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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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Good morning! I’m taking some time off to retreat to the woods, so you’ll be hearing from some of my colleagues for a few days. I’ll see you back here later next week. Send news and notes to [email protected] for when I’m back. A historic public health achievement is under threat Adding fluoride to …
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Vaccination policy in the United States could be in line for some fundamental changes, if Donald Trump is reelected and delivers on promises that long-time vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. said the former president has made — including giving Kennedy authority over the country’s health agencies …
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The word “Tuskegee” has long embodied the painful symbol of medical racism, epitomizing how ethnically uninformed research practices have harmed Black Americans.It is impossible to erase this painful history. But we — one of us working for Tuskegee University, the other for Southern Research — are …
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A version of this essay first appeared in Jess Steier’s newsletter, “Unbiased Science.” Fluoride is having a rough day in the court of public opinion. The National Toxicology Program (NTP), part of the Department of Health and Human Services, has released a comprehensive study titled “Monograph on …
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Imagine this post-9/11 scenario: A New York City fire company is forced to shut down and lay off its firefighters because some Americans believe a bizarre conspiracy theory that this fire company brought down the World Trade Center towers. A Covid-19 version of this freakish tale is happening …
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WASHINGTON — Anthony Fauci, the former top U.S. infectious disease official and a longtime foil for congressional Republicans, on Monday came out forcefully against GOP accusations on a host of Covid-related issues, and said debate about the coronavirus’s origin had been “seriously distorted.” …
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My chief resident gave me a strange look when I arrived for another day of work at the Mayo Clinic one morning. “Something you’re not telling us?” she asked, gesturing to the two letters on my desk from the Central Intelligence Agency. The jokes — about how I was secretly working for America’s …
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