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  • Two teens sit on curbside near wildfire destruction.
    Wildfire survivors suffer long after flames are extinguished
    Mental, physical health effects linger
  • Worker sorts textiles in factory.
    Textile waste a growing issue
    Discarded clothing choking landfills
  • Children sit with mother at vaccination clinic.
    Vaccine skepticism in top health offices raising alarm
    Misinformation threatens health
  • Physician checks man's heartbeat with stethoscope.
    US primary care system in dire need of investment
    Payments to providers falling
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Read & share stories from the May2025 issue of The Nation's Health >>

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  • Vaccine skepticism within nation’s top health offices raising alarm
    RFK Jr.'s appointment as leader of HHS provides his fallacies about vaccines a more official platform, risking serious harm.
  • US primary care system in dire need of investment as insurance payments to providers fall
    The primary care sector has been struggling for years. But it may be reaching a new tipping point
  • Wildfire survivors suffer mental, physical health effects long after flames are extinguished
    Wildfires can do more harm to communities than floods, extreme heat and other climate-related disasters. Some survivors never return home.
  • Textile waste a growing issue as Americans consume more
    Discarded clothing and products such as carpets, footwear and towels are piling up in landfills around the globe.
  • AI helpful, but must be used cautiously, new guidelines for public health communicators say
    Communications professionals are using AI in their work. A new guide can help them use it responsibly.
  • Report: 11 million people could be uninsured if Medicaid expansion ends
    Expansion states would have to make up shortfalls if Medicaid expansion collapses, costing each state billions of dollars annually.
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