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The path from the atrocities of Nuremberg and Tuskegee to today’s robust ethics of medical research has not been easy.In response to these horrific events, a remarkable global consensus emerged, across countries in very different parts of the world and with very different types of governments: …
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Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here.My colleague Brittany Trang has a new STAT+ weekly newsletter starting today: AI Prognosis, a hitchhiker’s guide to the health care AI galaxy. If you’re reading this email right at 6 am …
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Food has been front and center in the Make America Healthy Again movement, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign to solve chronic disease in the United States. That’s why forthcoming federal guidance on nutrition could draw extra attention this time around, even as a massive …
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Here are a few things we know about how Robert F. Kennedy eats. He likes raw milk, full-fat dairy, and intermittent fasting. He’s suspicious of artificial food dyes and seed oils, and says “sugar is poison.” He doesn’t drink alcohol. If he spots roadkill, he may try to eat it, though not right …
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The Make America Healthy Again movement has a lot of the food industry on edge. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies have made concerns about the health effects of ultra-processed foods a government priority, putting titans like PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz, and Nestlé on the defensive.But …
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At a Brooklyn coffeeshop one recent rainy afternoon, the barista explained that lattes came just one of two ways: with whole milk or almond. It didn’t make sense to stock skim or reduced-fat milk when requests for those varieties are few and far between, she said — though a few months ago, she did …
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You’re reading the first story in The MAHA Diagnosis, a STAT series that examines the major elements of the Make America Healthy Again movement led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.When guests at the Make America Healthy Again inaugural ball sat down for dinner last month at the Waldorf Astoria in …
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At a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick to be the nation’s health secretary, there was discussion of abortion, Medicaid, and Covid-19.There was also discussion of onesies.advertisement About two hours into the hearing before the Senate Finance …
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If he can make it past the Senate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be the next secretary of Health and Human Services. Since the position was created, each secretary has had significant experience in public health, health care administration, or related government work. None has listed “spreading …
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Adding fluoride to water is considered one of the great public health achievements of the 20th century. With President-elect Donald Trump in the White House, the 21st century may be another story.advertisement Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom Trump has pledged to let “go wild” on public health under his …
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