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From vaccines to Froot Loops: Why RFK Jr.’s health-related theories have sparked so much controversy

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Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health and human services secretary has sparked concerns among scientists and public health officials, given Kennedy’s history of promoting misinformation about […]

How Trump’s reelection could impact reproductive health in low income countries

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Former President Donald Trump is expected to reinstate and potentially expand the Mexico City Policy, which bars foreign organizations receiving U.S. aid from providing or even discussing abortion services. While […]

Do Florida Abortion Proposals Permit Procedure Until Birth? What To Know

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Florida’s proposed Amendment 4 seeks to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, ensuring access before fetal viability, but has sparked misleading anti-abortion claims. These claims, amplified by social media, […]

The affordable housing crisis is also a health crisis

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Dr. Craig Evan Pollack, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, explores the critical intersection between housing affordability and health outcomes, highlighting how unaffordable housing, instability, […]

CDC: Maryland saw slight increase in life expectancy in 2021, in depths of pandemic

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Maryland’s life expectancy increased by 0.4 years in 2021, bucking the national trend of decline during the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts suggest that the state’s recovery from earlier pandemic waves, along […]

America’s Childless Trend

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A growing number of Americans are choosing not to have children, with the percentage of women aged 15-44 without children rising from 40% in 2002 to 45% between 2017 and […]

RFK Jr.’s Exaggerations on Chronic Disease in Children

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Christina Bethell is quoted.

Changing the Demography of the Scholars Who Study Demography

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Emily Agree is quoted.

Abortion Restrictions’ Unintended Consequences

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Alison Gemmill is quoted.

A New Study Confirms That the Texas Abortion Ban “Is Responsible” for a Rise in Infant Deaths

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Alison Gemmill is quoted.