Policy & Ethics

Join Cameron English and  Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 113 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:

“I want to pause here and talk about this notion of consensus and the rise of what has been called consensus science.

It’s one of those policy soundbites that just won’t die: 

The academy has been in an uproar since Donald Trump began his second term as president in January.

In the U.S., the mainstream medical (and legal) community strongly supports gender-affirming care for young people.

If you haven’t heard much about "Dr. Oz's Very Bad Day" in 2014, you’re not alone. Dr.

Musk’s Neuralink is hardly the first company to use BCI technology. So, why is it now making headlines?

Established by Congress in 1997, MedPac, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, is a 17-member group advising the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services on pricing of healthcare services.

#Following is a segment of an opinion piece by Drs. Josh Bloom and Jeffery Singer,  appeared in USA Today on March 12, 2025, and is reprinted with permission.

As Josh Bloom and I wrote last November, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) imposed onerous requirements on he