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Readers Offer Solo Agers Support and Reflect on Ancestors

KFF Health News

I live in Los Angeles with famously poor public transportation. 2), more Americans are living on their own as they age, relying on a patchwork of health care services to get by. 2), more Americans are living on their own as they age, relying on a patchwork of health care services to get by. So, I have prepared food delivered.

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With RFK Jr. in Charge, Supplement Makers See Chance To Cash In

KFF Health News

health official, Robert F. said the Trump administration would liberate Americans from the FDA’s “aggressive suppression” of vitamins, dietary supplements, and other substances ending the federal agency’s “war on public health,” as he put it. Last fall, before being named the senior U.S.

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The future of public health

Exploring Health

What Could Trump’s Second Term Mean for the Future of Public Health and Health Policy? A KFF poll released in February 2024 determined eight in ten American voters identified the economy and health care costs as leading public concerns. What if they are true?