- Another state sues Pfizer over the covid vaccine.
- Only 6 percent of federal workers are working full-time in their offices.
- Academics reject McKinsey study claiming that racial and gender diversity boosted profits.
- More likely to be Trump voters: “county-level data on life expectancy and the prevalence of obesity, diabetes, heavy drinking and regular physical activity (or lack thereof).”
- National Review: When does Robert Hur get his apology?
Category: Drug Prices & Regulations
NYT: The End of Chevron is a Public Health Disaster
The New York Times asked some public health advocates and legal experts what effect the Supreme Court’s repeal of the so-called Chevron Doctrine would have on public health. Apparently, the end of the Chevron Doctrine will hasten the End of the World! “We anticipate that today’s ruling will cause significant disruption to publicly funded health insurance programs, to…
Tuesday Links
- There are no health benefits from taking multivitamins daily. The study covered 390,124 generally healthy adults who were followed for more than 20 years.
- Doctors are using Apple Watch to monitor abnormal heart rhythm – without FDA approval. (WSJ)
- Study: For low back pain, try walking.
- What do you do when your employee wants to take a leave of absence to get pregnant and have a baby? Offer to pay the cost of freezing her eggs instead. (NYT)
- Jason Furman: The employment level for native-born workers is … below its pre-pandemic level, while foreign-born workers have accounted for all employment gains … since 2019. WOW.
Monday Links
- What if Purdue Pharma and OxyContin are not really guilty as charged?
- What the Chevron decision means.
- Your doctor bills Medicare for your surgery. But was he really the surgeon? (WaPo)
- The Heritage plan for a Second Trump term. Outlaw pornography? Say it ain’t so.
- What happens when doctors can’t get the cancer drugs their patients need because of shortages.