Brace yourselves: Veggie burgers don’t contain meat. If this doesn’t come as a stunning revelation, then you’re savvier than the state of Mississippi gives you credit for. This year, at the behest of the meat lobby, Mississippi banned food companies making plant-based meat alternatives from using any meat product terms on their labels, supposedly to…

The last thing a sick patient wants to do after a doctor’s appointment is stand in line at a pharmacy for basic treatment like anti-nausea medication—and, in most of the country, they don’t have to. 45 states and the District of Columbia allow patients to purchase medication directly from the doctor prescribing it. This practice,…