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From anti-antibiotics to extinction therapy: how evolutionary thinking can transform medicine

Frontiers

The rise in modern health problems such as obesity can also be traced back to evolutionary principles. An article published in Frontiers in Science demonstrates how applying an evolutionary perspective to medicine can inspire new ways of preventing and treating disease.

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Anna Kramvis – A big job in a small world

Frontiers

I aim to boost advocacy for eliminating HBV through participating in meetings, presenting talks, and writing articles. Despite causing more deaths than the former three diseases combined, HBV receives little attention and funding from global health policy makers.

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Understanding RFK Jr.’s potential HHS powers and why to avoid ‘sane-washing’ him

Association of Health Care Journalists

If Americans dont realize how dangerous Kennedys beliefs are to public health or the power he would have over public health policy as HHS Secretary, they arent equipped to share their opinions about his nomination with their senators, who will decide whether to confirm his nomination. Kennedy Jr.s What can Kennedy actually do?

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What to know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s anti-vaccine advocacy

Association of Health Care Journalists

Audiences need ongoing, accurate information about what he believes about various health issues and what powers he would have as HHS Secretary so that they can communicate to their senators how they feel about the confirmation. on Vaccines, Autism, and Covid-19 , Annenberg Policy Center “Compelled by Our Fears”: RFK Jr.

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Will Microbes Finally Force Modernization of the American Health Care System?

The Health Care Blog

In a JAM A article in 1996, Nobel Laureate Joshua Lederberg alerted the public that our fight with microbes was far from over and that the odds were severely tipped in the microbes’ favor. The challenges are stark and the solutions somewhat obvious.