DOI: 10.1001/jama.2026.15473 ISSN: 0098-7484
Dismantling Independent Science—The Supreme Court and Public Health Regulation
Lawrence O. Gostin, Peter LurieThis Viewpoint summarizes the ways in which federal health agencies and state-level safeguards work in parallel to ensure public health and highlights how 3 recent Supreme Court rulings have reduced the independence of federal agencies, expanded political control over them, and curtailed state-level protections meant to challenge and supplement federal standards.