- Antibiotic resistance might cause up to 10 million death per year by 2050. (NYT)
- Is global warming causing a spike in poison ivy?
- Survey: 1 in 3 U.S. adults are interested in trying psychedelics like MDMA, known as ecstasy, or psilocybin, the naturally occurring compound in “magic mushrooms,” for their mental health.
- H.R.5608 would allow individuals to elect to receive contributions to a health savings account in lieu of reduced cost-sharing under health insurance obtained through a health insurance Exchange.
- Wisdom > From Larry Summers.
- Alex Tabarrok: drug companies need to make more money, not less.
Category: Friday Links
Friday Links
- From the Committee to Unleash Prosperity: “Why is the U.S. government spending $1.7 billion purchasing 20 million covid vaccine doses for kids?” and “Gavin Newsom Admits He Was Wrong, Wrong, Wrong on COVID Lockdowns.”
- A scholarly argument for e-cigs.
- CTUP Question: How can Washington spend $1.2 trillion ($9,000 per American household) on anti-poverty programs and yet still have nearly 40 million people in poverty?
- Opioid update: The 300 counties that received the most doses of prescription pain pills from 2006 to 2013 later had the highest death rate from illicit opioids.
- Peter Coy reviews the Cato book, “Superabundance.”
- US per capita income growth rate for the past 150 years: remarkably steady at 2%.
- Nearly half of adults under 30 do not have a primary care doctor.
Friday Links
- Sen. Cassidy white paper: a one-size-fits all approach for regulating AI will not work and will stifle innovation.
- Cato paper: Remove barriers to primary care practitioners prescribing methadone.
- AMA criticizes the FDA for not banning menthol cigarettes more rapidly. Hard to understand this. If menthol is not harmful and it’s only vice is that of appealing more to Black youth than White youth, isn’t banning it rank discrimination?
- Study: Biden boosted food stamps by 27%, without regard to income, and that caused 2.4 million Americans to leave work.
- Britain has a minister for loneliness. (NYT)
- Fewer than one in five nursing home residents with Covid received antiviral treatment during the pandemic. (JAMA)
Friday Links
- California: People are leaving and the state’s income is falling.
- Web searches for “racial disparities in healthcare in the United States” produce nearly 40 million hits.
- Medicare 2023 Trustees Report: The hospital insurance (HI) trust fund is scheduled to become insolvent in 2031 when Medicare patients will face an 11 percent cut in their hospital benefits.
- Biden administration moves to partially decriminalize marijuana. I don’t think anyone is in jail for using or possessing marijuana. These prisoners have plea bargained to avoid sentencing for more serious crimes.
- Aaron Carroll: RFK Jr. is wrong. Vaccines are tested against placebos.