Category Archives: News

How the F.D.A. Stood Up to the President

On Sept. 23, Dr. Stephen M. Hahn left a virtual meeting of the White House’s coronavirus task force to take a call from the president’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows. Mr. Meadows was angry with Dr. Hahn, the head of the Food and Drug Administration, for pushing new guidelines for vaccine developers, according to two… Read More »

Providers’ rocky road to recovery could last into 2022

As health systems are set to start reporting their third quarter earnings results this week, new research highlights hospitals’ ongoing fears about financial viability, patient volumes and supply stocks. That’s as new hotspots in the Midwest report rising COVID-19 case loads and hospitals prepare for the pandemic to collide with flu season, potentially causing stress… Read More »

The Health Hazards of GM Corn

Everything You HAVE TO KNOW about Dangerous Genetically Modified Foods from Jeffrey Smith on Vimeo. A study demonstrates the toxicity of three genetically modified corn varieties from the American seed company Monsanto, according to the Committee for Independent Research and Information on Genetic Engineering. “For the first time in the world, we’ve proven that GMO… Read More »

What Is Madness?

The Division of Clinical Psychology of the British Psychological Society issued a book-length report called Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia, edited by Anne Cooke and with contributions by service providers and service users. I highly recommend it to you. In it the contributors take a fresh look at “psychosis” and “schizophrenia,” consistently distinguish between a phenomenon (like hearing voices)… Read More »