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Bird flu found in Arizona dairy cattle milk after being first detected in neighboring Nevada
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The Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) recently confirmed the first bird flu genotype D1.1 detection in milk from a dairy herd in Maricopa County.
As a protective measure, the dairy farm is under quarantine, according to a statement from the AZDA.
Although the cattle are asymptomatic, testing confirmed the diagnosis.
The highly contagious bird flu has been confirmed in dairy cows. (Getty Images)
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“Every dairy in Arizona has been tested at least once since January. Thus far, only a sample from this dairy has tested positive,” officials said. “Milk and other dairy products that have been pasteurized are safe to consume.”
The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) first confirmed the virus, genotype D1.1, was found in Nevada dairy cattle Jan. 31.
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A medical technologist in a molecular diagnostic lab extracts DNA from milk samples for testing at the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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All previous detections in dairy cattle were a different genotype, B3.13.
Genotype D1.1 represents the predominant genotype in the North American flyways over the fall and winter and has been identified in wild birds, mammals and spillovers into domestic poultry, according to APHIS.
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HDC receiving staff prep arriving milk samples for testing at the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University Dec. 10, 2024, in Ithaca, N.Y. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
The AZDA said the genotype “bears no features that would make it more likely to infect humans,” according to the statement.
However, the new bird flu strain, D1.1, has been reported in more than a dozen humans exposed to infected poultry.
The CDC noted on its website that bird flu’s risk to the public remains low.
FOX 10 Phoenix contributed to this report.
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How Trump’s Medical Research Cuts Would Hit Colleges and Hospitals in Every State
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A proposal by the Trump administration to reduce the size of grants for institutions conducting medical research would have far-reaching effects, and not just for elite universities and the coastal states where many are located.
Also at risk could be grants from the National Institutes of Health to numerous hospitals that conduct clinical research on major diseases, and to state universities across the country. North Carolina, Missouri and Pennsylvania could face disproportionate losses, because of the concentration of medical research in those states.
N.I.H. funding in 2024
Per capita
|
Total
Based on spending in the 2024 fiscal year.
In the 2024 fiscal year, the N.I.H. spent at least $32 billion on nearly 60,000 grants, including medical research in areas like cancer, genetics and infectious disease. Of that, $23 billion went to “direct” research costs, such as microscopes and researchers’ salaries, according to an Upshot analysis of N.I.H. grant data.
The other $9 billion went to the institutions’ overhead, or “indirect costs,” which can include laboratory upkeep, utility bills, administrative staff and access to hazardous materials disposal, all of which research institutions say is essential to making research possible.
The N.I.H. proposal, which has been put on hold by a federal court, aims to reduce funding for those indirect costs to a set 15 percent rate that the administration says would save about $4 billion a year. The Upshot analysis estimates that a 15 percent rate would have reduced funding for the grants that received N.I.H. support in 2024 by at least $5 billion. The White House said the savings would be reinvested in more research, but the rate cuts would open up sizable budget holes in most projects at research institutions.
It is not clear whether those organizations can fill the gaps with other funding sources or by shifting how they apply for grants. Instead, many officials at universities and hospitals have said that they may have to pull back on medical or scientific research.
“It’s not an overstatement to say that a slash this drastic in total research funding slows research,” said Heather Pierce, senior director for science policy at the Association of American Medical Colleges, which has sued along with other education and hospital associations to block the policy. And slower scientific progress, she said, would affect anyone who depends on the development of new treatments, medical interventions and diagnostic tools.
We estimate that virtually all universities and hospitals would see fewer funds on similar projects in the future. The 10 institutions that receive the most money from N.I.H. stand to lose more than $100 million per year on average.
To understand how the change would work, let’s look at one grant for about $600,000 sent last year to the University of Alabama at Birmingham to study whether exercise can improve memory for people with epilepsy.
The N.I.H. sent the university this funding in the 2024 fiscal year, as part of a multiyear grant.
A majority of the money went to direct costs associated with the study.
And an additional 45 percent went to indirect costs supporting the research, like building maintenance and administrative staff.
Under the new rules, the university would receive a 15 percent rate on such grants, bringing the total down.
That would have been a funding loss of nearly $130,000 on this project alone.
The calculation above, which we have repeated for every grant paid last year, is a bit simplified. In reality, the researchers would lose even more money than we’ve shown, because of the way indirect funding is calculated (see our methodology at the bottom of this article).
Our analysis also makes some other conservative assumptions given the policy’s uncertainty. We assume, for instance, that the new 15 percent rate is a flat rate that all grantees would receive, and not a maximum rate (a distinction left unclear in the N.I.H. guidance). We also assume that the change applies not just to institutions of higher education, but also to all kinds of grantees, including hospitals.
In a statement, the White House indicated it would reserve any savings for additional research grants. “Contrary to the hysteria, redirecting billions of allocated N.I.H. spending away from administrative bloat means there will be more money and resources available for legitimate scientific research, not less,” said Kush Desai, a White House spokesman.
The N.I.H. announcement, however, coincides with the Trump administration’s moves to cut spending across the government, and with the N.I.H.’s withholding of funding for grants — their direct and indirect costs alike — in apparent conflict with separate court orders.
The N.I.H. guidance document includes a number of conflicting statements and statistics the Upshot could not reconcile. The N.I.H. also declined to answer questions about the policy and about its public-facing data tracking grant spending.
The N.I.H. since 1950 has provided these overhead funds in a formulaic way, and since 1965, the government has used a rate individually calculated for each institution. Federal officials review cost summaries, floor plans and other information to determine that rate. That number can be higher for institutions in more expensive parts of the country, or for those that use more energy-intensive equipment. The proposal from the Trump administration would set aside those differences in standardizing the rate at 15 percent for every grantee.
The lists below estimate what would have happened to the 10 universities and hospitals that received the most N.I.H. grant money in the 2024 fiscal year, if the formula change had been in effect then.
Largest N.I.H. grant recipients among colleges, universities and medical schools
Name | Total ’24 Funding | Estimated reduction |
---|---|---|
University of California, San Francisco San Francisco |
$793 mil. | $121 mil. |
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore |
$788 mil. | $136 mil. |
Washington University St. Louis |
$717 mil. | $108 mil. |
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. |
$708 mil. | $119 mil. |
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia |
$652 mil. | $129 mil. |
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pa. |
$632 mil. | $115 mil. |
Columbia University Health Sciences New York |
$611 mil. | $111 mil. |
Yale University New Haven, Conn. |
$602 mil. | $131 mil. |
Stanford University Stanford, Calif. |
$584 mil. | $107 mil. |
University of Washington Seattle |
$542 mil. | $86 mil. |
Source: National Institutes of Health
Based on spending in the 2024 fiscal year.
Largest N.I.H. grant recipients among hospitals
Name | Total ’24 Funding | Estimated reduction |
---|---|---|
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston |
$641 mil. | $98 mil. |
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville |
$468 mil. | $71 mil. |
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston |
$364 mil. | $77 mil. |
Boston Children’s Hospital Boston |
$218 mil. | $54 mil. |
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston |
$180 mil. | $39 mil. |
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia |
$162 mil. | $32 mil. |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston |
$161 mil. | $35 mil. |
Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati |
$153 mil. | $28 mil. |
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston |
$117 mil. | $23 mil. |
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles |
$100 mil. | $23 mil. |
Source: National Institutes of Health
Based on spending in the 2024 fiscal year, which extends from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30.
If courts allow the change to move forward, some of its consequences are hard to predict.
Advocates for the policy change note that these organizations receive numerous other federal subsidies. Most universities and research hospitals are nonprofits that pay no federal taxes, for example. The N.I.H. announcement also noted that these same institutions often accept grants from charitable foundations that offer much lower overhead rates than the federal government, a signal that universities and hospitals willingly pursue research opportunities with less supplemental funding.
Because the indirect payments are based on broad formulas and not specific line items, critics say institutions may be diverting these federal dollars into unaccountable funds to pay for programs that taxpayers can’t see, such as the kinds of diversity, equity and inclusion programs targeted by the Trump administration.
“That’s how you get things like the ability of administrators to use larger overhead pools of money to build out D.E.I. bureaucracies, or to fund Ph.D. programs in the humanities,” said Jay Greene, a senior research fellow in the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative research group. Mr. Greene was the coauthor of a 2022 article urging the N.I.H. to cut or eliminate indirect grant funding. But he did not have specific examples to cite of research funds being spent in this way.
Researchers say the indirect funds have a branding problem, but are a necessary component of research.
“The term ‘indirect costs’ or the alternative term ‘overhead’ sounds dangerously close to ‘slush fund’ to some people,” said Jeremy Berg, who was the director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the N.I.H. from 2003 to 2011. “There are real costs somebody has to pay for, and heating and cooling university laboratory buildings is a real cost.”
Some grant recipients already receive low overhead payments, but a large majority of them currently receive more than 15 percent, meaning they will need to make budgetary changes to absorb the loss. Among the 2024 grants that we analyzed, institutions that received more than $1 million in N.I.H. support got an average of 40 cents of indirect funding for every dollar of direct funding.
Distribution of overhead funding at N.I.H.-funded institutions in 2024
As a share of direct funding
Source: National Institutes of Health
Calculated for 613 institutions that received at least $1 million in funding in fiscal year 2024. Federally negotiated rates are higher than these.
Universities and hospitals may adjust their overall budgets to keep supporting medical research by cutting back on other things they do. Some might be able to raise money from donors to fill the shortfalls, though most universities are already raising as much philanthropic money as they can.
But many research institutions have said they would adjust by simply doing less medical research, because they would not be able to afford to do as much with less government help.
Universities and hospitals might also shift the kinds of research they do, avoiding areas that require more lab space, regulatory compliance or high-tech equipment, and focusing on types of research that will require them to provide less overhead funding themselves. That may mean disproportionate reductions in complex areas of research like genetics.
Those effects may be spread unevenly across the research landscape, as some organizations find a way to adjust, while others abandon medical research altogether.
We’ve compiled a list of institutions that received at least $1 million in N.I.H. funding in the 2024 fiscal year, along with our estimates of how much less they would have gotten under the new policy. Most of these institutions are universities or hospitals, but there are also some private companies and nonprofit research groups. Our numbers tend to be underestimates of the cuts.
Institution | No. of grants | Total ’24 Funding ▼ | Estimated change |
---|---|---|---|
New York |
1,024 | $611 mil. | -$111 mil. |
New York |
596 | $480 mil. | -$63 mil. |
New York |
714 | $453 mil. | -$93 mil. |
New York |
540 | $293 mil. | -$55 mil. |
New York |
331 | $197 mil. | -$54 mil. |
Bronx, N.Y. |
311 | $184 mil. | -$35 mil. |
Rochester, N.Y. |
384 | $180 mil. | -$32 mil. |
Ithaca, N.Y. |
221 | $102 mil. | -$21 mil. |
Amherst, N.Y. |
204 | $83 mil. | -$13 mil. |
New York |
195 | $76 mil. | -$13 mil. |
New York |
129 | $69 mil. | -$17 mil. |
Stony Brook, N.Y. |
176 | $64 mil. | -$13 mil. |
New York |
124 | $50 mil. | -$9 mil. |
Buffalo, N.Y. |
77 | $48 mil. | -$9 mil. |
Manhasset, N.Y. |
61 | $39 mil. | -$9 mil. |
Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. |
78 | $34 mil. | -$12 mil. |
Syracuse, N.Y. |
72 | $25 mil. | -$5 mil. |
New York |
49 | $24 mil. | -$3 mil. |
Brooklyn, N.Y. |
29 | $23 mil. | -$2 mil. |
Orangeburg, N.Y. |
17 | $17 mil. | -$3 mil. |
New York |
20 | $14 mil. | -$3 mil. |
Albany, N.Y. |
30 | $13 mil. | -$3 mil. |
Binghamton, N.Y. |
38 | $13 mil. | -$2 mil. |
New York |
28 | $12 mil. | -$2 mil. |
New York |
7 | $11 mil. | -$3 mil. |
Albany, N.Y. |
38 | $11 mil. | -$2 mil. |
New York |
13 | $11 mil. | -$1 mil. |
New York |
20 | $10 mil. | -$1 mil. |
Syracuse, N.Y. |
33 | $10 mil. | -$2 mil. |
New York |
25 | $10 mil. | -$3 mil. |
Troy, N.Y. |
25 | $9 mil. | -$1 mil. |
New York City, N.Y. |
2 | $8 mil. | -$1 mil. |
New York |
2 | $8 mil. | +$371k |
New York |
9 | $7 mil. | -$2 mil. |
Albany, N.Y. |
7 | $6 mil. | -$1 mil. |
Valhalla, N.Y. |
17 | $6 mil. | -$1 mil. |
Mineola, N.Y. |
9 | $6 mil. | -$1 mil. |
Rochester, N.Y. |
20 | $6 mil. | -$759k |
White Plains, N.Y. |
10 | $5 mil. | -$1 mil. |
Menands, N.Y. |
10 | $5 mil. | -$961k |
Flushing, N.Y. |
14 | $5 mil. | -$540k |
New York |
9 | $5 mil. | -$535k |
Upton, N.Y. |
1 | $5 mil. | -$1 mil. |
New York |
3 | $4 mil. | -$1 mil. |
Bronx, N.Y. |
10 | $3 mil. | -$158k |
New York |
1 | $3 mil. | +$213k |
New York |
1 | $3 mil. | +$144k |
New York |
9 | $3 mil. | -$607k |
Queens, N.Y. |
15 | $3 mil. | -$647k |
Potsdam, N.Y. |
9 | $2 mil. | -$270k |
New York |
13 | $2 mil. | -$313k |
Buffalo, N.Y. |
5 | $2 mil. | -$745k |
Utica, N.Y. |
4 | $2 mil. | -$738k |
New York |
4 | $2 mil. | -$259k |
Niskayuna, N.Y. |
3 | $2 mil. | -$459k |
New York |
8 | $2 mil. | -$142k |
New York |
6 | $1 mil. | -$333k |
Jamaica, N.Y. |
5 | $1 mil. | -$415k |
New York |
1 | $1 mil. | +$113k |
New York |
3 | $1 mil. | -$35k |
New York |
4 | $1 mil. | -$336k |
Old Westbury, N.Y. |
3 | $1 mil. | -$199k |
Clifton Park, N.Y. |
3 | $1 mil. | -$315k |
Garrison, N.Y. |
2 | $1 mil. | -$27k |
Other |
56 | $16 mil. | -$1 mil. |
Total | 5,887 | $3.3 bil. | -$618 mil. |
About our analysis
To estimate changes in funding, we relied on data from RePORT, the N.I.H.’s online registry of grants and projects. We limited our analysis to grants listed within the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico. We also limited it to grants where the amount of indirect funding was known and where the combined indirect and direct funding was within five percent of the listed total funding. These filters resulted in removing many grants to private organizations such as domestic for-profits.
We calculated how much indirect funding each grant would have received under the new guidance by multiplying the listed direct funding amount by 15 percent. We then compared that number to the listed indirect funding amount for each great to estimate the impact of the policy.
There are two reasons our calculations are most likely conservative estimates of true reductions in funding. First, only a portion of the direct funding for each grant is considered to be “eligible” for the purposes of calculating indirect funding. For example, laboratory equipment and graduate student tuition reimbursements are deducted from the direct costs before applying the negotiated overhead rate, whereas our calculations assumed 100 percent of the listed direct costs would be eligible. We performed a more accurate version of our calculations for the 10 universities and 10 hospitals receiving the most N.I.H. funds by inferring their eligible direct costs from their reported negotiated rates. When we did this, we saw an additional increase in losses of about 20 percent.
Second, we applied a 15 percent rate to all grants in the database, including those with an initial indirect rate below 15 percent. An analysis by James Murphy helped inform this approach. According to our analysis, then, some grants would actually receive more money under the new guidance. If the new rate operated more like a cap — and grants with rates currently below 15 percent did not change — the overall reductions in funding would be larger, as the reductions would no longer be offset by some small number of funding increases.
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RFK Jr.’s top health and wellness priorities as doctors share input
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With the Thursday confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the spotlight is on the new secretary’s plans to “Make America Healthy Again.”
“The future of public health is about to change forever,” Kennedy’s team wrote in an email announcing his confirmation. “This is a turning point for our nation. With RFK Jr. at the helm, the battle for accountability and real health reform is just getting started.”
Also on Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the Make America Healthy Again Commission, which will be led by Kennedy, Fox News Digital exclusively learned.
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Here are some of the key issues and policies the commission plans to focus on, along with doctors’ insights.
Reforming food policy
Many doctors — including Dr. Brett Osborn, a Florida neurosurgeon and longevity expert — believe that food is the “root cause of chronic disease.”
From left: Neil Gorsuch, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; President Donald Trump; actress Cheryl Hines, wife of RFK Jr.; Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS); and his children Kyra and Kathleen, during a ceremony in the White House on Feb. 13, 2025. (Jason C. Andrew/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Kennedy understands that fixing the food system is a priority,” he told Fox News Digital.
“Americans should expect policies to increase access to real, whole foods, counter corporate lobbying, and make nutrition a cornerstone of healthcare.”
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“If Americans stopped consuming nutrient-deficient, ultra-processed junk laden with sugar, we wouldn’t need a drug like Ozempic to compensate for poor dietary discipline,” the doctor also said. “Remember, aside from the rare exception, a leaner body is always a healthier body.”
“Kennedy understands that fixing the food system is a priority.”
Dr. Dino Prato, oncologist and owner of Envita Medical Centers in Arizona, also emphasized Kennedy’s focus on food quality and safety.
“Kennedy’s focus on promoting healthier food choices could lead to reforms in food policy, such as updating dietary guidelines to reflect the importance of whole foods, limiting the marketing of unhealthy foods to children, and supporting local and sustainable food systems,” he told Fox News Digital.
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Kennedy’s emphasis on clean food aligns with a “growing public concern” about the impact of processed foods and environmental toxins on health, Prato noted.
“By promoting cleaner food standards and a shift toward sustainable, whole food-based dietary guidelines, we aim to address chronic diseases at their roots.”
Improving healthcare access
The MAHA Commission aims to expand health coverage and treatment options “for beneficial lifestyle changes and disease prevention,” Fox News Digital has learned.
“Kennedy’s support for value-based care models could lead to more efficient and cost-effective healthcare delivery, improving access to care for underserved populations,” Prato told Fox News Digital. “This will also incentivize the development of innovative and more affordable healthcare solutions.”
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President Donald Trump, actress Cheryl Hines and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the new secretary of Health and Human Services, during a ceremony in the White House on Feb. 13, 2025. At right, RFK Jr. is seen doing pull-ups as part of his AmericaMoves challenge. (Getty Images; RFK Jr. campaign)
Prato also predicts a renewed focus on “integrative medicine,” which combines therapies and lifestyle changes.
“Kennedy’s personal experience with integrative medicine could lead to increased support for and greater access to alternative and complementary therapies, potentially improving patient outcomes and reducing reliance on pharmaceuticals,” he said.
More accountability for pharma companies
Kennedy’s focus on holding pharmaceutical companies accountable for potential vaccine side effects could lead to greater safety measures for patients, according to Prato.
“This increased scrutiny may incentivize companies to conduct more rigorous and transparent clinical trials,” he told Fox News Digital.
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Emily Austin, TV personality and clean beauty brand owner in New York City, agreed that people are getting “more and more dependent on drugs and procedures that profit organizations and corporations.”
Osborn reiterated that the pharmaceutical industry generates profit by managing disease, not preventing it.
“Kennedy intends to challenge this model, starting with transparency in drug pricing while exposing conflicts of interest and the revolving door between regulatory agencies and industry executives,” he told Fox News Digital.
“This increased scrutiny may incentivize companies to conduct more rigorous and transparent clinical trials.”
Kennedy will push to break the ties between government agencies and pharmaceutical giants, Osborn predicted.
“Expect reforms in clinical trial transparency, a crackdown on direct-to-consumer drug advertising, and a stronger emphasis on disease prevention rather than symptom management.”
Restoring medical freedoms
While some lawmakers have expressed concerns about Kennedy’s vaccine views, the incoming secretary has vowed not to take away anyone’s access to vaccines, but rather provide them with access to “good science.”
“Medical decisions – like surgery — should be rooted in informed consent, not blind compliance,” Osborn said.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., joined by his wife Cheryl Hines and his family, is sworn in as secretary of Health and Human Services by Associate Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 13, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“Kennedy’s is not an ‘anti-vax’ position, but a pro-transparency, pro-science position. Patients deserve full access to data, risk-benefit analysis, and the ability to choose what is injected into their bodies without coercion or censorship.”
The pandemic exposed “glaring issues” in our public health infrastructure, Osborn said, and he believes Kennedy will address those head on.
“Kennedy’s message is clear: Your health is your responsibility.”
“The goal is not to abolish vaccines – national vaccine programs have been around for decades, and they work — but to restore trust by eliminating the profit-driven conflicts of interest that have eroded credibility.”
“Americans should be able to ask questions without being silenced or ridiculed.”
Advocating for physical activity
RFK Jr. has regularly shared videos of his rigorous gym workouts on social media, including some with Ike Catcher, a bodyweight training influencer.
Osborn refers to exercise as “the forgotten prescription,” blaming physical inactivity as one of the strongest predictors of chronic disease.
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“Our system prioritizes pharmaceutical interventions over lifestyle changes that actually address the root cause,” he said. “In this context, RFK will push for initiatives that reinforce movement as medicine.”
Promoting personal accountability
The appointment of RFK Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services marks a “major shift” in American healthcare, according to Osborn.
“Kennedy’s approach rejects top-down mandates and bureaucratic interference,” he said. “Instead, he focuses on personal accountability.”
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seen doing leg presses as part of his AmericaMoves challenge. (RFK Jr. Campaign)
The current healthcare system profits from disease rather than preventing it, Osborn noted.
“For too long, we’ve been stuck in a passive disease management system that treats symptoms instead of addressing the root causes of illness,” he said.
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“Kennedy’s message is clear: Your health is your responsibility. The government won’t fix it. Your doctor won’t fix it. Big pharma certainly won’t fix it. It’s on you.”
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