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David Ovalle

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Covering opioids and addiction for the Washington Post. Not @iam_DAVIDO but thanks!

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8 years ago Trump made "school meals great again" by repealing regulations that required healthy food. Now RFK Jr. is promising to re-regulate school lunch to "make America healthy again." Inside the 180 w/ Rachel Roubein Lauren Weber David Ovalle washingtonpost.com/health/2024/11…

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Trump proudly has served McDonald’s at the White House while RFK Jr. called the Big Macs on Trump’s campaign plane “poison” Inside the Trump food policy contradictions flummoxing the food industry w/ Rachel Roubein Michael Scherer David Ovalle washingtonpost.com/health/2024/11…

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NEW: DEA faces legal challenge as uncertainty clouds plan to reclassify marijuana. But the incoming administration intends to follow through on reclassification, according to an official familiar with the Trump team’s plans. washingtonpost.com/health/2024/11…

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RFK Jr and aides are weighing changes to billions of dollars in Medicare physician payments. Their thesis: the current payment model, which rewards specialty care and surgeries, has created bad incentives that harm our health. Many experts + Dems agree. washingtonpost.com/health/2024/11…

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Drug Enforcement Administration agents will not be allowed to conduct random searches of travelers at airports and other transportation facilities after an investigation by a Justice Dept. watchdog raised concerns about the conduct of agency personnel. wapo.st/3ZgUPjY

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Out with the Florida Man, in with the Florida Woman: Pam Bondi is Trump’s AG pick She a former FL AG, represented him during impeachment, was the only statewide FL official to endorse him over Rubio in 2016, & she’s not just super-loyal, she’s very confirmable

Out with the Florida Man, in with the Florida Woman: <a href="/PamBondi/">Pam Bondi</a> is Trump’s AG pick
 
She a former FL AG, represented him during impeachment, was the only statewide FL official to endorse him over Rubio in 2016, &amp; she’s not just super-loyal, she’s very confirmable
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The investigation stems from the company’s work advising Purdue Pharma on how to “turbocharge” sales of the blockbuster opioid OxyContin, officials said. washingtonpost.com/health/2024/12…

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Dave Weldon’s long record of promoting the disproven link between vaccines and autism raises concerns among some public health experts about his ability to run the CDC. RFK Jr. had proposed Weldon for the job. By LenaSun Fenit Nirappil Aaron Schaffer is no longer on this site washingtonpost.com/health/2024/12…

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Scoop: New records obtained by The Washington Post show how US taxpayers have spent $30 million maintaining a Russian oligarch’s yacht Expenditures include: flights, groceries, specialized toilet brushes, docking fees and more Effort has yielded just $6 million for Ukraine

Scoop: New records obtained by The Washington Post show how US taxpayers have spent $30 million maintaining a Russian oligarch’s yacht

Expenditures include: flights, groceries, specialized toilet brushes, docking fees and more

Effort has yielded just $6 million for Ukraine
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Questions remain about whether the non-opioid painkiller developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals could be effective for chronic pain. washingtonpost.com/health/2025/01… w Daniel Gilbert

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Researchers determined that slashing cigarette nicotine levels should essentially be all or nothing — reducing nicotine moderately would only spur smokers to light up more, exposing them to increased toxic smoke. washingtonpost.com/health/2025/01… w/ Rachel Roubein

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The story of Hamilton County, which includes Cincinnati, is the story of much of America at the start of 2025. Deaths from drug overdoses have fallen sharply, offering hope the crisis will further ease. washingtonpost.com/health/2025/02…

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Not quite back from parental leave but popped my head up to report this news - NEW: U.S. drug deaths plunged in 2024. Trump cuts may reverse that, experts warn. wapo.st/3YGzUGz