According to the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC) vaccination is among the top 10 public health achievements of the 20th Century. Here is the problem: many people have stopped getting vaccinated.
Monday Links
- An argument against hiding medical debt from credit reports.
- Number of people living in poverty. Official number: 13.3% CBO estimate: 3.5%.
- AARP: Prices for drugs not selected for price negotiation have doubled.
- The University of North Carolina is currently conducting the first-ever RCT trial on the health benefits of water fluoridation.
- Biden officials “screamed” and “cursed” at Meta execs to take down vaccine posts including ones that correctly stated that the vaccines could induce side effects. “It was brutal,” Zuckerberg said.
Medical Science is Nearing the Dawn of Precision Medicine
The goal of evidence-based medicine is to gather evidence (like the endodontist) from successful treatments and standardized therapies. Increasingly, medicine is being dragged – kicking and screaming – from an art where individual doctors have their own methods to a science where every doctor follows the same procedures.
Saturday Links
- What made the California fires worse: environmental protection for the smelt.
- Jimmy Carter’s boldest deregulation idea never happened.
- Lessons from all the past efforts to cut wasteful government spending.
- There is no relationship between climate change and wildfires.
- How long we live is 25% determined by our genes and 75% determined by lifestyle and environment. (NYT)
- Claim: breastfeeding could save 800,000 child lives a year.
- The virtual cell: “Scientists are now designing computer programs that may unlock the ability to simulate human cells, giving researchers the ability to predict the effect of a drug, mutation, virus, or any other change in the body, and in turn making physical experiments more targeted and likelier to succeed.”