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Viewpoint: To mask or not to mask? That remains a hotly debated question in hospitals and other healthcare facilities — although it shouldn’t be

Genetic Literacy Project | 
During the years that the COVID-19 pandemic was murderously sweeping the world, it killed about seven million — more than 1.1 ...
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Viewpoint: Queen of Green Social Justice or Reckless Green-Revolution Rejectionist — Who is the real Vandana Shiva?

Indian activist Vandana Shiva opposes the tools and practices of modern agriculture and science and advocates regressive policies that cause ...
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How the U.S. is gearing up for a repeat “tripledemic” this fall as threats of a surge in COVID-19 cases grow

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Is the United States out of the woods yet with COVID? The evidence is problematic ...
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Should you get COVID and flu shots together?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Over the past several years, the medical community has learned, to its dismay, that we can experience a “twindemic” of ...
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Viewpoint: The ongoing battle between technology and ‘buzzword’ farming approaches, from agroecology to biodynamics to regenerative to organic

European Scientist | 
“Genetic Engineering” (GE) has been practiced by humans for more than 10,000 years, first by selecting and hybridizing plants. For ...
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Viewpoint: How the EPA deprives farmers of safe and effective pesticides by capitulating to environmental activist agendas

During his long-overdue testimony before the House Committee on Agriculture in April, EPA Administrator Michael Regan complained about anti-pesticide groups tying up ...
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RSV vaccine breakthrough prevents respiratory infections that pose serious hazards to older adults

Genetic Literacy Project | 
It is not every day that drug development results in a breakthrough with the potential to eliminate an often serious ...
How can we decrease risks of getting genetic-based diseases even if we carry potentially harmful genes?

How can we decrease risks of getting genetic-based diseases even if we carry potentially harmful genes?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
The study of genetics has always been an attempt to understand our biologically determined fate. Many of us know of ...
Personalized genetics key in increasing longevity and quality of life

Personalized genetic cancer treatments key in increasing longevity and quality of life

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Personalized, or precision, medicine applied to cancer treatment has its origins in studies of human genetics and the genetic mutations ...
Pharmacy shelves are bare of many critical drugs. Reciprocity between the US and other countries could help address that 

Pharmacy shelves are bare of many critical drugs. Reciprocity between the US and other countries could help address that 

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Dr. Deborah Greenhouse, a pediatrician in South Carolina, tweeted on February 1,  OK pediatricians, I'm starting a new contest: Who ...
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Viewpoint: Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s conspiracy-promoting, vaccine-rejecting surgeon general, is a public menace

Genetic Literacy Project | 
He has blood on his hands. Even as the worst of the health crisis ignited by the SARS-CoV-2 virus fades, ...
Biopharming can help pioneer new treatments but cumbersome, outdated regulations block innovation

Biopharming can help pioneer new treatments but cumbersome, outdated regulations block innovation

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Obtaining medicines from plants is not new. Aspirin was first isolated from the bark of the willow tree in the ...
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Viewpoint: GMO crops are key to sustainable farming — why are some scientists afraid to talk about them?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
A shallow piece in the journal Science downplaying the importance of GMO crops belongs in a New Age publication ...
Not out of the woods on COVID threats: Animal reservoirs of SARS-CoV-2 pose unknown risks to humans

Not out of the woods on COVID threats: Animal reservoirs of SARS-CoV-2 pose unknown risks to humans

Genetic Literacy Project | 
The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most devastating events in public health in the U.S. over the last ...
Viewpoint: Challenging myths — Organic farming fleeces consumers and does not significantly promote sustainability

Viewpoint: Challenging myths — Organic farming fleeces consumers and does not significantly promote sustainability

Genetic Literacy Project | 
As I discussed in Part 1, many Americans have begun to seek “authenticity” in many aspects of their lives.  There’s ...
Viewpoint: 'Intransigent regulation' — Genetic modification solution to limit crop frost damage waits for government green light

Viewpoint: ‘Intransigent regulation’ — Genetic modification solution to limit crop frost damage waits for government green light

Genetic Literacy Project | 
The EPA's intransigent regulation of genetically engineered bacteria that could mitigate frost damage to crops prevented their commercialization. Especially when ...
How biotechnology over-regulation harms farmers, boosts food costs and fuels inflation

How biotechnology over-regulation harms farmers, boosts food costs and fuels inflation

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Recent months have been hellish for many American farmers and consumers who buy the food they produce. Many farms have ...
XBB.1.5 spreading rapidly through the US: Why the coronavirus continues to confound scientists and public health officials

XBB.1.5 spreading rapidly through the US: Why the coronavirus continues to confound scientists and public health officials

The SARS-CoV-2 virus is threatening to surge again. In the past few weeks alone, a recent version, XBB.1.5, has quickly ...
Viewpoint: Is the FDA following ‘sound science’ in green lighting new Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm?

Viewpoint: Is the FDA following ‘sound science’ in green lighting new Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm?

The prominent economist Milton Friedman said that in order to understand the motivation of a person or organization, you must look ...
Are Americans too complacent about a winter surge of COVID infections — and deaths?

Are Americans too complacent about a winter surge of COVID infections — and deaths?

To the old saying about the inevitability of death and taxes, we should add another: another health crisis linked to ...
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Viewpoint: Human insulin saga: Anomalous, successful 40-year history of the first genetically-modified medicine underscores how regulators can scuttle innovation

October 29th marks the 40th anniversary of one of biotechnology’s most significant milestones — the approval by the FDA of ...
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Viewpoint: President Biden was widely praised for his executive order boosting the ‘bioeconomy’. It reads good but here’s why it is likely to backfire

City Journal | 
Half a century ago, biotechnology became a marketing buzzword for the products and processes that used then-new techniques of genetic ...
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Viewpoint: King Charles’ resistance to crop biotechnology has been a royal pain. Can the former ‘Dunce of Wales’ shuck organic propaganda and embrace sustainable agriculture?

King Charles III has repeatedly demonstrated some of the pitfalls of the inbreeding that has plagued the royal families of ...
Dubious findings about food from the ‘Nutrition Researchers Guild’: How can we learn from this unscientific manipulation of statistics?

Dubious findings about food from the ‘Nutrition Researchers Guild’: How can we learn from this unscientific manipulation of statistics?

Are you confused about conflicting “research” findings on certain foods’ effects on our health? It would hardly be surprising. First, ...
Viewpoint: Switching to organic food because it’s healthier, safer and better for the environment? Think again

Viewpoint: Switching to organic food because it’s healthier, safer and better for the environment? Think again

RealClearScience | 
Many consumers are committed to organic products for reasons that are more emotional than logical. They frequently define their purchasing ...
In the wake of Biden's COVID-19 infections, here’s what regulators should do to limit Paxlovid rebound

In the wake of Biden’s COVID-19 infections, here’s what regulators should do to limit Paxlovid rebound

When he headed the Food & Drug Administration, Dr. Frank Young used to admonish his minions that sometimes regulations need ...
Viewpoint: When do politicians sometimes act like bacteria? When it comes to enacting necessary but politically risky policies to control the latest COVID surge

Viewpoint: When do politicians sometimes act like bacteria? When it comes to enacting necessary but politically risky policies to control the latest COVID surge

I’ve long noted fundamental similarities between bacteria and politicians. It might seem an odd comparison, but both groups are highly ...
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