Next Week in Public Health, November 15, 2024

by Jon Scaccia November 15, 2024

Not gonna lie. It’s been a shitty, shitty week.

And that’s before we get to the news of the day, which is that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has been nominated to be incoming Secretary of Health and Human Services. Like an aging hipster, Kennedy used to be cool but has become virulently anti-science over the last 20ish years. We’ll have more on the implications of this, should he be confirmed by the Senate or otherwise installed.

Here’s what we have for studies. And oh look, vaccination! One of the most effective and scalable interventions developed by humans.

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