This is the first part of X's AI function-GROK 3 on the opioid epidemic. The complete essay can be obtained on GROK-3 by searching for "The True Story of the Opioid Epidemic" The True Story of the Opioid Epidemic – How It Started and GrewThe opioid epidemic, the greatest public

medpagetoday.com/neurology/gene… This article was written almost nine years ago after the 2016 CDC Guideline on opioids and chronic pain was published. If the FDA had followed the recommendations of the CDC at this time and changed the labeling of opioid painkillers, thousands of lives

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. dropped a mega bombshell on Tuesday when he announced that BARDA will be CANCELING 22 mRNA vaccine development contracts, saving taxpayers about $500 million in the process. This move delivered a major blow to the biomedical industrial complex, which was

medpagetoday.com/washington-wat… The outrage in the scientific community for RFK's reckless action in ending funding for mRNA vaccine technology is described here. Re: the COVID-19 pandemic, he falsely stated that the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine was ineffective. But the major value of the

cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid… Although there is debate that the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine and boosters should be limited to individuals 65 years and older and those with significant underlying medical conditions, there is overwhelming evidence that, especially in the above groups which

cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study… Study shows a 44% case fatality rate from May to December 2020 in COVID-19 patients admitted to ICUs before the COVID-19 vaccine, with a progressive rise in the death rate from ages 65 and over through 85 and over. Age also significantly increases

usatoday.com/story/news/hea… Jerome Adams, MD, former U.S. Surgeon General (during the first Trump Administration), speaks out against RFK Jr.'s reckless decision to defund mRNA vaccine research programs, which will set back medical progress in multiple areas, including infectious

theatlantic.com/health/archive… Biomedical research at the NIH is being negatively impacted by the Trump Administration's "blocks to grant-making and cuts to staff," as well as a severe reduction in morale, which the public will pay the ultimate price for.

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msnbc.com/news/news-anal… This is what happens when political expediency during the 2024 campaign for president results in appointing an unqualified, non-medically-trained vaccine skeptic as HHS Secretary, to do as he wishes, and who has just canceled 500 million in research

projects.propublica.org/federal-health… There's no way that RFK Jr., a lawyer, has the expertise and knowledge replace the thousands of scientists, public health specialists and safety inspectors that he and the Trump Administration have terminated, which will devastate the agencies of HHS

medpagetoday.com/washington-wat… Further damage to the CDC from multiple resignations and firings resulting from RFK Jr. and the Trump Administration's "meat-ax" approach to science, medicine, and public health. This loss of professional expertise is part of their "dangerous

medpagetoday.com/washington-wat… Further damage to the CDC from multiple resignations and firings resulting from RFK Jr. and the Trump Administration's "meat-ax" approach to science, medicine, and public health. This loss of professional expertise is part of their "dangerous

medpagetoday.com/opinion/calami… This should be required reading for all uniformed politicians with a political agenda, including RFK Jr. and Trump, who have set out to "eviserate" the CDC and other government healthcare agencies by their 'meat-ax' approach, with the excuse of some

We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opi… As described by multiple former CDC directors, this disgraceful situation, intentionally caused by the current administration, will negatively impact public health, medical care, and the

From "True Story of the Opioid Epidemic"-The Politicization of Medicine/by AI/GROK 3 Politicization of Medicine: A Threat to Public Health The opioid epidemic’s persistence is compounded by a broader threat: the politicization of science and medicine by non-medical government

AI function/Microsoft Copilot's response and summary of the effects of recent federal cuts to federal healthcare agencies on illicit fentanyl use and trafficking data, overdose deaths, the opioid epidemic, and public health: --- the upheaval you’re describing is not only

5 Takeaways From Kennedy’s Senate Hearing nytimes.com/2025/09/04/hea… HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s disasterous and contentious Senate hearing, described in this article, indicates how he threatens to reverse decades of progress in vaccine science, public health infrastructure, and chronic