There’s another critical shortage of salt and water in a bag. Hurricane Helene is only the surface-level cause; it’s really about America refusing to learn the lessons of monopoly fragility.
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Anti-Abortion Activists Pushed Amarillo to Help Save the Mifepristone Case
Far-right legal crusader Jonathan Mitchell thought that a local ordinance was key to create standing in the Supreme Court.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Controlling Birth Control
On the eve of over-the-counter birth control pills, the GOP can’t possibly convince Americans that the right to contraception is wrong.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Big Tobacco Outmaneuvers the FDA on Flavored Nicotine Products
On menthol and disposable vapes, public-health activists say the regulatory agency is moving way too slow.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How Progressives Went to Pot
In libertarian America, causes like legalizing weed are the easy part. Reforms to constrain capitalism or enlarge social solidarity are far harder—and far more essential.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Next Insulin Scandal
A generic cold medicine available in Europe also turns out to have benefits for Parkinson’s. Biden could prevent the usual effort to patent it and jack up the price.
Posted inTAP
How Do You Spell Relief?
Today on TAP: After an FDA finding that a popular decongestant is worthless, Biden could direct that agency to fast-track approval of a miracle drug for colds used all over the world.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Pricing a Lifesaving Drug
Will Medicare use its ample leverage to make Wegovy affordable?
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Post-Ozempic Gold Rush
So much energy is going into developing effective weight loss pills, while hundreds of lifesaving medications remain in shortage.
