Dr. Scott Atlas said that discourses on public health should have more of a culture of honesty after the American Academy of Pediatrics published new guidelines recommending weight loss drugs for children as young as 12. He flags concern for the long-term health of children placed on these drugs.
We take a moment to delve into nutrition and public health. What do canned chili, frozen hash browns, and liquid eggs have in common? They’re all part of a controversial menu that U.S. government scientists are promoting as “healthy.” NTD spoke to an expert on nutrition and food studies to find out more.
Amid the dramatic rise in overdose deaths caused by “tranq dope,” or fentanyl laced with animal tranquilizer xylazine, the White House has announced a national response plan to address the crisis. The plan aims to ensure a 15 percent reduction in xylazine-positive overdose deaths in at least three of four U.S. Census regions by 2025. […]
Former White House Coronavirus Task Force adviser Dr. Scott Atlas tells NTD that the recent rulings restricting the abortion drug Mifepristone reveal some judges now lack trust in the federal government health and science authorities. Atlas says it’s imperative that public health leaders regain trust, and he lays out some specific avenues of action.
A mysterious listeria outbreak across the United States has left health officials trying to find the reasons for the outbreak. So far, no specific food product has been identified as the source of the outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received several recent reports of illness, giving cause for concern. Listeria […]
The inaugural conference of the Brownstone Institute seeks to offer a sanctuary for research and free discussion of societal recovery in a post-COVID world. The inaugural conference focuses on pandemic policy and the future of public health with some of the world’s leading experts on public health policy and epidemiology. Featured speakers: Dr. Martin Kulldorff, […]
Initial data from Public Health England has found vaccinated people with the Delta variant may be as infectious as people who haven’t had the vaccine. It coincides with a recent study in the United States that had similar results.
The death of a 10-year-old in Colorado has been linked to plague as state health officials warn they are investigating reports of the bacterial infection in animals and fleas. The 10-year-old resident of La Plata County “died from causes associated with plague,” the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said in a news release […]
The Biden administration continues rapidly expelling most migrants under a Trump-era public health order despite ending the former administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program, officials announced Tuesday. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas formally ended the Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) requiring people to wait in Mexico as their cases proceeded through immigration courts. […]
