Doctors’ Knowledge and Skill Matter, Not Their Skin Color or Sex
If you want to know why prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion in medical schools is a bad idea, consider your priorities in a medical emergency. Early this month, my youngest son came howling and holding his left arm. My wife thought it was broken. When he turned it, his forearm flopped and rolled like it […]
Restorative Reproductive Medicine and Its Role in Women’s Health
The topic of infertility has received unprecedented attention in national politics since February, when the Alabama Supreme Court held that for the purposes of the state’s wrongful death of a minor statute, frozen embryos are considered persons. Until now, Congress has focused primarily on in vitro fertilization—where egg and sperm are combined to create an […]
‘Dreamers’ Enrolling in Obamacare Will Add Billions to Deficit
The Biden administration’s plan to open Obamacare enrollment to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients will add billions to the national deficit, a Congressional Budget Office report found. Roughly 110,000 illegal immigrants in the DACA program will sign up for Obamacare, adding about $7 billion to the federal deficit over the 2025-2034 period, according to […]
Lawmakers Call for Probe of IVF Clinic Safety, Data Transparency
As Congress considers legislation on in vitro fertilization, five U.S. senators are asking the Department of Health and Human Services to assess fertility clinic safety standards in an effort to ensure the clinics are adequately protecting the human embryos in their possession. Republican Sens. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, James Lankford and […]
Sen. Hawley Assails COVID-19 Lab Origin Denialist
Sen. Josh Hawley on Tuesday accused one of the scientists behind the assertion that the COVID-19 virus was not grown in a lab of “shameful propaganda” at an “Origins of COVID-19″ hearing. “You should have done better, and because you didn’t, people have suffered,” the Missouri Republican said to Robert Garry. Hawley said people have […]
Meaningful, In-Person Relationships Impactful on Health, Longevity
“I cannot even imagine where I would be today, were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let’s face it, friends make life a lot more fun.” So says well-known pastor and author Chuck Swindoll. That quote came to mind as I thought about a good […]
Doctors Urge Medical Orgs to Stop Transitioning Kids
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: A group of doctors, nurses, and pediatricians have signed on to a declaration calling on prominent United States medical organizations to stop performing experimental and harmful transgender procedures on children. Members of the American College of Pediatricians, also known as ACPeds, and other medical professionals will announce their signing of […]
Pandemic Revelations From Fauci’s House Testimony
Dr. Anthony Fauci’s long-anticipated Monday appearance before Congress was expected to generate fireworks. And it sure did. From the outset, House Democrats generously praised Fauci’s public service as heroic, while skeptical House Republicans posed probing questions ranging from mask and vaccine mandates to the lack of transparency at Fauci’s agency and his initial response to […]
Fauci to Testify on America’s Response to COVID-19
Expect fireworks. On Monday, Dr. Anthony Fauci is scheduled to testify under oath before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic to account for his performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci, former director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, appeared before the select subcommittee earlier this year for a closed-door, 14-hour […]
In COVID-19 Oversight, House Republicans Deliver a Win for Accountability
Better late than never. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the giant federal agency housing the National Institutes of Health, just suspended a New York-based organization from participating in government procurement programs over its role as a subcontractor for a Chinese research facility connected to the first outbreak of COVID-19. HHS also notified […]