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Misogyny, racism, science suppression
A reign of terror appears to be underway at NIH with scientists fearing they must toe RFK Jr.'s "correct line."
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Merrill Goozner
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Die now, eat healthier later
While RFK Jr. touts some states' efforts to promote healthier foods, GOP-led states are moving aggressively to deny poor people food stamps and access…
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The FDA and the inadequate vetting of new medical devices
Most devices enter the market without clinical trials. Dr. Hooman Noorchashm of the Medical Device Safety Collaborative at Northeastern University…
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Health insurers' big win
Trump's CMS doubles down on pay hikes for MA plans while providers chafe from reimbursements below traditional Medicare.
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Merrill Goozner
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Vaccine hesitancy's #1 enabler backs measles shots
After a second child dies in the Texas measles outbreak, RFK Jr. visits the county where one in five kindergartners isn't vaccinated.
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Merrill Goozner
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Housing is health care
Let's talk about an issue familiar to health care policy wonks, but often ignored by the general public: The social conditions that lead to ill health.
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Merrill Goozner
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Layoffs, layoffs, layoffs
Lost lives; ruined careers; rising unemployment. The deliberate crippling of government health-related agencies will hammer the broader economy.
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The cost of social insecurity
People faced with financial, food and housing insecurity use more health care and in the most expensive place -- the ER. Their conditions are about to…
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March 2025

FDA, CDC will be slammed by latest job cuts
HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy follows through on pledge to gut the food division at FDA. What he'll put in its place is anybody's guess.
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Merrill Goozner
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Does value-based care have a future?
In this initial GoozNews podcast, Dr. Farzad Mostashari, CEO of Aledade, lays out how primary care can thrive -- even in the current political…
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Oh unhappy land
Add "pervasive unhappiness due to daily assaults on everything humane and decent in our society" to the list of social determinants holding down U.S…
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Revive the precautionary principle
The Right is right to back the FDA's ban on Red Dye No. 3. But there's a better way to manage industry pushback.
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