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Our podcast ‘Why Should I Trust You?’ connects MAHA and public health. Here’s what we’ve learned

According to “Why Should I Trust You?” hosts Tom W. Johnson and Brinda Adhikari, public health’s disengagement from MAHA has ...
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FDA’s new ‘plausible mechanism pathway’ for personalized gene editing raises concerns

In November, six months after KJ’s debut, top Food and Drug Administration officials Marty Makary and Vinay Prasad published ...
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Shared decision-making on vaccines is not the enemy

In its urge to say what Kennedy gets wrong, the public health and medical community is actively resisting something he gets ...
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Public health giant William Foege, who helped eradicate smallpox, has died at 89

William (Bill) Foege, credited by many for shepherding the smallpox eradication effort to completion, died Saturday at the ...
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Endometriosis often takes years to diagnose. Startups want to change that

María Teresa Pérez Zaballos spent five years visiting doctors before she got her diagnosis. She saw a gynecologist and a neuropathic pain specialist, had her digestive system checked, and took “a ton” ...
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CDC pauses, then unpauses billions in public health infrastructure grants to states

The CDC briefly paused more than 100 grants to states and organizations to update infrastructure for public health projects.
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How investing in primary care helped a hospital system get back in the black

Beth Israel Lahey Health CEO says investments in primary care are key to the organization’s long-term success.