It’s a new calendar year – yet the tired drug pricing control policies of 2021 continue to float around Capitol Hill. Proponents of price controls justify their actions by claiming drug prices are “skyrocketing” and hurting Americans. That’s not surprising; For years drug prices have been a…

As the world contends with the rapidly spreading Omicron variant of COVID-19, getting more people vaccinated and boosted is all the more essential. Unfortunately, however, many state legislatures have presented a slew of anti-vaccine legislation—and this seems unlikely to change in 2022. "Over 1…

2021 is shaping up to have been either the sixth or seventh hottest year on record. At the heart of this historically hot year is the amount of greenhouse gases that have been produced over the course of the year. One way for the United States to do its part in reducing its contribution to global…

Clean beauty means a lot of things these days—a lot. As a term that isn’t regulated by the Federal Drug Administration, “clean” has no true definition. But we all have our ideas of what clean beauty means to us.   Clean beauty should mean products using innovative ingredients that are safe…

The first commercial passenger flight to use 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) took off yesterday—possibly the biggest leap forward for modern aviation since the Wright brothers first flew the Wright Flyer nearly 118 years ago to the day (December 17, 1903), and almost 92 years after the first…

We are on the precipice of a looming crisis. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the evolution of deadly pathogens like bacteria and fungi to resist all current antimicrobial medicines. In this episode, we talk about how the dwindling supply of new antibiotics is fueling this silent pandemic, and why…

Throughout COP26, the United Nation’s Climate Change Conference, in Glasgow, one word was at the heart of the debate over how policymakers must confront climate change: carbon. Reducing carbon emissions is essential to combatting climate change for a safer and healthier planet for all—leveraging…

Sometimes corn gets served a bad hand at the Thanksgiving table. It’s not that corn is not liked, it just gets overlooked when you have savory stuffing, succulent carved Turkey, and an assortment of pies that are all vying for space in your growling stomach. This holiday season, however, give some…

The next global pandemic may already be in the works. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)—when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites no longer respond to medicines, making infections harder to treat—is a global crisis. More than 2.8 million people develop an antibiotic-resistant infection per year in…

It stands to reason that clinical trials will give more meaningful results if they involve a diverse population that mirrors society at large. But including a truly representative demographic sample is a challenge that few clinical trials meet. “As of today, Hispanics represent one in five people…