We Still Don’t Have a CDC Director. Measles Doesn’t Care.

Abdul and Katelyn round up all the latest health news, including:

• The growing measles outbreak out of Texas
• RFK Jr’s false claim that the measles vaccine causes death
• The withdrawal of Dave Weldon’s nomination at CDC, and who could take his place
• Dr. Oz’s confirmation hearings, and what could be next for Medicare and Medicaid
• The Covid-era healthcare programs that were extended by the government funding bill
• West Virginia’s move to ban food additives, including red dye
• The latest round of DOGE cuts
• A new COVID variant in South Africa

Then Abdul interviews author Charles Duhigg about his new book Supercommunicators, about the ways physicians and public health workers can have more productive conversations with patients.

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