- The FDA approves some drugs other nations don’t want.
- Study: After St. George’s Hospital in The UK ended its mask mandate for staff and visitors for some, but not all, wards, there was no difference in Covid infections between the two settings.
- Meta analysis of 2,168 studies finds that wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic led to negative health consequences, including itching, headaches, and restriction of oxygen.
Category: Tuesday Links
Tuesday Links
- Tyler Cowen: Against banning TikTok.
- JAMA meta study analyzing 107 other studies debunks alcohol’s health benefits.
- Study: people who get free money are less likely to work.
- Sweden was the one country that refused to lock down during the pandemic. The result: it has the lowest excess deaths in all of Europe.
- Health Affairs Study: Medicare Advantage plans record of limit discretionary utilization while delivering higher-quality care than traditional Medicare – but the difference has narrowed.
Tuesday Links
- Low income, large debts cause stress. They needed a poll to know this?
- Two-thirds of patients have never challenged the accuracy of a medical bill.
- Reason for the Adderall shortage: government. (NYT)
- What great thinkers seem to agree on: Walking is good. (NYT)
- Can electricity improve the functioning of the brain? (NYT)
Tuesday Links
- California is making its own insulin.
- The two leading covid origin theories — lab leak and Wuhan wet market — could both be true.
- An electronic tattoo can track your emotions.
- UT Austin has invented a version that fits on your palm.
- Three out of four Florida kids are in a school of choice that is different from their assigned local school.