reshape Our Health Care Future February 19, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in last week as secretary of health and human services. With it, President Trump has given Mr. Kennedy the keys to America’s health care megastore, which includes the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Dise...
How Should ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Translate to Concrete Policy Change? February 14, 2025
RFK Jr. has officially been confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Although the appointment was controversial, it’s clear the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement has real traction with the general public. A majori...
Science Journal Aimed at Spurring Scientific Discourse February 14, 2025
President Donald Trump's nominees to run the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration are part of a group of scientists censored during the COVID-19 pandemic who are introducing new scientific journal focused on spurring sci...
Science Journal Aimed at Spurring Scientific Discourse February 13, 2025
President Donald Trump's nominees to run the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration are part of a group of scientists censored during the COVID-19 pandemic who are introducing new scientific journal focused on spurring sci...
Mothers Support Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Plan to Make America Healthy Again February 12, 2025
With the pending confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., as secretary of Health and Human Services this week, some mothers may be concerned about what his leadership means for the future of their children’s health. Despite some concerns from the main...
Suggested Trump Admin Reform February 10, 2025
As President Trump and border czar Tom Homan set about getting control of our southern border, they have an opportunity not only to clamp down on the horrors of human trafficking and drug smuggling. They can also deal a blow to the Chinese companies ...
FDA Dysfunction Rewards Chinese Black Marketeers at the Expense of Kids February 03, 2025
If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), he has vowed to reform the agency. His work is cut out for him: HHS’s size and scope are matched only by its dysfunction.Mr. Kennedy has singled out the Food and D...
The Political Lens on Food Is Changing December 18, 2024
After years of dire warnings about Americans' diet, the political winds appear to be shifting to a more critical view of what we eat....
Federal Policies Must Incentivize Rare Disease Drug Development, Not Hinder It December 17, 2024
Federal Policies Must Incentivize Rare Disease Drug Development, Not Hinder ItFor most of my daughters’ lives, I lived with the reality that any day could be their last. After they were both diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF), our lives centered aro...
Election Consequences for Unelected Bureaucrats December 06, 2024
Elections have consequences which cannot come fast enough for the Food and Drug Administration and Center for Tobacco Products. President Biden’s FDA and CTP bureaucrats have run roughshod over...
Election Consequences for Unelected Bureaucrats December 05, 2024
Elections have consequences which cannot come fast enough for the Food and Drug Administration and Center for Tobacco Products. President Biden’s FDA and CTP bureaucrats have run roughshod over...
Healthcare and the 119th Congress December 04, 2024
After his win, many aspects of Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign are still ringing true in 2024. But while healthcare was a day one priority in 2016, it’s not high on Trump’s wishlist today following his “Repeal and Replace” shortfall. It shouldn’t deter ...
How to 'Make America Healthy Again'? December 04, 2024
Restricting access to vacccines and going after the food industry won't Make America Healthy Again, experts say....
America First Agenda Includes Protecting Vaping Freedom December 03, 2024
It is great news for those who enjoy the freedom to use e-cigarettes that former President Donald J. Trump will be back in the White House. The Biden Administration seemed oblivious to vaping and allowed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) t...
Is FDA Doing Enough for Patients? October 17, 2024
As attention remains focused on the upcoming election, Congress must not lose sight of its responsibility to hold the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accountable for the commitments made under the most recent Prescription Drug User Fee Agreements ...
Biggest Myth About Processed Food, Debunked by Science October 17, 2024
Ancient food preservation and processing techniques have helped humans to survive for thousands of years....
Biggest Myth About Processed Food, Debunked by Science October 16, 2024
Ancient food preservation and processing techniques have helped humans to survive for thousands of years....
We Can Further Reduce Smoking October 08, 2024
For what are often very different reasons, Republicans and Democrats are prone to anger when government doesn’t work. Conservatives are, by nature, skeptical of regulation. Progressives, by contrast, are frustrated when bureaucratic bungling gives th...
A New Prescription for a Stronger, Healthier Nation October 07, 2024
As we navigate the complex waters of 21st-century healthcare, we find ourselves in a storm of heightened politicization and bureaucratic inertia. The challenges facing our healthcare system are immense and multifaceted, and the stakes have never been...
Proposed Drug Patent Reforms Would Do More Harm Than Good October 04, 2024
Congress is considering a bill that could exacerbate government waste and give American companies' most valuable trade secrets to China.That's obviously not lawmakers' goal. But it's likely to happen -- if the Medication Affordability and Patent Inte...
Long-term Care Benefits in Medicare Advantage Plans October 02, 2024
Five years ago, some analysts and policymakers hoped that allowing Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to offer long-term care (LTC) benefits would be a largely federally financed option for retired and disabled people for such coverage. This would be an a...
Is Ultra-Processed Food Really That Bad For You? October 02, 2024
Highly processed foods are here to stay, but that's not such a bad thing....
'Food Is Medicine', but Only for Some February 02, 2024
"Nutrition is health. It is critical that all Americans have access to healthy food."...
