Health CareCommentary
Pharmaceutical and biotech companies, in collaboration with scientists in academia and government, are working flat-out to develop drugs and vaccines to treat or prevent COVID-19…. Read More
Health CareAnalysis
In 2005, then-Sen. Bill Frist had a message for Americans: a pandemic was coming, likely out of Asia, and due to increasing global travel, it… Read More
Health CareNews
President Donald Trump seemed supportive of Attorney General William Barr’s directive to protect the individual rights of citizens against the potential encroachment by state or… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
There has been considerable interest lately in Sweden’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Sweden’s top epidemiologist, Dr. Anders Tegnell, Sweden is expected to… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
As the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, the White House has warned time and time again that a vaccine for the SARS-CoV-2 virus won’t be… Read More
Health CareCommentary
America is a free society, and in a free society, the exercise of personal choice is dependent upon both the opportunity to make choices and… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The COVID-19 pandemic that has reached every corner of America presents policymakers with a vastly complicated problem that will require a diverse and tailored approach…. Read More
Health CareCommentary
America’s coronavirus testing rates have emerged as one of the enduring issues with the government’s response to the pandemic. Following the Centers for Disease Control… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The lesson of history for tyrannical regimes is that the truth is dangerous. Clearly, the Chinese Communist Party knows this full well, which is why… Read More
Health CareNews
The Food and Drug Administration has ongoing clinical trials for 72 drugs to treat COVID-19, therapeutics that aren’t a cure, but which will treat the… Read More
Health CareNews
A new Department of Homeland Security study shows that heat, humidity, and sunlight could help to kill the coronavirus, offering a potential literal ray of… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
Policymakers need to scrutinize their epidemiological models. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government has been heavily influenced by the Institute of Health… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Public health officials advising governments here and abroad on the COVID-19 pandemic so far have offered shifting and tentative guidance on when and how to… Read More
Health Care Analysis
Demand for medical supplies such as ventilators and face masks skyrocketed as COVID-19 took hold. The situation led policymakers to examine how America can better… Read More
Health CareNews
President Donald Trump said he strongly disagrees with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s move to begin reopening that state, to include some of the most likely… Read More
Health CareCommentary
A debate is forming about the U.S. response to COVID-19 and it’s worthwhile to consider this debate early, as it develops, before battle lines harden…. Read More
Health CareCommentary
Across the country, governments are preparing to reopen society and the economy after the initial wave of coronavirus cases subsides. Regions, states, and localities are… Read More
Health CareCommentary
One of the first lessons in an economics class is everything has a cost. That’s in stark contrast to lessons in the political arena where… Read More
Health CareCommentary
According to The New York Times coronavirus report, as of Sunday, April 19, 2:48 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, there were 35,676 COVID-19 deaths in the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
In stark contrast to most other developed countries dealing with the coronavirus, Sweden has adopted what are perhaps the least restrictive “social distancing” rules in… Read More
Health CareCommentary
After completely reinventing its economy with free-market policies in the 1980s, New Zealand has enjoyed a remarkable run of prosperity as one of the most… Read More
Health CareNews
Despite the fact that Chinese authorities misled the world about the coronavirus, top World Health Organization officials have repeatedly gone out of their way to… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The reopening of America will need to happen on a state-by state, county-by-county basis. One problem that may hinder the process is that different areas… Read More
Health CareCommentary
$1.8 trillion. That’s the official price tag on the federal government’s most recent stimulus bill, passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. That estimate is… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
Returning to a semblance of normalcy in this country will require the ability to gauge a person’s immunity status to the COVID-19 virus using serology… Read More
Health CareNews
The governor of Michigan said Thursday that abortion is “life-sustaining.” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, discussed abortion in times of the coronavirus pandemic during… Read More
Health CareNews
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a speech in early February that the spread of the coronavirus outside China could be “controlled… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
For many of us, our view of COVID-19 is through a screen. We watch the nightly news, or read articles and reports on a laptop,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
We are a few days away from a rendezvous with some tough conclusions about COVID-19. A number of concurrent developments are coming to a head…. Read More
Health Care Commentary
This week on “Problematic Women,” we talk with health care economist and National Coronavirus Recovery Commission member Gail Wilensky about how we can save both… Read More
