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Texas Bill Would Rightly Ban Transgender Drugs, Surgery for Youths Under 18
Two years ago, it became Texas law that a person has to be 21 to buy tobacco products. Up again for consideration this year in… Read More
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Two years ago, it became Texas law that a person has to be 21 to buy tobacco products. Up again for consideration this year in… Read More
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How reliable are government declarations that mask mandates prevent the spread of the coronavirus? Our recent experience with researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention… Read More
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Thirty-two Republican members of Congress have written to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asking how the agency came to its… Read More
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Editor’s note: In a hearing Thursday held by the House Coronavirus Crisis Subcommittee, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, went back and forth with Anthony Fauci, director… Read More
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Republicans and Democrats alike say they’re horrified by how “60 Minutes” portrayed actions to fight COVID-19 taken by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. On Sunday night,… Read More
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Rep. Scott Perry, R-Penn., said it is “very concerning” that the federal infectious disease research organization led by Dr. Anthony Fauci bypassed federal oversight of… Read More
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday banning government-issued vaccine “passports” statewide. Abbott, a Republican, said vaccinations against COVID-19 cannot be government-mandated and… Read More
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An oversight board created to scrutinize research that would enhance highly dangerous pathogens did not review a National Institutes of Health grant that funded a… Read More
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Growing up in Salt Lake City, Patrick Driscoll lived a normal life. His many aspirations included becoming a fireman, an archeologist, even a roller hockey… Read More
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Dr. Anthony Fauci wants former President Donald Trump to tell his supporters to take the COVID-19 vaccine. It is true that a March 2021 NPR/PBS… Read More
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Dr. Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cast doubt on the prevalent theory about the origins of the coronavirus,… Read More
Health Care Analysis
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic and his administration’s alleged efforts to hide the accurate number of related… Read More
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The House of Representatives will hold a hearing tomorrow titled “Building on the ACA: Legislation to Expand Health Coverage and Lower Costs.” This hearing further… Read More
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During a Senate hearing Thursday, Sen. Rand Paul and Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, sparred over whether masks… Read More
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When I first arrived in Washington four years ago, I firmly believed that Republicans weren’t just right on health care, but that we won the… Read More
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American children 14 years and younger are more likely to be murdered than to die because of COVID-19, according to data published by the Centers… Read More
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When it comes to COVID-19 policy, President Joe Biden has clearly opted for a go-slow approach. If we “follow the science,” though, it’s apparent that… Read More
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The Senate will soon vote on President Joe Biden’s pick for secretary of health and human services, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. Many organizations and members… Read More
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For some special interests, a fading coronavirus pandemic poses a problem, but not always an insurmountable one. Big Labor and its acolytes cite the virus as a… Read More
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In his first prime-time speech as president, Joe Biden stated Thursday night that our nation is in “one of the darkest periods in American history”… Read More
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It’s past time to open schools, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., says. “The percentages for teachers or students is really, really low,” Biggs, chairman of the… Read More
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Official Washington, D.C., just got another early warning. The Congressional Budget Office recently confirmed the Medicare trustees’ 2020 report that the Medicare trust fund—the Part… Read More
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North Dakota and New Mexico have outperformed most other states in getting needles into arms, using about 96% of their allotments of COVID-19 vaccines for residents,… Read More
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The World Health Organization team that announced in February it was “extremely unlikely” that COVID-19 could have accidentally leaked from a Wuhan lab has scrapped… Read More
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., says Democrats’ $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill, among other things, has “only about 10%” that actually deals with the pandemic while providing… Read More
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser recently proposed that children as young as 11 should be able to consent to vaccinations without their parents’ knowledge. Sen. Mike… Read More
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The American Recovery Act, the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion response to the COVID-19 pandemic, includes a $40 billion down payment on the president’s plan to “build… Read More
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Editor’s note: During a Senate committee hearing Thursday, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., asked Rachel Levine, President Joe Biden’s nominee for assistant health secretary, about transgender… Read More
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Two years ago, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $25,000 grant to a group called Fresh Meat Productions, which is based in House… Read More
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The following is an open letter from 68 leaders participating in the Health Policy Consensus Group. The full list of signatories follows the letter. Democrats in Congress… Read More