America Dissected

We Still Don’t Have a CDC Director. Measles Doesn’t Care.

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Abdul and Katelyn round up all the latest health news, including:

  • The growing measles outbreak out of Texas
  • RFK Jr’s false claim that the measles vaccine causes death
  • The withdrawal of Dave Weldon’s nomination at CDC, and who could take his place
  • Dr. Oz’s confirmation hearings, and what could be next for Medicare and Medicaid
  • The Covid-era healthcare programs that were extended by the government funding bill
  • West Virginia’s move to ban food additives, including red dye
  • The latest round of DOGE cuts
  • A new COVID variant in South Africa


    • Then Abdul interviews author Charles Duhigg about his new book Supercommunicators, about the ways physicians and public health workers can have more productive conversations with patients.


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