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Health care costs are rising and it is difficult to ensure that allAmericans are a part of this health care system. Bush believes thatwe need to strengthen the best features of our current system byencouraging private-sector delivery and patients and doctorschoosing the best options for themselves.

The best Medicaid policy would mainstream as many individuals andfamilies as possible into private coverage and encourageself-direction for those the Medicaid safety net was intended. Whenconsidering changes in the Medicaid program, federal and statepolicymakers should ensure fiscal control and improve the way thatlow-income individuals and families receive care.

Since U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf began his second tenure as the agency’s head in February 2022, he has made combating “misinformation” one of his top [...]

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D., supports a requirement that manufacturers of dietary supplements list their products with his agency.

Androstenedione is one of those supplements that was peddled to athletes for years as a quick path to bulging muscles and high testosterone levels, but it carries some grave dangers.

Immunologist and biochemist William Parker, Ph.D., often spends his days with rats. They’re sociable animals, he says, which ...

Jack Leslie, former chairman of Weber Shandwick, has joined Duke University as a senior visiting fellow.

Money and lobbying help shield lab-developed tests, including prenatal screenings, from heightened federal scrutiny.

Federal regulators recently unleashed plans intended to radically restrict food choices for American children.

To keep its corporate handlers happy and flush with ill-gotten profits, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is calling for backup in the fight against online free speech. At the recent [...]