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'Food is medicine' takes shape as RFK Jr. praises school menu changes in West Virginia

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'Food is medicine' takes shape as RFK Jr. praises school menu changes in West Virginia

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Friday as the Republican governor signed the first letters of intent seeking waivers to allow the state to eliminate soda from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit eligibility.

Kennedy, who is spearheading the Make America Healthy Again movement, praised Morrisey during a news conference at a school in Martinsburg. The governor introduced his four pillars of a healthy West Virginia.

“Food is medicine,” Kennedy said as Morrisey spoke of the need to ensure “taxpayer-funded nutrition programs promote wholesome, nourishing choices.”

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In attendance was TrueMed co-founder and MAHA advocate Calley Means, who is rallying behind the call to target sodas and ultra-processed foods in schools.

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“President [Donald] Trump is leading the first administration in American history to clearly say that the goal of its Health and Human Services department is to reverse the chronic disease crisis,” Means told Fox News Digital.

“Food is medicine,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during a news conference with West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Friday. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Means called Kennedy’s speech an important moment for the MAHA movement.

“An HHS secretary never in history has stood at a podium and said ‘food is medicine’ before Bobby Kennedy [did so] today,” Means said. “This is a profound statement.”

He added, “What Bobby Kennedy is saying is that we need to address the root cause of our chronic disease crisis and focus on food.”

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A Department of Agriculture survey from June 2021 found that 61% of SNAP participants said the most common barrier was the affordability of foods that are part of a healthy diet.

The regular consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages like soda is linked to an increased risk of chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes, heart disease and obesity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Obesity and chronic disease can be linked to sugar-sweetened beverages like soda, MAHA leaders claim. (iStock)

Meredith Potter, senior vice president of the American Beverage Association in Washington, D.C., told Fox News Digital the health of Americans is an “important conversation to have.”

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“The reality here, though, is that soda is not driving obesity in this country,” Potter said.

“Obesity rates have increased,” she added. 

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“At the same time, soda consumption has declined. Beverage calories overall have declined.”

Potter said cutting soda from SNAP eligibility won’t save taxpayers money.

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“You’re not reforming the program. You’re not cutting the program. You’re just telling certain Americans who need help making ends meet at the end of every month what they can and can’t buy,” she said.

TrueMed co-founder Calley Means said Americans should question whether the government should be subsidizing soda companies. (Fox News Digital)

Means said the goal is not to take soda away from anyone.

“What this move from Secretary Kennedy does is say that states can prevent the taxpayer subsidy of soda,” he told Fox News Digital.

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At the news conference on Friday, Gov. Morrisey shared his plans to change school lunches.

“Let’s start with no more dyes and dangerous additives in the schools,” he said. “We know that studies show that can lead to issues with hormones and hyperactivity and learning challenges.”

Morrisey, at left, and Kennedy posed for a photograph on Friday while wearing Make America Healthy Again hats. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Earlier in the week, the governor signed legislation that prohibits certain harmful food dyes in school lunches.

MAHA bills have popped up across the country, with many targeting nutrition in schools.

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In February, the Arizona House of Representatives passed the state’s Healthy Schools Act, which bans ultra-processed foods containing harmful additives from being served in public school meals.

“We have said since 2006 that schools are special places,” Potter also said. 

“When it comes to kids, parents should decide.”

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Peter Burke of Fox News Digital contributed reporting. 

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Florida attorney general demands nursing board revoke license of nurse who wished injury on Karoline Leavitt

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Florida attorney general demands nursing board revoke license of nurse who wished injury on Karoline Leavitt

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Florida attorney general James Uthmeier is calling for the Florida Board of Nursing to revoke the license of a woman after she said she hoped White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt suffers a severe injury in childbirth. 

“Women shouldn’t have to worry about a politically driven nurse who wishes them pain and suffering being in the delivery room during childbirth,” Uthmeier told Fox News Digital in a statement. 

“It’s evil,” he added. “The Florida Board of Nursing must take action to keep this person away from patients permanently.”

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is expecting her second child this year. (Andrew Harnik)

In a video posted on TikTok, Lexie Lawler, a former labor and delivery nurse at Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital, said, “As a labor and delivery nurse, it gives me great joy to wish Karoline Leavitt a fourth degree tear.”

She continued with explicit language, saying she hoped Leavitt would suffer a permanent injury during childbirth.

“I hope you f——- rip from bow to stern and never s— normally again, you c—,” she said.

In December, Leavitt announced that she and her husband Nick are expecting a baby girl due in May, who will join their first son, Niko, born in July 2024.

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Lawler was subsequently fired from Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital.

The hospital told Fox News Digital that her comments “do not reflect our values or the standards we expect of healthcare professionals,” but Lawler has since defended her remarks in another video, and appeared to reference an unrelated shooting in Minnesota while responding to criticism over her comments.

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“Women shouldn’t have to worry about a politically-driven nurse who wishes them pain and suffering being in the delivery room during childbirth,” Uthmeier told Fox News Digital in a statement.  (DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

“So they just murdered a man in Minnesota, they murdered a man in Minnesota, and you mother——- are coming after me because I used bad language? F— you. I’m on the right side of this. F— you.”

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A “GoFundMe” has been set up for Lawler which has raised nearly $5,000 with a goal of $14,000. 

Fox News Digital reached out to the Florida Board of Nursing and Lawler for comment. 

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A GoFundMe has been set up for Lawler which has raised over $4,000 with a goal of $14,000.  (Photo illustration by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images)

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Grandson charged with murdering retired grandparents found dead in their South Carolina home

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Authorities in upstate South Carolina have arrested the 19-year-old grandson of a retired couple found slain in their home earlier this month, charging him with two counts of murder in a case that has shaken a small rural community.

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office said Levi Kevin Jones was taken into custody late Friday and charged in connection with the deaths of Larry Moore, 76, and Sandra Moore, 75, who were discovered inside their residence on Cromer Moore Road near Westminster on Jan. 15.

Jones is also charged with two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, according to arrest warrants obtained by Fox News Digital. He remains in custody pending a bond hearing.

The couple was found after a family member requested a welfare check when repeated attempts to reach them were unsuccessful. Investigators and the county coroner later determined the deaths were homicides.

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Larry and Sandra Moore are pictured during a church gathering at Calvary Church. The couple was later remembered by the congregation following their deaths. (Calvary Church Facebook)

According to the Oconee County Coroner’s Office, Larry Moore died from multiple stabbing injuries, while Sandra Moore died from manual strangulation. Autopsies were conducted the following day.

Arrest warrants allege Jones stabbed his grandfather multiple times in the torso and neck and strangled his grandmother, cutting off her airway and blood flow. Authorities said a knife was used during the attack.

Authorities have not provided a motive for the attack.

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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office said the couple’s grandson, Levi Kevin Jones, is charged with two counts of murder in the case, as well as two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. (Oconee County Sheriff’s Office)

The Moores were longtime residents of the area and well known in the community as the former owners of Moore & Moore Fish Camp, a local restaurant that operated for decades before the couple retired.

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They were also active members of Calvary Church, where friends described them as regular attendees.

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“They were always there,” Stacy Brooks, who attended church, told Fox News Digital. “You expected to see them every time you went. They were faithful people.”

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The Oconee County Coroner’s Office, which assisted in the investigation into the deaths of Larry and Sandra Moore, is shown in an exterior view. (Oconee County Coroner’s Office)

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Brooks said the killings have been difficult for residents of the small upstate South Carolina town to process.

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“This is a close community, and something like this just doesn’t happen often,” she said.

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The sheriff’s office previously said the killings appeared to be an isolated incident and that there was no ongoing threat to the public.



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Florida deputies race to save 4-year-old who stopped breathing and had no pulse on interstate, video shows

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Deputies in Florida raced to save the life of a 4-year-old child on Interstate 275 after the boy suffered a medical emergency, authorities said Sunday.

Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputies responded at around 5:20 p.m. Saturday to a “person down” call involving an unresponsive child on the highway.

When deputies arrived, the child was not breathing and had no pulse.

Bodycam footage shows deputies rushing to the vehicle on the side of the interstate and pulling the child out of the back seat.

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The child was not breathing and had no pulse when deputies arrived at the scene, the sheriff’s office said. (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)

As one deputy picked up the boy, a woman who had been performing CPR could be heard saying, “He’s breathing!”

The deputy carried the child to the side of the interstate, laid him on the ground and began CPR.

Deputies performed CPR immediately and continued until paramedics arrived. (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)

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“There’s something in the mouth. Pull it out!” one rescuer said.

It was unclear what was blocking the child’s breathing, but once it was cleared, first responders continued CPR until Tampa Fire Rescue crews arrived and took over treatment.

The boy was taken to a local hospital where he was recovering in stable condition. (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)

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Officials said the child was transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital and is now listed as being in stable condition.

The sheriff’s office credited the deputies’ quick actions with saving the child’s life.

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