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Gerontological Society conference highlights aging story ideas for 2025

Association of Health Care Journalists

While it was impossible to attend every session or fully absorb the wealth of information in four days, several themes and areas of concern emerged. Bhattacharya, who is not a practicing physician, has vowed to totally revamp the National Institutes of Health, and with a Republican-majority Congress, its likely he can carry out this mission.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Public Health and the Dairy Cow in the Room

KFF Health News

Some of the biggest public health issues of the moment include childhood vaccination rates, and long covid and post-traumatic stress disorder cases among health care workers. Bird flu is top of mind for many in public health. But public health is going to look at the surrounding issues. We’re going into flu season.