Democratic presidential hopeful and self-described socialist Bernie Sanders is upping the ever-mounting, rhetorical (read: probably B.S.) bids by Democratic candidates for the fickle affections of party’s left wing with a new proposal to cancel $81 billion in medical debts. The promise, […]
The Wellcome Trust’s Jeremy Farrar is all but begging for action to shore up the failing antibiotics market. Decades of weak investment in antibiotics has left “perilously few” companies involved in antibiotic development—a market crisis unfolding alongside the rise of deadly drug-resistant superbugs. Farrar warns that there is currently no viable pathway to market […]
IEA publishes “Nanny State on Tour” Courtesy of IEA The amount of UK foreign aid spent on nanny state interventions has skyrocketed, according to a new report from the Institute of Economic Affairs. Foreign aid has been instrumental in controlling and eradicating infectious conditions abroad, but British public health organisations have increasingly used the […]
