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Why we keep going

Your Local Epidemiologist

Today thousands of health workers at the CDC and FDA lost their jobs—effective immediately. Health divisions are gone, and programs are gutted HIV prevention? Environmental hazard response? Gun violence prevention? Worker safety? Reproductive health? Disability health? TB prevention?

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Chronic Diseases Are Killing Kids — and Exposure to Chemicals Is Driving the Epidemic

Mercola

Chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are on the rise in children. Asthma, obesity and even certain childhood cancers now occur far more frequently than they did a few generations ago. These diseases are caused by a mix of factors, including genetics, lifestyle and environmental exposures.

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The Hidden Triggers of Insulin Resistance and How to Restore Balance

Mercola

While it's better than having blood sugar so high that you drop into a coma, you pay for it in deteriorating health. If this process continues unchecked, it can lead to bigger problems like Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, or severe liver issues.

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Study Discovers the Mechanism Behind Prostate Cancer Growth

Mercola

million American men diagnosed with this disease at some point are still alive. 3 But, we're not out of the woods yet — plenty of research is still being done to learn more about treating this disease, and researchers from the University of Michigan have just pushed the frontier. In truth, choline is beneficial for your health.

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Progress on Make America Healthy Again

Your Local Epidemiologist

started touring nationwide to Make America Health Again (MAHA). While there are some great talking points, his advisors—like lobbyist Calley Means—continue to argue that “scientists in the health agencies represent an utter failure.” ” Americans should demand better health. This week, RFK Jr.

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Sanders: RFK Jr. stance on food industry 'exactly correct,' other things he says 'extremely dangerous'

The Hill

s opinions on certain aspects of the health industry, though he still expressed concerns over some of Kennedy's other health-related views. "I I think you have a food industry concerned about their profits, could care less about the health of the American people. Kennedy Jr.'s

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Trump’s NIH Chief Lets Loose on Fauci, Vaccines and Covid Cover-Ups

Politico: eHealth

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the then-Stanford professor was one of the loudest critics of lockdowns, school closures and what he called utopian public health planning, and he was often dismissed by mainstream public health officials. Youre allowed to assume the worst very early in the pandemic about the disease. Absolutely.