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Policy articles provide in-depth analysis of social and public policy, examining their wide-ranging impacts on economics, social life, public health, individual liberty, evidence-based decision-making, and institutional accountability.

We cover critical areas such as healthcare and vaccination policies, pandemic responses and WHO, economic subsidies, national security strategies, withdrawals from international bodies, and pathways to reform that restore freedom, truth, and human dignity over centralized control.

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Rethinking US Global Health Funding: Welcome, and Long Overdue

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We agree that the international community should continue to support less-resourced members. However, we disagree that this should consist of perpetual and increasing payments to centralized agencies such as GFATM, GAVI, and the Pandemic Fund, or donor bureaucracies like USAID.

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Retsef Levi Explains His Vote against Routine RSV Monoclonal Use in Newborns

Retsef Levi Explains His Vote against Routine RSV Monoclonal Use in Newborns

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Levi is no stranger to weighing risk. A professor at MIT with deep experience in data analytics and risk-based decision-making, he had combed through five clinical trials of RSV monoclonals, including clesrovimab and its predecessor, nirsevimab.

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Did Covid Vaccines Really Save Millions?

Did Covid Vaccines Really Save Millions?

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Our research team undertook a structured, step-by-step evaluation of the empirical foundations of the “millions saved” narrative. We critically examined the hypothetical statistical models that produced this extraordinary figure, as well as multiple randomized controlled trials and large-scale observational studies.

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Innovative Health Financing Mechanisms for Advancing Pandemic Preparedness: ‘Huge Untapped Potential’ or False Advertising?

Innovative Health Financing Mechanisms for Advancing Pandemic Preparedness: ‘Huge Untapped Potential’ or False Advertising?

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Innovative financing looks to be yet more false advertising for global health financing reform, where its ‘huge untapped potential’ mainly lies with how to further promote vested interests at the expense of comprehensive global public health.

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