Your Local Epidemiologist
JANUARY 21, 2025
the rise of chronic disease), seems willing to push back against the food industry, and has tapped into the frustrations many Americans have with health institutions. trillion agency and far-reaching public health policy. .” trillion agency and far-reaching public health policy.
Fund for Public Health NYC
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
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KFF Health News
OCTOBER 28, 2024
And most carried three pill bottles or more for various chronic ailments. But Brown called them “lucky,” with enough health insurance or money to see a doctor. The area has stark health care provider shortages and high rates of chronic disease, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease.
HEALTHBEAT
JANUARY 17, 2025
They have been absolutely instrumental and highly, highly successful at delaying any regulatory effectiveness in America, said Laura Schmidt, a health policy professor at the University of California-San Francisco. Nutrition and health leaders are optimistic that a reckoning is already underway. and Nestle USA.
HEALTHBEAT
OCTOBER 28, 2024
And most carried three pill bottles or more for various chronic ailments. But Brown called them “lucky,” with enough health insurance or money to see a doctor. The clinic serves patients along the infamous “Corridor of Shame,” a rural stretch of South Carolina with some of the worst health outcomes in the nation.
KFF Health News
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Q: What is the role of the Department of Health and Human Services, and how much power does the HHS secretary have over its work? The HHS secretary has the authority to establish regulations that govern health, including food and drug safety, public health, and health care quality. A: The U.S. Yes, yes, and yes.
KFF Health News
APRIL 9, 2025
Walker, 65 and with chronic high blood pressure, was brought in by one of rural Greene County’s two working ambulances. The 20-bed hospital averages a few patients each night, many of them, like Walker, with chronic illnesses. EUTAW, Ala. Leroy Walker arrived at the county hospital short of breath. Learn more about KFF.
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