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Taubes' posts, like his books, are rich with research and insight about nutrition science, policy, and our food environment, and how the environment controls what we eat.
Jessica Knurick can be relied on to provide a fact-based analysis of current health and nutrition politics and science. Her blend of an American public health focus with deep knowledge of nutrition and food policy is perfect.
Dallin Overstreet turns over the rocks of urban economics, Medicaid, ICE, minimum wages, you name it, to find the hidden truth and lay it out for us with strong data, clear language, and fine graphs. PoliMetrics is insightful and highly relevant.
Ming Yang’s Health Checks on History is the rare Substack where every post is a must read. From how George Washington required smallpox immunization for his soldiers, preserving a path to victory and 250 years of American independence, to how U.S. researchers gave syphilis and gonorrhea to Guatemalans as an experiment in the years following World War II, Yang reveals forensic health science that reshapes our view of the past and lends important context to health policy today.