Policy & Ethics

Literacy is typically defined as the ability to read and write and do basic math. However, in the 21st Century, that is simply insufficient.

If I were working at the Cleveland Clinic, you could probably find me hiding under the bed right now. Out of shame.

The U.S.

It's approaching 2017, which means Californians have a raft of new laws to worry about. Some are outside the scope of the American Council on Science and Health, they are just pure social engineering.

Opioid advocate Red Lawhern, Ph.D believes that CDC Guidelines for prescription of opioid medications to adult non-cancer chronic pain patients were decided in advance and preordained.

The position of Science Czar is just one of thousands that President-Elect Trump must consider in the coming weeks. The incumbent, John Holdren, was a flawed choice.

Florida is in the middle of a major 'not in my backyard' brouhaha at the moment and biotechnology is at the center of the debate.

On one thing at least, almost all Americans agree: This election cycle has been too long and depressing.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) was founded with a noble goal - to put an end to environmental claims based on weak observational anecdotes, like Rachel Carson claiming that she knew people who sprayed DDT in their basement

Unbeknownst to David Seidemann, a geology professor at Brooklyn College and scientific advisor to ACSH, he was placed on a hit list by the academic PC mafia.