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The FDA Has Lost its Soul
David Gortler
Under Biden, every single bad decision at the FDA has been addressed with spin, closed ranks, finger-pointing, excuses, obfuscation, withholding of documents, and accusing critics of race-based motives.
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The New American / August 2, 2022
FDA Approval Of Over-The-Counter Birth Control Puts Women’s Health At Risk
David Gortler
Should oral contraceptives be obtained without a prescription from a medical provider, a number of critical assessments will be overlooked.
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The Federalist / July 26, 2022
How the White House’s New FDA Commissioner Caused the Baby Formula Crisis
David Gortler
The FDA’s current way of doing things is badly outdated and has proven to be politically unworkable, unreliable, and unsafe.
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The Pharmacy Times / July 13, 2022
Electronic Health Records, Inflation, and Private Medicine
Devorah Goldman
These made‐to‐order, government‐approved systems — which were not sought after by either doctors or the patient community — have failed in egregious ways.
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Cato Institute / July 13, 2022
Biden Pays Big Bucks for Pfizer’s Latest Flop
David Gortler
The Biden administration is paying $10.6 billion in taxpayer money for Pfizer’s unoriginal and ineffective Covid-19 drug, Paxlovid.
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The American Conservative / June 28, 2022
Contagious Vaccines
Aaron Kheriaty
Government-funded research of lab-engineered viruses to create contagious self-spreading vaccines that bypass the consent of citizens. What could go wrong?
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Human Flourishing / June 21, 2022
EPPC Scholar Files Expert Declaration in Suit by States Challenging Censorship by Biden Administration, Tech…
Aaron Kheriaty
EPPC Fellow Dr. Aaron Kheriaty has submitted an expert declaration in support of a legal challenge filed by Missouri and Louisiana alleging that President Biden and other leading federal officials colluded with Big Tech companies to censor and suppress free speech.
PDF / June 15, 2022
The WHO’s Pandemic Treaty
Aaron Kheriaty
We must oppose this to maintain national sovereignty and democratic norms.
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Substack / May 31, 2022
HHS Guidance on Trans Pharmacology Raises More Questions Than It Answers
David Gortler
Observant scientists and clinicians will notice the document is most remarkable for what it doesn’t say.
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Newsweek / May 19, 2022
The Public Health Prophet We Did Not Heed
Aaron Kheriaty
Although lockdowns and other biosecurity proposals were circulating by 2005, mainstream public health did not embrace the biosecurity model until covid.
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Substack / May 10, 2022
The Leak Shows Why Abortion Policy Should Be Returned to the States
Carter Snead
It would be ironic if whoever leaked the draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization did it in a desperate effort to prod the Supreme Court to uphold Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Because this breach is one of the starkest examples yet of why the question of abortion law and policy must be restored to our political branches.
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The Washington Post / May 5, 2022