argues

South Africa instituted its ban on the sale of cigarettes in late March, 2020. On Wednesday, the Pretoria High court heard an application by the Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association for leave to appeal a previous ruling that kept the cigarette ban in place.The state argues the group is only focused on the financial interests of…

CHOICE Institute." data-reactid="33" type="text">The study was written by Anirban Basu, a health economist and statistician who’s the director of UW’s Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy and Economics Institute, also known as the CHOICE Institute.In his research paper, published online Thursday by the journal Health Affairs, Basu acknowledges there’s still lots of uncertainty surrounding the fatality rate…

A UPMC doctor on Thursday made a case the death rate for people infected with the new coronavirus may be as low as 0.25% — far lower than the mortality rates of 2-4% or even higher cited in the early days of the pandemic.Dr. Donald Yealy based it partly on studies of levels of coronavirus…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.President Trump declared on Wednesday that the country has “passed the peak” in the number of new cases of the novel coronavirus, while teasing an upcoming announcement on guidelines the White House will offer states for reopening the economy.“The battle…