Carmen Paun

4 days ago | politico.com | Shawn Zeller |Carmen Paun

The House plans to try again soon to reauthorize the landmark opioid-fighting law President Donald Trump signed during his first term. The SUPPORT Act expired nearly two years ago, though Congress has continued to fund the programs it authorized. The original act authorized billions of dollars in treatment, prevention and recovery funding, including programs for opioid abuse and expanded access to addiction medicines such as buprenorphine. More than to it in preparation for a floor vote.

1 week ago | politico.com | Carmen Paun |Shawn Zeller

The United Nations is working on a make-the-world-healthy agenda for 2030. How so: World leaders are meeting September 25 on the margins of the U.N. General Assembly in New York to discuss preventing and controlling noncommunicable diseases and promoting mental health and well-being. Participating leaders — names are still to be confirmed — are expected to adopt a political declaration that, while not legally binding, pressures governments to align behind the same goals.

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Carmen Paun |Chelsea Cirruzzo |Marcia Brown |David Lim

The Make America Healthy Again Commission Kennedy leads will release a strategy to combat chronic disease by summer’s end. On Capitol Hill, Kennedy has pointed the finger at some of America’s most iconic food companies, accusing them of making kids sick for profit. | Michael Conroy/AP A much anticipated report led by Health Secretary Robert F.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Carmen Paun |Chelsea Cirruzzo |Marcia Brown |David Lim

A much anticipated report led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says that children’s health is in crisis and that it’s likely the result of ultraprocessed food, exposure to chemicals, lack of exercise, stress, and overprescription of drugs.

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Carmen Paun |Danny Nguyen |Marcia Brown |Caitlin Oprysko

President Donald Trump’s embrace of an environmental activist long on the far left of the Democratic Party worked out great in last year’s election and most Republicans in Congress endorsed Trump’s decision to let Kennedy “go wild” on health care. But lately, they’ve asked him pointed questions about what’s coming in his Make America Healthy Again Commission’s report. Kennedy has said repeatedly he believes food companies make people sick for profit.