Why are groceries so expensive? What you need to know

As Americans pay more than ever for groceries, here's a look at the factors—drought, inflation, disease, price gouging and more—contributing to high food costs.

Laboratory-developed tests: FDA moves to close loophole

Laboratory-developed tests have proliferated in volume and complexity. In 2024, the FDA released a rule that mandates LDTs to comply with current FDA requirements.

Lab-developed tests: Everything you need to know

Lab-developed tests can detect anything from COVID-19 to genetic diseases. But there is virtually no oversight of these devices. Here's what to know.

Court hits pause on Missouri pharmacist gag rule about COVID treatments

Stock v. Gray Decision

Peter's Memo: Cashing in on Covid

As the saying goes, “Another day, another dollar.” That’s how people shilling for shady Covid-19 cures must view the pandemic. One day it’s ivermectin, the next it’s hydroxychloroquine or colloidal silver.

Are COVID-19 racial disparities really a thing of the past?

Can vitamin D prevent Covid or colds?

Does vitamin D “support immune health,” as some supplement labels claim?

Meet the new pox; same as the old pox

It’s not as if the U.S. monkeypox response has been ideal, but we actually began with a head start. Unlike in the early days of COVID-19, viable vaccines were available for monkeypox in the form of smallpox vaccines.

Vitamin D to fight COVID-19? Not so fast.

Remember hydroxychloroquine? Yes, there were anecdotes and observational studies, but, no, it flunked the gold standard for evidence, randomized controlled trials. Ditto with ivermectin. Now the man named “the most influential spreader of coronavirus misinformation online” is promoting another candidate for magic bullet: vitamin D.