By Michael Auslin, courtesy of the Mercatus Center The COVID-19 pandemic that began in Wuhan, China, has led to a sharp intensification in tensions between the United States and China. With clear evidence that Beijing covered up the extent and nature of the epidemic in its early months, using the World Health Organization (WHO) to mislead […]
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Bright vs. WHO: America Is Out of Step with the World on COVID-19 Treatment
By Erik Sass, Editor-in-Chief Sometimes the strange state of our reality can be summed up by two juxtaposed news items. Take this week’s bizarre exercise in cognitive dissonance: On the one hand, Rick Bright, the former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, took a victory lap in front of Congress for […]
WHO’s Failings: Time for a New UN Health Agency?
By Roger Bate, AEI President Trump has halted funds to the World Health Organization (WHO). Undoubtedly he is looking to avoid blame for a slow U.S. government response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the tens of thousands of US deaths. But he also has a point. We need a global agency to combat […]
Basic eye care could save sight of over 1 billion people
Over one billion people are at risk of losing their sight, the vast majority in low- and middle-income countries, according to a new report from the WHO, which urges that many of these people could be saved from vision loss with basic eye care. […]
Europe still the booziest continent
This may come as a surprise to, well, no one at all: Europeans still hold the distinction of being the world’s biggest consumers of alcohol, although consumption patterns vary widely across the continent. Also no surprise, there are major health consequences for all those over-indulgent […]
Which is Worse: California’s Legal Activism or WHO’s Bad Science?
By Richard Tren, TES Contributor When it comes to innovation, particularly in the technology field, California has long been a leader, home to so many innovative companies that come up with services and products that make all of our lives better. California is also innovative when it comes to environmental trends, however […]
DELINKAGE: CAN PRIZES REPLACE PATENTS FOR MEDICINE INNOVATION?
By Philip Stevens, Executive Director, Geneva Network Republished with permission of the Geneva Network. Original available here. The patent-based system of drug development comes under further pressure from key countries aiming to increase access to medicines at a joint World Health Organization and Government of India meeting in New Delhi this week. […]