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Federal nutrition advice has evolved over the years. We’ve gone from the food pyramid to MyPlate, and now to a new inverted pyramid. Every five years, the government releases updated guidance, often with new priorities and messaging.


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I hope you had a great weekend! I’m still buzzing from the rare combination of the Olympics and the Super Bowl halftime show. Both are powerful reminders of community, connection, and love. Moments like that make me feel deeply proud of this country, even when we’re going through a really hard stretch.

In the health world, we’re seeing a late-season flu bump, and measle...


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One of the loudest claims circulating on social media right now is that clinicians recommend vaccines because they profit from them.

These concerns don’t come out of nowhere. The U.S. health system is profit-driven. Insurance companies are massive corporations. Doctors, like everyone else, operate in a system shaped by money. Many Americans are in massive debt ...


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As many of you are shoveling yourselves out of the snow, there is a lot happening in infectious diseases. Measles blew January out of the water, Nipah virus (yes, the virus that inspired the movie Contagion) is making headlines, and flu and RSV are still lingering.

Meanwhile, the U.S. officially left the WHO, which seems… poorly timed, to say the least. A heart...


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Folks, we have a solid lineup for you for this month’s Behind the Curtain:

Communication tip: Nothing changes if nothing changes. I dive into our case study on tortillas to reveal how good policy can go sideways without first listening and anticipating on-the-ground confusion and questions.

Five scientific studies that caught ...


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