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      <title>Why recess matters</title>
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      <description>The Washington Post’s Ripple republished Nora Kenney Mittiga’s review of Why Recess Matters, the new book by End Chronic Disease advisor Dr. Cathy Ramstetter, on why child-directed play gives kids what costly organized sports cannot.</description>
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      <title>In defense of recess</title>
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      <description>Reviewing Dr. Cathy Ramstetter’s Why Recess Matters in City Journal, Nora Kenney Mittiga makes the case that unstructured play belongs on every parent’s agenda: time to move, socialize, and simply be kids.</description>
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      <title>California moves to label foods that are not ultra-processed</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna joined NBC Palm Springs to discuss California Assembly Bill 2244, which would create a voluntary certification seal to identify foods as not ultra-processed.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A perspective on living with chronic disease</title>
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      <description>In a KQED Perspectives commentary, Kelly McKenna reflects on chronic illness, stress, and what she wishes she had understood about health earlier in life.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Close the dementia gap</title>
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      <description>In a letter to The Washington Post, Kelly McKenna explains how population-level data can drive prevention, and how states like New York and California are looking to fill the FTD data gap.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>One in four dead football players had CTE. Why are we still flying blind?</title>
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      <description>Writing in the Washington Examiner, End Chronic Disease’s Nora Kenney Mittiga makes the case that rising CTE and ALS findings among former NFL players show why national disease registries are needed to turn diagnoses into data that can drive prevention.</description>
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      <title>U.S. Surgeon General forum on children’s screen time</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna joined FOX 5 DC to discuss the Surgeon General’s “Live Real Life” symposium on helping kids trade screen time for in-person, real life activities.</description>
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      <title>Thyroid health, stress, and the bigger picture</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna joins McCall McPherson to share her personal story of clinically reversing Hashimoto’s autoimmune hypothyroid with the help of her endocrinologist, primary care doctor, and a handful of dietary and lifestyle changes. The two explore prevention in the context of thyroid health and the thyroid as a barometer for whole body health.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What Amish communities can teach us about everyday health</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna joined Vicki McKenna on iHeartRadio’s WIBA and WISN to discuss what we can learn from Amish communities about daily movement, time outdoors, local food, social connection, and other factors that influence long-term health.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>‘Yesteryear’ and the tradwife trend hold a message about our health</title>
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      <description>In the New York Post, Kelly McKenna reflects on the tradwife trend and the Amish practices behind it: outdoor work, local food, and life built around family and community.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>State Senator Tony Strickland discusses the Ready to Learn, Ready for Health Act</title>
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      <description>Senator Tony Strickland joined FOX LA after SB 1133, sponsored by End Chronic Disease, passed the legislature to create a preventive health education guide for grades 1–12.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Health education bill sent to Newsom’s desk after unanimous vote</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna spoke with the Sacramento Bee about SB 1133, the Ready to Learn, Ready for Health Act, a framework for preventive health education in grades 1–12.</description>
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      <title>School health education bill awaits Gov. Newsom’s signature</title>
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      <description>EdSource reports on SB 1133, sponsored by End Chronic Disease, which would add nutrition, sleep, exercise, stress, and screen-use instruction to California’s Health Education Framework, quoting Kelly McKenna on why health belongs in school.</description>
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      <title>The food fix for chronic disease</title>
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      <description>In a four-part Farm to Fork Radio series, Kelly McKenna celebrates the farmers at the heart of America’s food system and joins Darrell Anderson to explore the connections between agriculture, nutrition, chronic disease, and prevention.</description>
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      <title>Advocates push for FTD diagnosis tracking in California</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna joined Emma Heming Willis in support of SB 1047, a bipartisan bill to add frontotemporal dementia to California’s Neurodegenerative Disease Registry.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>California SB 1047 would add FTD to the state’s disease registry</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna told FOX40 how adding FTD to California’s disease registry could strengthen research into causes, treatments, and prevention, alongside Emma Heming Willis.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Strengthening California’s neurodegenerative disease registry</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna was quoted in support of SB 1047, which would give researchers and policymakers stronger data on frontotemporal degeneration.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Never doubt the importance of a jungle gym</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna’s letter in The Wall Street Journal: support for recess crosses party lines and geography, because the need for daily movement does not change.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>America’s next 250 years begin on the playground</title>
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      <description>Martha MacCallum and Kelly McKenna explain how a decade of research shows recess matters for children’s physical health, cognitive development, and emotional well-being.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Screen time impacts in and out of the classroom</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna joined Good Day Alabama to discuss the FOCUS Act’s limits on school-day phone use and shared an “ABC framework” families can use for healthy screen time.</description>
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      <title>Saving kids from screens, bad lunches, and chronic illness</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna joined Martha MacCallum to discuss outdoor time, recess, phone limits, and healthier school lunches as state-level tools for children’s health.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Turning prevention into action through education, policy, and partnerships</title>
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      <description>On the Champions for Youth podcast, Kelly McKenna discussed how school nutrition, recess policy, and health education help young people build lasting healthy habits.</description>
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      <title>Pediatricians declared recess a health necessity; states should treat it that way</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna’s Washington Examiner op-ed on the American Academy of Pediatrics declaring recess essential to children’s health, and what it means for states.</description>
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      <title>How a student health bill got tangled in Kansas politics</title>
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      <description>Kara Jones writes in The 74 about how bills to protect children’s health stalled in Kansas this session amid political turf battles and institutional influence.</description>
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      <title>Sharing screen time tips for summer break</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna joined WUSA 9 to discuss the Surgeon General’s statement on limiting kids’ screen time and shared tips for parents over summer break.</description>
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      <title>Former landscaper shares Parkinson’s battle</title>
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      <description>Mike Mooney had neurological symptoms for more than a decade before a Parkinson’s diagnosis at 49. End Chronic Disease secured this Fox News interview to share his story.</description>
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      <title>Vermont praised for becoming the first state to ban paraquat</title>
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      <description>End Chronic Disease spoke with the Rutland Herald about Vermont’s first-in-the-nation paraquat ban, a historic step against Parkinson’s and toxic exposures.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Kansas governor vetoes daily recess bill</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna spoke with KCTV 5 about daily recess after Governor Laura Kelly vetoed a bill guaranteeing it for K–5 students and barring its use as punishment.</description>
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      <title>The debate over mandating recess</title>
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      <description>Ballotpedia featured Kelly McKenna’s testimony for New York’s daily recess bill, citing research linking recess to better mental, physical, and academic outcomes.</description>
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      <title>How screen time limits protect students against chronic disease</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna joined KTLA 5 to discuss Los Angeles Unified’s tighter screen time limits for K–12 students and how excessive screen time contributes to chronic disease.</description>
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      <title>Exploring the links between harmful chemicals and Parkinson’s disease</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna joined KABC’s Randy Wang to discuss the scientific links between pesticides, common dry cleaning chemicals, and Parkinson’s disease.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Illinois lawmakers push to remove ultra-processed foods from schools</title>
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      <description>As Illinois lawmakers move to remove ultra-processed foods from school lunches, Kelly McKenna spoke about how this kind of legislation protects against chronic disease risk.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Recess should be mandatory at elementary schools</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna’s New York Post op-ed on the state of recess in New York schools and the promise of a recess bill advancing through the legislature.</description>
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      <title>Talking recess in Utah with The Rod and Greg Show</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna joined The Rod and Greg Show in Utah to discuss her New York Post piece calling for mandatory recess in every elementary school.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Nevada sees highest increase in obesity of any U.S. state</title>
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      <description>Nevada had the largest increase in obesity of any state in 2024, per CDC data. End Chronic Disease joined KTNV to discuss the factors behind it and childhood interventions.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Indiana signs bill to ban cellphones from bell to bell</title>
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      <description>End Chronic Disease spoke with WHAS 11 about Indiana’s bipartisan “bell-to-bell” cellphone law and what it means for chronic disease prevention.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>End Chronic Disease joins the Ethan Suplee podcast</title>
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      <description>End Chronic Disease joined actor and health advocate Ethan Suplee and singer Joshua Ray Walker on the “LifeLONG with Ethan Suplee” podcast.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>Nutrition</category>
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      <title>Autoimmune disease symptoms, pathology, and prevention</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna joined FOX 5 DC’s “Good Day DC” to explain autoimmune disease symptoms, pathology, and prevention.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>Nutrition</category>
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      <title>New York’s K–5 recess bill “ought to be mandatory”</title>
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      <description>CBS 6 Albany covered New York’s proposed K–5 recess bill, which End Chronic Disease has championed. The idea began as a fourth grade student project.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>Recess</category>
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      <category>Physical activity</category>
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      <title>New York needs to require recess</title>
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      <description>End Chronic Disease’s op-ed in City &amp; State New York makes the case for AB 6939, which would require 30 minutes of daily recess in K–5 schools.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Testimony at the Arizona State House on PE and health education</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna testified on PE and preventive health education in K–12 schools, helping advance HCR2015 on a 12-0 vote.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Discussing the new federal Dietary Guidelines</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna joined Genevieve Glass of Spectrum News to discuss the newly released U.S. Federal Dietary Guidelines.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>Nutrition</category>
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      <title>“Health is not a luxury”: why GLP-1 equity is essential</title>
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      <description>End Chronic Disease told the Washington Examiner why expanding access to GLP-1s matters for chronic diseases that disproportionately affect low income communities.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>“Lock the clock” efforts gain momentum</title>
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      <description>End Chronic Disease spoke with the Washington Examiner about how twice-yearly clock changes contribute to chronic disease and why efforts to end them are gaining momentum.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Kelly McKenna and California Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel discuss AB 1264</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna and Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel joined Eytan Wallace to discuss California’s AB 1264.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Recapping Governor Newsom’s AB 1264 signing</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna joined FOX’s Marla Tellez to reflect on Governor Newsom signing AB 1264, what it means for chronic disease, and the path ahead.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sweetgreen co-founder Nic Jammet reflects on the California bill win</title>
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      <description>Board member Nic Jammet reflects on AB 1264’s historic passage and how California policy often sets the tone for the nation.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>An update on the California school lunch bill</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna joined FOX LA with an update on AB 1264, one of the most bipartisan bills in California history, then awaiting the Governor’s signature.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Health is wealth: why California must lead on children’s nutrition</title>
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      <description>Christina Pascucci writes on why California’s school lunch bill, AB 1264, matters and End Chronic Disease’s work supporting it.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Kelly McKenna on AB 1264 and ultra-processed school food</title>
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      <description>Kelly McKenna joined FOX 11 Los Angeles to discuss AB 1264, California’s bill to remove harmful ultra-processed foods from school lunches.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>State policy efforts to combat chronic disease are &quot;just beginning&quot;</title>
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      <description>Axios’ Alex Isenstadt surveys state efforts to curb chronic disease, including End Chronic Disease’s view that “this is just the beginning.”</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>STAT News covers our Summer 2025 preventive health poll</title>
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