Vaccine choice only works when government recommendations, evidence, and potential conflicts are communicated clearly and consistently with sufficient transparency. Recent and past comments by HHS Secretary Kennedy don’t meet these standards and likely exacerbate public confusion and polarization. Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE During a contentious CNN interview, HHS Secretary […]
FDA’s proposed GRAS reform could deliver long-overdue transparency to what’s in America’s food supply—but unless the agency modernizes its approach to natural ingredients, consumers may pay the price in reduced innovation, choice, and access. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE With GRAS reform being a headline priority for Secretary […]
A sweeping new Executive Order could significantly reshape childhood vaccine policy by prioritizing individualized recommendations, parental choice, flexible scheduling, and new scrutiny of vaccine safety. Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE President Trump’s August 10 executive order, “Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans,” marks a significant change in federal […]
A one-month bridge may keep full-spectrum hemp products legal long enough for Congress to act. Action Alert! THE TOPLINE A federal hemp ban is still barreling toward consumers, farmers, and small businesses later this year. Congress is now offering a brief delay on that ban while more permanent fixes are considered. We need to make […]
Loneliness and social isolation don’t just break hearts. Find out why social disconnection is a modern day disease epidemic and what we can do about it. This article has been adapted from an article by Chimnonso Onyekwelu and Meleni Aldridge for our sister organization, ANH International. Read the full article here. Listen to the audio […]
A key FDA advisory panel just handed patients and integrative practitioners a rare win. But the agency still has the power to ignore it. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE At a July 23-24 meeting, the Food and Drug Administration’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee (PCAC) voted to recommend that […]
The FDA has delayed a major food safety rule that could reshape which ingredients make it into foods, supplements, medical foods, and natural health products. The delay gives consumers more time to demand reform that improves safety without restricting access to beneficial ingredients. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE […]
For years, Americans who questioned whether COVID-19 might have emerged from a laboratory were dismissed as conspiracy theorists. Now, newly released diaries from Dr. Anthony Fauci show that the possibility was being taken seriously at the highest levels of government from the pandemic’s earliest days. Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE […]
A major doctors’ group is calling for Congress to give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sweeping new power over dietary supplements. If they get their way, the vitamins, minerals, botanicals, probiotics, and specialty formulas millions of Americans rely on could be treated more like drugs than foods. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version […]
For years, Americans who questioned vaccine safety, the childhood schedule, natural immunity, or informed consent were dismissed as anti-science. Now the federal government, under RFK Jr.’s leadership, is acknowledging that these issues belong on the table. Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE The renewed National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) charter, filed […]