Hospital system purchases of physician practices raises spending and does little to improve quality of care.

No, Virginia, there isn't a rise in extreme weather events, in fact there is a decline since 2000.

The September 11, 2001 attacks are a receding memory and led to one of the moments of national unity which are all too rare.

Much of the supposed global warming is merely the heat effect of urban areas on thermometer measurements, this study says " the scientific community is not yet in a position…

A new study shows that getting CV-19 in the hospital wasn't all that rare.

Medicare Advantage plans have high rates of disenrollment after five years, but those who leave almost always go to another MA plan, suggesting high satisfaction with the program.

Bought-off legislators are approving marijuana legalization and ignoring the multiple harms caused by use, including traffic accidents.

Another set of summaries in the declining but still significant body of CV-19 research.

A study in which people were intentionally exposed to CV-19 finds that those who were infected but asymptomatic exhaled very low levels of virus and were unlikely to be a…

It may be that actually knowing something about climate lessens the likelihood that you are anxious about mythical global warming.

An excellent climate-related post demonstrates that clouds likely act to limit any warming which might be occurring.

Employers provide the health benefits for the largest block of Americans. Here are some interesting data points on those plans.

The anti-vax nuts are making more noise about a study that as usual doesn't say any of the things they say it says.

Regular school attendance in Minnesota is alarming and atrocious, but maybe all they are missing is political indoctrination and gender disaffirmation.

It gets old, reporting on the constant downward revisions to jobs data released by the BLS.