Sarah Schweinsberg reports on the effort to bring down healthcare costs by forcing hospitals to post their price lists; Mary Reichard talks to Dean Cheng with The Heritage Foundation about the World Health Organization’s about-face on the origins of COVID-19; and Emily Whitten recommends The Picture of Dorian Gray for her August Classic Book of the Month. Plus: commentary from Whitney Williams, robot relief, and the Tuesday morning news.

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