U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for more information on when and how the agencies will update their travel … Continue reading Senators Ask CDC, TSA for Update on Vaccine Travel Guidance, Mask Requirements on Planes, Buses
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Bipartisan talks over compromise spending legislation are ongoing in Congress, but the prospects of the two parties reaching a compromise aren’t exactly bright. So, progressive lawmakers in Washington, DC are already planning a $6 trillion spending bonanza that they will try to push through on a party-line vote if or when bipartisan talks hit a … Continue reading Progressive Lawmakers Are Working on a Backdoor Plan to Quietly Take Us One Step Closer to Socialist Healthcare
One of the key themes of Economics In One Virus is that it can be very difficult to disentangle the effects of voluntary behavioral change from public policy. Another way of putting this is that “defining the counterfactual” is hard. In a world in which public policies can crowd out private action, or else merely codify it, you … Continue reading Don’t Confuse Mandates With Changing Behavior
Just because decisions are made by a central government body, it doesn't mean they're the right decisions. The long phase of lockdowns in Germany may now be coming to an end, but it doesn't look like it's fully catching up to America's progress on reopening and vaccination any time soon. And one can be pretty confident that many Texans or Floridians are probably not too keen on switching places with a German.
Beth Palmer was 17 and dreaming of becoming a singer in March 2020 when the United Kingdom went into lockdown because of the coronavirus. One month later, she was dead. "She was a wonderful, wonderful daughter. She was just funny, she lit up the room.," said Mike Palmer, Beth’s father. "She was so affectionate and … Continue reading CDC Reports 51% Increase in Suicide Attempts Among Teenage Girls
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise is accusing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of not being honest about China over the origins of the coronavirus. “Today, we are here with the [GOP] Doctors Caucus to talk about something we’ve been calling on for a long time, and that is demanding actual accountability and demanding that Speaker Pelosi … Continue reading Scalise Calls on Pelosi to Hold Hearings on Origins of COVID-19
employment, instead of temporary employment. Reducing government spending would allow the private sector to thrive.
State-sponsored compulsory or coerced sterilizations targeted the mentally and physically disabled as well as the poor, uneducated, immigrants, and minorities.
“Have you ever walked along a shoreline, only to have your footprints washed away? That's what Alzheimer's is like,” said famed-basketball coach Pat Summitt. As someone who watched my own grandmother slowly fade away to the disease, I can attest to this feeling. Alzheimer’s Disease is a (currently) incurable neurodegenerative condition that affects 6 million … Continue reading The Reason You (Probably) Haven’t Heard about This New Alzheimer’s Drug
As we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, we have an opportunity to reflect on the Food and Drug Administration’s successes and failures. A radical departure from the standard drug-approval process enabled the development and distribution of life-saving vaccines that allow us to return to normal. But we should not forget that many Americans lost their … Continue reading Promising New Legislation Could Transform the FDA’s Drug Approval Process, Leading to Better Treatments and Lower Prices
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