Hazard Ratio: Benjamin Ryan

Jan 20, 2025 | benryan.substack.com | Benjamin Ryan |Emily Yoffe

The second Trump administration is only a few hours old, but already has sought to wield its power to undo throughout federal law what it refers to as “gender ideology.” The gender-identity-focused executive order Donald Trump signed today, brashly entitled “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to Federal Government,” seeks to eradicate acknowledgement of the existence of transgender people throughout the federal government.

Jan 8, 2025 | benryan.substack.com | Benjamin Ryan |Jesse Singal

Sam Seder, the hot-headed host of the popular progressive YouTube political-punditry show The Majority Report, has a long history of weighing in on pediatric gender medicine in spirited speeches that are heavy on emotion and indignation but betray a shallow knowledge of the facts.

Dec 4, 2024 | benryan.substack.com | Benjamin Ryan

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -2:20:04Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. I will publish my reporting on today’s oral arguments soon. In the meantime, here is the audio from the oral arguments. Also check out: I am an independent journalist, specializing in science and health care coverage. I contribute to The New York Times, The Guardian, NBC Newsand The New York Sun. I have also written for the Washington Post, The Atlantic and The Nation.

Dec 1, 2024 | benryan.substack.com | Benjamin Ryan

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for a landmark lawsuit that seeks to overturn Tennessee’s ban on pediatric gender-transition treatment. I will be there in person to hear arguments from ACLU and Justice Department attorneys as they seek to convince at least five justices that this ban amounts to sex discrimination violating the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.

Nov 27, 2024 | benryan.substack.com | Benjamin Ryan

Stanford physician and economist Jay Bhattacharya has been nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the National Institutes of Health during his second administration. Dr. Bhattacharya has been quite controversial, in particular because he was one of the lead authors of the Great Barrington Declaration.