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Selena Simmons-Duffin

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

Or the spinach. Exactly. And it's being sold in these stores. And if you bought it between these dates, justβ€” Throw it out. Yeah. So the labs that analyze those samples looking for those pathogens are really stretched right now. Mm-hmm. I talked to one scientist who says they're having trouble ordering supplies in a timely way so they can run experiments.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

Or the spinach. Exactly. And it's being sold in these stores. And if you bought it between these dates, justβ€” Throw it out. Yeah. So the labs that analyze those samples looking for those pathogens are really stretched right now. Mm-hmm. I talked to one scientist who says they're having trouble ordering supplies in a timely way so they can run experiments.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

Some equipment they rely on is overdue for maintenance, and that could affect the quality of their work. And they've lost staff. They're overworked. They're worried about making mistakes. And if they can't do their work well and quickly, that means when there is an outbreak of something like salmonella on veggies sitting on the grocery shelves...

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

Some equipment they rely on is overdue for maintenance, and that could affect the quality of their work. And they've lost staff. They're overworked. They're worried about making mistakes. And if they can't do their work well and quickly, that means when there is an outbreak of something like salmonella on veggies sitting on the grocery shelves...

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

Some equipment they rely on is overdue for maintenance, and that could affect the quality of their work. And they've lost staff. They're overworked. They're worried about making mistakes. And if they can't do their work well and quickly, that means when there is an outbreak of something like salmonella on veggies sitting on the grocery shelves...

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

Scientists might not be able to find it in time, let people know, and more people could buy those things that are contaminated and get sick and maybe even die.

Short Wave
Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

Scientists might not be able to find it in time, let people know, and more people could buy those things that are contaminated and get sick and maybe even die.

Short Wave
Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

Scientists might not be able to find it in time, let people know, and more people could buy those things that are contaminated and get sick and maybe even die.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

I don't think I can really truly answer that because I don't have a crystal ball. But I will say that I think that there are things that are going to be hitting people where they live that affect their quality of life in really profound and direct ways. You could have a lot of really angry people.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

I don't think I can really truly answer that because I don't have a crystal ball. But I will say that I think that there are things that are going to be hitting people where they live that affect their quality of life in really profound and direct ways. You could have a lot of really angry people.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

I don't think I can really truly answer that because I don't have a crystal ball. But I will say that I think that there are things that are going to be hitting people where they live that affect their quality of life in really profound and direct ways. You could have a lot of really angry people.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

Whose hospitals just shut down because Medicaid was cut or who got really sick because their veggies were contaminated and they didn't find out in time. It seems like there is the potential that that could really backfire in terms of actually achieving what they say their goals are to make America healthy again.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

Whose hospitals just shut down because Medicaid was cut or who got really sick because their veggies were contaminated and they didn't find out in time. It seems like there is the potential that that could really backfire in terms of actually achieving what they say their goals are to make America healthy again.

Short Wave
Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

Whose hospitals just shut down because Medicaid was cut or who got really sick because their veggies were contaminated and they didn't find out in time. It seems like there is the potential that that could really backfire in terms of actually achieving what they say their goals are to make America healthy again.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

Thanks for having us.

Short Wave
Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

Thanks for having us.

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Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

Thanks for having us.

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Up First from NPR
ICE Student Arrests, HHS Cuts, Stefanik Nomination Pulled, China Trade City

Well, Secretary Kennedy says HHS is a huge bureaucracy filled with silos and that he wants to streamline things. Here he is in a video he posted to social media.

Up First from NPR
ICE Student Arrests, HHS Cuts, Stefanik Nomination Pulled, China Trade City

Well, Secretary Kennedy says HHS is a huge bureaucracy filled with silos and that he wants to streamline things. Here he is in a video he posted to social media.