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How do you solve a chronic disease crisis? It depends on what you care about most. That's what RFK Jr. will have to decide soon. Our new project splits the nation's health into 9 "priorities." Choose your adventure based on your top concerns. Dive in: statnews.com/2025/05/20/ken…

NEW: How RFK Jr. goes about solving the chronic disease epidemic depends on his top concerns. Here, we break down the nation's health into 9 "priorities" — using original data analysis you can't find elsewhere! — and let you choose yours. W/ J Emory Parker is on BlueSky: statnews.com/2025/05/20/ken…

So, this is insane: “FOIA requests at numerous federal agencies in February were ‘lost’ by a government records contractor. It turns out, the ‘data failure’ was linked to two convicted hackers who worked at the company.” — via ⁦Jason Leopold⁩ bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Yesterday, we dove into all the data on chronic disease in the US. So, what can actually make a dent in it? Here are 3 big ideas: statnews.com/2025/05/21/rfk…

All but 1 of the firms RFK met with had something in common: Financial backing from one of Silicon Valley’s top venture capital firms — and one w/ close ties to the Trump administration + MAHA crowd — Andreessen Horowitz.

In a lawsuit filed yesterday, a group of physicians and researchers argue that the termination of more than $800 million in LGBTQ+ research funding endangers lives: statnews.com/2025/05/21/lgb…

How do we know mRNA vaccines are safe? How do we know they're effective? A helpful explainer by Jonathan Wosen, Ph.D. statnews.com/2025/05/21/mrn…

We have a MAHA Commission report. Here are 4 key takeaways from the 68-page document: statnews.com/2025/05/22/rfk…

How could the Trump's admin's cuts to CDC affect Americans' health? Eric Boodman has a striking example. At least 6 of the authors on CDC's paper on how they pinpointed applesauce as the source of lead poisoning in 566 kids in 2023 have been fired. shorturl.at/8Bylo

The only thing better than getting sent to a candy convention is having great art to go with it. theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Our cancer reporter Angus Rohan Chen writes about a little-noticed increased in late-stage prostate cancers, and how that's changing the thinking on preventive screenings: statnews.com/2025/05/21/bid…

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