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Aug 22
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MAHA Is a Bad Answer to a Good Question

NEW YORK TIMES OPINION
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“Make America Healthy Again” is a great idea — somebody should try it. A lot of the concerns animating the MAHA movement — chronic disease, the unhealthiness of the American diet, how profits warp our health care system — are serious issues. But Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hasn’t taken major actions to address them. Instead he’s gutted funding for scientific rese ... Show More
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