The Off Switch Nobody Will Flip
An 80-year-old commander in chief could not say the name of the man he was campaigning for, and the Constitution's emergency off switch has entered the conversation for the third time this year. "They…
Tag: health (8 articles)
Recovery Is Proceeding As Planned
The world's oldest company is handling its 71-year-old chief executive's cancer the way any modern firm would: press bulletins, a schedule, and zero sick days. "Recovery is proceeding as planned." — D…
The Movement That Hated Big Health Now Hosts It
The anti-corporate health movement held its flagship summit in a luxury hotel ballroom, and the health industry was the guest of honor. "She initiated that contact, I shall make clear, doctor." — Russ…
Eight Million Lost
One year after the "big, beautiful" bill, the country's own hospital CEOs are counting the bodies, or rather, the unpaid bills. "What that tells me is that there are patients who are completely unable…
Government Cut Parasite Monitoring. Then Thousands Got Sick.
The government that cut the systems designed to catch foodborne parasites is now scrambling to find the source of an outbreak those systems would have identified weeks ago. "Cyclospora is a very hardy…
The Man Who Called Lockdowns Nazi Now Detains Americans
The man who compared COVID lockdowns to Nazi Germany now has an American citizen locked in a room with armed guards. "This is the final proof that there is no check and balance on a basically indefini…
Flesh-Eating Screwworm Returns After Government Cuts
A parasite that America spent five decades eradicating has come back, and the people who cut the program that kept it away are calling it an "all of government effort" to fix. "Even though billions of…
The Government That Built Hospitals for Ebola Then Decided to Ship Americans to Kenya
A government that built hospitals to treat its own soldiers from Ebola now plans to send infected Americans to a facility it has not yet finished constructing in Kenya. "When Americans will need us mo…