The Texas Senate unanimously voted on Wednesday to expand the list of medical conditions doctors can legally prescribe marijuana to treat. Using the state’s medical marijuana program, healthcare providers would be able to prescribe low-THC cannabis for conditions like...
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back to archiveDefending vaccines and combating antiscience
This opinion article first appeared on April 29, 2019 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation and has been edited here for length. The 2019 measles outbreaks across America may signal a new phase in the antivaccine movement. For the first time, antivaccine sentiments...
Trump goes to DefCon 10 on health care, potentially impacting 20 million Americans
The Trump Administration formally declared the Affordable Care Act -- all of it, this time -- unconstitutional on Wednesday. Taking a machete to the entire Obama-era law would wipe out coverage for pre-existing medical conditions, like pregnancy and cancer. It would...
From pipsqueak to power player: the growth of the anti-vaxxer movement
Taxpayer dollars and precious legislative time are being spent as Texas lawmakers prepare to debate four anti-vaccination bills that health experts say could threaten public health. And while there’s no guarantee that these bills will come to pass, their existence is...
Texas, Trump, and Health Care
The Republican opposition to the Affordable Care Act is well known. The State of Texas sued the Obama Administration 48 times over the law. President Trump campaigned fiercely against it and has tried, unsuccessfully, to repeal it while in office. It should come as no...