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What happens when a vaccine skeptic leads health policy? Ask Florida

NPR Health

Among the names being floated to head the Department of Health and Human Services are RFK Jr. and Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo. Both are vaccine skeptics, which worries pediatricians. Image credit: Rustam Shaimov)

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WHO introduces new guidance to strengthen mental health policies

News Medical Health Sciences

The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched new guidance to help all countries reform and strengthen mental health policies and systems.

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APHA’s Policy Action Institute offers roadmap to better health policy

Public Health Newswire

Public health professionals encouraged to be ‘champions of veracity’

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Nominee to run NIH faces Senate scrutiny

NPR Health

Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor of health policy, appears before the Senate HELP committee, which will vet his nomination to become the next director of the National Institutes of Health. Image credit: Taylor Hill)

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Analyzing what RFK Jr. said on 'Morning Edition' about his health policy vision

NPR Health

and his skepticism of public health expertise. A deeper dive into Wednesday's post-election interview with former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,

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APHA’s Policy Action Institute offers roadmap to better health policy

Public Health Newswire

Public health professionals encouraged to be ‘champions of veracity’

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31 million Americans borrowed money for health care last year: Poll

The Hill

Too many Americans are racking up medical debt whether they have health insurance or not, Tim Lash, West Health Policy Center president, said in a statement. Just two percent of Americans who borrowed were over 65 years old.