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🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Abdul and Katelyn discuss the week in public health, which includes: RFK Jr’s MAHA Report, and why it fails to deliver meaningful change The leaked report that revealed RFK Jr will tie Tylenol use to autism The firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez, and the mass resignations that followed RFK Jr’s Senate testimony, which included a grilling from top Republicans Then Abdul talks to Natalie Foster, president of the Economic Security Project, about the power of guaranteed income in health outcomes. Check out our shop at store.americadissected.com for our new America Dissected merch – including logo shirts, hoodies and mugs. And don’t miss our “Vaccines Work. Science Matters.” t-shirts! This show would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. America Dissected invites you to check them out. This episode was brought to you by: Quince: Go to Quince.com/AD for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. APHA: Listeners of this podcast get a 10% discount for the 2025 Annual Meeting and Expo using code: Dissected25. Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code DISSECTED at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/dissected

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0:00.0	So I heard shit went down while we were away.
0:10.6	This is America Desected.
0:11.6	I'm your host, Dr. Abdelal Sala.
0:13.0	And I'm your co-host, Dr. Caitlin Jadalina.
0:15.5	And we're recording this on September 9th at 12 o'clock p.m. Eastern time.
0:23.9	So, Caitlin, I know it feels like a million years ago considering the news, but how was your Labor Day?
0:29.9	Labor Day. That feels like a billion years ago.
0:34.3	It was good. How about you?
0:37.2	Yeah, it was nice. It was good. We did the annual Detroit Labor Day parade and then got a little bit of time with family. I just, you know, to be stereotypical like that, I grilled some burgers on the grill.
0:50.3	And we ate them in the backyard, which was, felt very Labor Day. That does feel very
0:55.0	Labor Day. I'm so glad. Are the mosquitoes insane over in Michigan? You know, it's not that
1:00.3	bad because it's actually gotten, like we are in peak September right now. It's like perfectly
1:05.2	peak September for Michigan. And I'm, I'm hoping because it's sort of like settling into the 60s
1:09.8	that we're going to have a beautiful fall colors.
1:13.1	That's like my like mid-October, Michigan, that's like peak Michigan.
1:18.6	So I didn't realize and I was so excited to see this and maybe I'm just like totally behind that there is a fall foliage tracker, uh,
1:28.9	online and I am going to live vicariously through everyone from San Diego to watch
1:36.6	these leaves change.
1:38.0	Because your leaves never change, nor does your weather.
1:40.9	Long tree leaves don't change.
1:42.7	No, they don't.
1:46.0	Uh, all right. No, they don't. All right.
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