The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has called on the FDA and FTC to gag Dr. Joseph Mercola. Action Alert! Riding the government’s wave of censorship, CSPI wrote letters to the FDA and FTC calling for “enforcement proceedings” against Dr. Mercola. Enforcement of what? Reading the letters, it appears that CSPI objects […]
Congress is working to expand telehealth access for Americans, but special interests are working to keep healthcare costs high. Action Alerts! Many Americans, particularly during this pandemic, have benefitted from expanded access to telemedicine services. There are a number of bills in Congress that seek to make permanent changes in the rules to allow more […]
Lawmakers can help keep Americans healthy by expanding access to dietary supplements through health savings accounts. Action Alert! For years now, ANH-USA has supported expanding qualified HSA expenses to include dietary supplements. The current bill, S 4463, is sponsored by Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and allows Health Savings Account (HSA) funds to go toward dietary supplements without […]
Please help us with our petition to protect free speech about COVID and natural treatments of COVID. Action Alert! The recent death of Herman Cain from COVID illustrates what is happening. A successful businessman who ran for president as a Republican, his entry into politics and his death after attending a Trump rally provoked a […]
Red tape is once again preventing the deployment of tests that could get our economy back up and running. Action Alert! The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the American economy, but innovation may offer a way out: simple to use, at-home COVID-19 tests could allow businesses and schools to resume normal operations. […]
…by saying hydroxychloroquine is useless. Action Alert! Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said recently that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is “not effective” for COVID-19. This would be a baffling statement if not for our crony healthcare system that prioritizes expensive patented drugs over natural medicines or […]
A new proposed rule will strengthen organic enforcement—it needs our support. Action Alert! The rule, put together by the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), is urgently needed given widespread fraud that has been reported in the organics industry. The level of deception has reached epidemic proportions: a USDA study found that 40% of all organic food sold in […]
Under the guise of speedier drug approvals, Big Pharma profits get a boost while public health is endangered. Action Alert! Many cancer drugs that are approved by the FDA do not have much benefit to patients. This is because approval can be based on dubious measurements of secondary benefits, referred to as “surrogate endpoints.” The FDA, with the help of Congress, […]
They are working on updating the recommended dietary guidelines for 2020-2025, and it seems the same falsehoods are persisting in the government’s report. Action Alert! Every five years, the government undergoes a process to update its Dietary Guidelines for Americans. One of the initial phases of this process is a Scientific Report from an advisory committee that makes recommendations on certain matters. […]