Viewpoint: In the name of equity, leftists try to limit patent system that protects biomedical innovation. Here’s why that could derail US innovation and hurt the most vulnerable

Viewpoint: In the name of equity, Democrats try to limit drug patent rights. Here’s why that could derail US bioinnovation and hurt the most vulnerable

Frank Watanabe | The Hill | 
When it comes to our currently world-leading biotechnology industry, our leaders are repeating many of the same mistakes ...
Viewpoint: ‘California’s plan to choose politics over science on pesticides will dump millions more tons of carbon and threaten food security’

Viewpoint: ‘California’s plan to choose politics over science on pesticides will dump millions more tons of carbon and threaten food security’

Chris Novak | The Hill | 
Pesticides undergo a rigorous evaluation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It takes an average of more than 11 ...
Viewpoint: Mexico claims glyphosate and GM corn bans will increase ‘food sovereignty’. Here are the facts

Viewpoint: Mexico claims glyphosate and GM corn bans will increase ‘food sovereignty’. Here are the facts

Marc Busch | The Hill | 
On June 2, the U.S. filed for consultations with Mexico over its bans on genetically-modified (GM) corn and the herbicide glyphosate, invoking ...
Viewpoint: Why the EU’s Farm to Fork policy doesn’t measure up to tech-driven sustainable US agriculture

Viewpoint: Why the EU’s Farm to Fork policy doesn’t measure up to tech-driven sustainable US agriculture

Bill Wirtz | The Hill | 
Recently, the USDA hosted the Agricultural Outlook Forum, and as someone who covers food and trade policies in Europe, the ...
Viewpoint: American agriculture is far more efficient — and sustainable — than in Europe. Here’s why

Viewpoint: American agriculture is far more efficient — and sustainable — than in Europe. Here’s why

Bill Wirtz | The Hill | 
Toward the end of the 1980s, the divergence between Europe and the United States in terms of agricultural output became ...
Viewpoint: If the Mexican government bans genetically modified corn, the country’s poorest and America’s farmers will suffer the most

Viewpoint: If the Mexican government bans genetically modified corn, the country’s poorest and America’s farmers will suffer the most

Christine McDaniel | The Hill | 
Since 2008, U.S. corn exports to Mexico have been free of tariffs and quota restrictions thanks to hard-fought provisions in ...
Viewpoint: ‘He overlooks complexity' — Will King Charles promote his cult organic farming views and reject agricultural biotechnology?

Viewpoint: ‘He overlooks complexity’ — Will King Charles promote his cult organic farming views and reject agricultural biotechnology?

Bill Wirtz | The Hill | 
King Charles didn’t discover his penchant for sustainability all by himself. After Charles met the Indian anti-globalization activist and environmental ...
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Unvaccinated seniors who contract the coronavirus are 49 times more likely to require hospitalization than boosted elderly people

Andrew Jeong, Ellen Francis | The Hill | 
[According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], unvaccinated seniors are 49 times more likely to ...
Republican leaders ramp up efforts to block COVID mask and vaccine mandates

Republican leaders ramp up efforts to block COVID mask and vaccine mandates

Justine Coleman | The Hill | 
Republicans [recently] escalated their battle against the Biden administration over federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates... calling for the president to backtrack ...
Viewpoint: Investing in agricultural technology is key to addressing climate change

Viewpoint: Investing in agricultural technology is key to addressing climate change

Caroline Grunewald | The Hill | 
Agricultural research and development may not be as flashy as other climate policy proposals, such as the establishment of a ...
Viewpoint: ‘Science-based trade’ — Why the US should dispute Mexico’s glyphosate, GM corn bans at the WTO

Viewpoint: ‘Science-based trade’ — Why the US should dispute Mexico’s glyphosate, GM corn bans at the WTO

Marc Busch | The Hill | 
Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador, issued a decree that has U.S. agriculture worried. The decree bans glyphosate, a herbicide, ...
Politics, science and the coronavirus under the Trump Administration: Fauci outlines pattern of censorship and interference

Politics, science and the coronavirus under the Trump Administration: Fauci outlines pattern of censorship and interference

Tal Axelrod | The Hill | 
[Infectious disease expert Anthony] Fauci recounted on “The Rachel Maddow Show” on [January 22] that officials under former President Trump ...
It’s okay to mix Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines in ‘exceptional circumstances’, says CDC

It’s okay to mix Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines in ‘exceptional circumstances’, says CDC

Tal Axelrod | The Hill | 
[The CDC] updated its guidance on the coronavirus vaccines in circulation, green-lighting doctors to mix shots from Pfizer and Moderna ...
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FDA wars: Former FDA chief Scott Gottlieb challenges current head Stephen Hahn on fast-tracking COVID vaccine, predicts mid-2021 rollout

Rebecca Klar | The Hill | 
[Former FDA] Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is questioning FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn’s comments about fast-tracking a coronavirus vaccine, stating that a full approval of a ...
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Gene drives: How do we foster innovation without damaging ecosystems?

Michael Montague | The Hill | 
.... [G]ene drive technology has fundamentally added the ability of humans to modify wild organisms, not only domesticated organisms. With ...
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Agriculture is ‘ecocide’? Third-generation farmer takes on environmental objections to modern food production

Zippy Duvall | The Hill | 
When times are tough and people are struggling, we tend to look for someone to blame. The op-ed “Link between ...
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Viewpoint: World Health Organization, China must be held accountable for ‘recklessly managing’ coronavirus pandemic

Bradley Thayer, Lianchao Han | The Hill | 
The World Health Organization (WHO) [March 11] finally declared the coronavirus from China that rapidly spread across the world a pandemic ...
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US Senate coalition petitions FDA to end marketing of plant-based ‘imposter products’ as dairy

Sylvan Lane | The Hill | 
A bipartisan group of senators is calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to end the labeling of plant-based ...
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EPA proposal to roll back animal testing and ‘cut unnecessary research’ gains backing from PETA

Miranda Green | The Hill | 
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it plans to reduce the use of pesticide testing on birds as part of ...
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Congressional Democrats push EPA to defend expanded approval of controversial pesticide sulfoxaflor

Rebecca Beitsch | The Hill | 
Oregon Democrats are asking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to defend its decision to expand the use of a pesticide ...
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‘Please forgive me’: Founder of Hope for Wholeness conversion therapy group now says he is gay

Jessica Campisi | The Hill | 
The founder of one of the nation’s largest conversion therapy programs, who spent decades leading the organization, now says he ...
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DNA testing companies launch privacy ‘coalition’ to protect consumer data

Alex Gangitano | The Hill | 
Genetic testing companies are forming a new coalition on best practices for handling DNA information and to promote the industry ...
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Viewpoint: We don’t need another study to convince us that gene-edited babies are a bad idea

Katie Hasson | The Hill | 
He [Jiankui] attempted to disable a gene called CCR5 by producing a variant that has been shown to confer resistance ...
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Viewpoint: FDA plan to treat gene-edited animals like ‘walking drugs’ will stifle agricultural innovation

Gordon Spronk | The Hill | 
Nov. 3 marked One Health Day (www.onehealthcommission.org) – an international campaign to recognize the importance of a broad, trans-disciplinary approach ...
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Viewpoint: Federal regulators should clamp down on ‘misleading’ non-GMO advertising

Dean McGrath | The Hill | 
For a long time, American consumers .... could read a food label or product advertisement and trust that the information ...
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Regulators reverse Obama-era ban on GMOs, neonicotinoid pesticides in wildlife refuges

Miranda Green | The Hill | 
The Interior Department announced plans [August 3rd] to reverse a rule that banned the use of pesticides in national wildlife ...
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Viewpoint: USDA made right decision to not over-regulate CRISPR gene-edited crops

Daniel Kelley | The Hill | 
The future of farming just got a lot brighter. On March 28, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that his department ...
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Viewpoint: ‘Circumventing evolution’ with genetically modified trees puts ecosystems at risk

That many forests in the United States are suffering health crises is not in question. Much of this troubling condition, ...
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