The disconnect between assurances from federal health and science agencies and President Trump’s words continues. Before Wednesday’s hearing in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, news broke that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has plans to implement special Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) requirements for COVID-19 vaccine candidates. The vaccine EUA requirements proposed by […]
Regenerative agriculture can transform how farmers provide food, fiber and land stewardship while supporting the return of American farming.
A Climate Bank would spur $500 billion of private and public investment, create 5.4 million jobs, and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions while driving capital into frontline and environmental-justice communities.
Establish a National Water Technology Pipeline to improve water quality & ensure that every American has access to safe water.
Despite growing demand for their skillsets, scientists aren’t trained to engage the public. This proposal offers policy actions to fix that.
The Oval Office, biopharmaceutical executives, and federal agencies have signaled that COVID-19 vaccines could be ready to go this fall; however, leading experts believe that proof of a safe and effective vaccine before Election Day is unlikely. President Trump has said that “we can probably have [a COVID-19 vaccine] sometime in October.” Pfizer and BioNTech executives think they could know whether their […]
A proactive strategy to prevent and mitigate catastrophic wildfire under climate change.
Require federally funded scientists to share their data. Build an international research data commons. Accelerate scientific progress.
Consumer protection and data privacy have come into focus on Capitol Hill over the past few weeks. One week after the leaders of Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee, the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on this topic. The FTC aims to protect consumers and […]
Come Tuesday, November 3rd – Election Day – Americans will exist in one of two realities: One reality in which COVID-19 vaccines deemed safe and effective are available to the electorate, or a different reality in which vaccines are still unavailable. Biopharma companies are optimistic their COVID-19 vaccines could be available as early as the […]
A three-pronged approach to transform infant nutrition through the National Advisory Council on Maternal, Infant, and Fetal Nutrition.
A proposal to coordinate and consolidate the healthcare innovation, demonstration, and implementation capacities of the VA and HHS.