Tag: health care policy
Editing fetal genomes is on the horizon − a medical anthropologist...
Julia Brown, University of California, San Francisco
With their primary goal to advance scientific knowledge, most scientists are not...
How the US could afford ‘Medicare for all
Gerald Friedman, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Health care is Americans’ number-one priority, based on recent polls, so it’s no wonder it’s been a hot topic...
Why the US has higher drug prices than other countries
Simon F. Haeder, West Virginia University
Spending on pharmaceuticals is on the rise worldwide. And it well should be. Today, we are able to cure...
3 ways Trump could disrupt health care for the better
Peter Hilsenrath, University of the Pacific and David Wyant, Belmont University
Since his winning presidential campaign, Donald Trump has been repeatedly billed as a disrupter....
EXPLORING NATURE
A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what...
Ted Powers, University of California, Davis
An antibiotic discovered on Easter Island in 1964 sparked a billion-dollar pharmaceutical success...
