Great observation! @sethcotlar.bsky.social

One of the underappreciated problems with Substack leadership is their choice to create an entire category #HealthPolitics which is a euphemism for accounts that often merge anti-science health advice w/right wing ideology.
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In a world of shifting alliances, public health must remain a priority. How can we ensure that health discussions, like those surrounding NATO, address global healthcare needs? Let’s explore the intersection of politics and health! Share your thoughts!

#GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #HealthPolitics

Chad Sabora (@chadsabora) In honor of the original Deep Thoughts… Let’s think.

In honor of the original Deep Thoughts…
Let’s think. #publichealth #housingfirst #healthpolitics #drugpolicy

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Wes Streeting is trying to end doctors' strikes by sowing division in the NHS workforce Wes Streeting wants to buy off resident doctors by offering them a higher pay rise than other NHS workers.

Wes Streeting wants to end resident doctors’ strikes by offering more pay and protections than other NHS staff - at the cost of dividing the workforce.
#NHS #DoctorsStrike #WesStreeting #HealthPolitics #UKPolitics #PoliticsLive
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Will resident doctors' latest strike vote turn the public against them? Resident doctors in England have voted to go on strike yet again, in the next stage of their dispute with the government over pay and training.

Resident doctors will strike again over pay and training — but after 14 walkouts, is public support fraying, even though their case is still just?
#NHS #DoctorsStrike #JuniorDoctors #HealthPolitics
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Violence and Nurses in memory of Alex Pretti, RN

Nursing and our relationship to violence has weighed heavy on my mind of late.
#griefandhealing #SchoolNurse #HealthPolitics #nursingviolence
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A letter to those at the mercy of the U.S. health system.

Please share widely 🔂

#publichealth #health #healthliteracy #news #healthpolitics #healthpolicy

@healthpolicywatch.bsky.social @defendpublichealth.bsky.social
@publichealthguy1.bsky.social
@altcdc.altgov.info
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From Free Spirits to Metrics The Left’s Quiet Revolution into Medical Materialism

If you think numbers are neutral… think again.

👉 Read why cultural meaning lost ground to expertise-by-metrics — and what it means for the future of #LeftPolitics.

#LeftPolitics #MedicalMaterialism #DataVsExperience #CapitalismCritique #HealthPolitics

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GLP-1 Drugs, Obesity and the Politics of Blame - Industrial Estate of Mind GLP-1 drugs promise dramatic weight loss — but unless we fix inequality and our broken food system, they’ll only make the health divide wider

Obesity drugs might change public health forever — but only if we stop pretending weight is about willpower and start fixing the system that made us sick.

#ObesityCrisis #GLP1 #Ozempic #PublicHealth #NHS #HealthInequality #FoodIndustry #Wellness #HealthPolitics

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Autism, Power, And Pseudoscience: When Politics Plays Doctor - Citizen Of Europe Autism politics pseudoscience: When false medical claims meet political stagecraft, truth becomes collateral. COE investigates fact, law, and democracy.

When research is twisted to serve agendas.

In this article: how autism becomes political capital, and how communities get erased in the process.
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#PowerStructures #HealthPolitics #COE
#USA #Trump #RFK #Autism #Bluecrew

RFK. Jr’s family members say he is a ‘threat’ to Americans’ health and call for his resignation RFK Jr.'s family calls for his resignation as HHS Secretary, citing concerns about his impact on pub...

RFK Jr.'s family calls for his resignation as HHS Secretary, citing concerns about his impact on public health. His actions regarding vaccine recommendations and agency leadership are the focus of their criticism. #HealthPolitics #News

No Stickers Required Cultural Competence and School Nursing Best Practices should drive how we work in schools.

I believe in the importance of cultural competence and best practices in nursing, and I felt offended for every parent that might be triggered by an image included in this post.
#HealthPolitics #SchoolNurses #schoolnursing #culturalcompetence
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Kennedy defends vaccine opposition in raucous Senate hearing U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., facing pointed bipartisan questioning at a rancorous three-hour Senate committee hearing on Thursday, tried to defend his efforts to pull back COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and explain the turmoil he has created at federal health agencies. The post Kennedy defends vaccine opposition in raucous Senate hearing appeared first on Alabama Daily News.

Alabama Daily News:Alabama News Beacon #VaccineOpposition #KennedyHearing #HealthPolitics

The Politics of Rural Hospital Closures - Political Behavior Who do citizens hold responsible for outcomes and experiences? Hundreds of rural hospitals have closed or significantly reduced their capacity since just 2010, leaving much of the rural U.S. without a...

Rural hospital closures reshape politics as much as health care. Shepherd finds voters in communities losing hospitals shifted Republican, even though closures were more common in GOP-led states without Medicaid expansion. #HealthPolitics
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💥 The CDC has lost half its budget + thousands of staff in 6 months. After director Susan Monarez was ousted, top leaders quit. Kennedy’s vaccine push fuels the turmoil. 💬 Is a weaker CDC protecting us — or putting America at risk? #CDC #HealthPolitics

Weekly Wellness Edit July 29, 2025

Your weekly roundup of interesting health-related articles

Weekly Wellness Edit

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#wellness #weekly #newsletter #health #mentalhealth #nutrition #fitness #healthtech #healthpolitics #food #cancer #longevity #aging #beauty #skincare #misinformation

Nature's Health Is Human Health: A Critical Analysis of WHO's Hypocrisy in the Ecological Crisis This article critically examines the World Health Organization's (WHO) "One Health" approach through the lenses of political ecology and critical disc

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#WHO #OneHealth #PoliticalEcology #NatureRights #DiscourseAnalysis #NeoliberalHealthGovernance #PostcolonialEpistemology #Biopolitics #EcologicalImperialism #GlobalHealth #CriticalTheory #EnvironmentalJustice #HealthPolitics #EcologicalDiscourse #DecolonialThought

Trad wives and tallow fries: How the wellness wars flipped health and food politics upside down Does RFK Jr.'s MAHA movement want to loosen the government's grasp on food and medicine—or use government power to impose blueberries on everyone else?

The MAHA movement is a wild mix. Wellness gurus pushing raw milk, transhumanist dreams of health optimization, woo like anti-vax conspiracies, populist rage against Big Pharma, and a sprinkle of science on diet reform. A cultural tightrope. #MAHA #HealthPolitics
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Vaccine Advisory Board Wiped Clean by RFK Jr.: What It Means for Public Health RFK Jr. Removes Entire CDC Vaccine Panel, Drawing Fire From Medical Community In a sweeping and controversial move, U.S. Health

RFK Jr. Removes Entire CDC Vaccine Panel in Controversial Shake-Up

#RFKJr #CDC #VaccinePolicy #PublicHealth #HealthNews
#ACIP #MedicalEthics #VaccineSafety #HealthPolitics
#ScienceMatters

Well that’s the wrong direction…I want to be moving up on the food chain. #healthpolitics

Rural hospitals can’t be expected to absorb the extra costs associated with caring for their patients without adequate reimbursement.

Look at the data. Look at the maps from UNC Shepps Center. We must keep these hospitals open for rural America 🇺🇸🏥
#ruralhealth #publichealth #healthpolitics

The cover of Being Seen by Elsa Sjunnesoj features pale gray and white text against a black backdrop. The title is spelled out in all cap sans serif font with the letter “I” in “Being” centered on the first line with light shining out of it and toward the right edge of the cover. Above the title is Elsa’s name in a similar but smaller and brighter white font, and below the title is faintly rainbow colored text that reads: One Deafblind Woman’s Fight to End Ableism.

📚🗡️ 42/100

📖: Being Seen by Elsa Sjunneson
Genre: Health, Memoir
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5
Thoughts: Elsa’s vulnerability, tenacity, and strong voice make this one of the most entertaining yet substantial memoirs I’ve ever read. I learned so much.

#BookSky #HealthPolitics #DisabilityInMedia #Memoir

Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining If you watch enough YouTube, you know that people record movies at the cinema.

All about #healthpolitics in US! #vaccines #vaccinations #smoking #disinformation kathleenhoffmanphdmsph.substack.com/p/dont-pee-o...

The cover of Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings features an old fashioned illustration of a brown skinned woman with a very large butt surrounded by white people in fancy 1800s fashions who seem to be shying away from her. The illustration covers the upper two thirds of the book, with the lower third spelling out the title in red and teal capitals inside a grey box against a cream background. Below is the subtitle, The Racial Origins of Fatphobia, in plain black serif text, and the author’s name, Sabrina Strings, in brown sans serif capitals.

📚🖼️ 41/100

📖: Fearing the Black Body, by Sabrina Strings
Genre: Health, Politics
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5
Thoughts: A brief, readable history of healthism, beauty standards, white supremacy, and the psuedoscience of race. A great introduction, made me want to learn more!

#BookSky #HealthPolitics

4/5 Political divides appear in health beliefs too, with Republicans "much more likely than Democrats to lean towards believing misinformation about measles," according to KFF's Liz Hamel—highlighting how public health has become increasingly politicised.
#HealthPolitics #InformationDivide

Therapy Fails and Psychiatry Politics One patient's story and struggle for legitimacy

New post on ME/CFS and Long Covid politics - how therapy fails and people find a new pace to navigate a world unsuited for living with a the myriad ways this illness debilitates. #longcovid #me/cfs #healthpolitics

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Partisanship and Trust in Personal Doctors: Causes and Consequences | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core Partisanship and Trust in Personal Doctors: Causes and Consequences - Volume 55

🩺👥 Partisan trust in personal doctors

A new study finds Democrats are now 12% more likely than Republicans to trust their own doctor – reversing a decade-old trend. COVID-19 has politicised even private care.

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#SciComm #HealthPolitics 🧪

False Positives, Real Profits The dark side of disease screening in healthcare

Deep Dive into the complex world of disease #screening: "False Positives, Real Profits."

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Video: www.pcplens.com/p/podcast-fa...

The nuances of why "catching #disease early is NOT always beneficial."

#vbc #medsky #healthpolitics #quality #healthcare

Art Collides with Health Policy: When "When Calls the Heart" Met MAHA This Week - HealthPopuli.com Art reflects life — or in this case, bumps into life and health care — once again when the pop culture facet of my own media consumption converges with a news announcement where the timing of these ev...

When "When Calls the Heart" Collides w #MAHA, pop culture meets #healthpolitics & #diabetes

As #NIH funding cuts for NDPP reported in @statnews.com as the @hallmark.bsky.social Channel shows role of #insulin saving Little Jack's life in 1922 #Canada where insulin was pioneered

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