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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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Trump’s proposed child tax credit expansion may boost health equity

Association of Health Care Journalists

But, in a recent editorial that appeared in JAMA Pediatrics , a pair of medical experts called the COVID-19 pandemic-era child tax credit expansion in 2021, “one of the most successful antipoverty initiatives,” that verifiably improved health for children and their caregivers. The story’s not over once a decision is made.