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DeKalb health needs: Better access to providers and healthy food, report finds

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. DeKalb County residents want more options for physical activity and healthy food and better access to health care providers, according to the latest Community Health Needs Assessment. National Institutes of Health grant.

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2024: A Year in Review

Research America

We are united under a common cause advocating for science and innovation to achieve better health for all. In 2024, we worked together to cultivate congressional champions, engage federal officials, and raise awareness with the public about the contributions of science and innovation to our nation and the global community.

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Make America Healthy Again?

Your Local Epidemiologist

YLE is taking our own advice by being upfront: This post is based on data and our personal values system that highly prioritizes public health. Our goal here is to lay out, to the best of our ability, what a policy would mean based on objective data and personal experiences watching how public health works in real life.

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Kennedy sends mixed vaccine messages amid Texas measles outbreak

The Hill

In the first test of the Trump administration's outbreak response, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Two days later, Kennedy in a social media post outlined how his agency is responding, including by providing the Texas Department of Health with MMR vaccines. But public health experts aren't ready to celebrate.

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What To Know About RFK Jr.’s Stances on Key Health Issues and What He Could Do at HHS

KFF Health News

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, is coming into the nomination process in an unusual position, with a long list of his own policy priorities separate from the president-elect’s, and a public promise by Trump to let him “go wild” on his ideas. Kennedy Jr.

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RFK Jr.'s new bully pulpit sends public health shock waves

The Hill

go wild" on health is demoralizing public health experts, who worry he could meddle with key government agencies, amplify vaccine hesitancy and direct agency funding to favor his preferred views. But with Trump’s victory, Kennedy could soon be in charge of those same agencies. Kennedy Jr. "go Pack your bags.”

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Make America Healthy Again: An Unconventional Movement That May Have Found Its Moment

KFF Health News

Within days of Donald Trump’s election victory, health care entrepreneur Calley Means turned to social media to crowdsource advice. Means is among a cadre of health business leaders and nonmainstream doctors who are influencing President Donald Trump’s focus on health policy.