The largest agribusinesses and chemical giants are building support in the new administration, and beyond. Action Alert! President-elect Joe Biden is reportedly considering former US senator and Big Ag ally Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) as the next Secretary of Agriculture. Separately, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations recently announced a pending partnership […]
A sobering look at the numbers offers reason for hope. Action Alert! For a deeper look at the numbers underlying this chart, consult this table. Charts and data are courtesy of Our World in Data and our friends at ANH International, who also offer this analysis: While it’s hard to ignore the very raised excess mortality in […]
A number of consumer-friendly changes to health insurance are in danger of being reversed. We must protect them. Action Alert! We at ANH have written numerous articles on the burdensome regulations that prevent a consumer-friendly health insurance marketplace from developing. Over the last few years, a number of reforms have been accomplished that loosen the […]
A new regulation for supplements threatens access. Action Alert! The FDA is on the record supporting mandatory product listing for dietary supplements—that is, requiring each supplement manufacturer to register all the products it makes, including all the ingredients of those products, with the FDA. It’s a strong possibility that with a Democratic appointee—which could be […]
Dr. David Kessler, an anti-supplement crusader, drug industry adviser, and former FDA Commissioner, has been named to Biden’s COVID-19 task force. We must push back. Action Alert! Dr. Kessler has been named co-chair of President-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 task force. Dr. Kessler was FDA commissioner between 1990 and 1997. During that time, Kessler demonstrated his hostility […]
Help us support our allies in an effort to stop the FDA’s attack on this safe, natural form of medicine. Action Alert! Our friends at Americans for Homeopathy Choice have submitted a Citizens Petition to the FDA requesting that the agency reverse its recent actions with regard to homeopathic medicine. Upending decades of safe regulation, […]
Remdesivir, the drug that had almost no effect on COVID mortality, has been FDA-approved to treat COVID. Action Alert! Remdesivir was touted by the government for months as the new “standard of care” before being the first treatment to receive FDA-approval to treat COVID. While the drug has been shown to reduce the hospital stays […]
Why Is the Government Gagging Doctors? The FDA, FTC, and some states’ attorneys general have told doctors they can’t advise both their patients and the public about natural prevention and treatment for COVID-19. The FDA and FTC sent warning letters alleging that doctors and other practitioners were making illegal claims on their websites that a […]
The FDA could be completing policies that will wreak havoc on the supplement industry. They must be opposed. Action Alert! The FDA is asking for comments on its procedures for submitting new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications. This NDI notification system (think of it as “new supplement” notification) threatens the entire future of the supplement industry […]
From our friends at ANH-International. Action Alert! An international alliance of researchers and doctors are calling on governments to increase the recommended daily intake of vitamin D from 400 to 4000 IU in a bid to reduce the severity of disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 and reduce hospitalizations. In a recent webinar, Dr Gareth Davies along with other experts […]