Hey there, it's Sanjay. We're going to be back with paging Dr. Gupta in January, and I wish you happy holidays until then.

But today we have something special for you. I wanted to take a moment to reflect on this year's top health stories.

You know, 2025 was a veritable battleground when it comes to public health, and it faced challenge after challenge, mass layoffs.

Science United will never be defeated!

There was even an armed attack at the CDC.

And as misinformation started to gain momentum, once forgotten viruses took hold on U.S. soil.

But I will say this.

As always, with science and medicine, progress persists.

And with that, I'll be right back with our top 10 health stories of 2025.

Here are the top 10 health stories of 2025. Here are the top 10 health stories of 2025. Number 10. It is impossible to ignore the impact of Maha. It's been the rallying cry of HHS

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The real overhaul is improving the health of the entire nation to make America healthy

again.

The main driver of the movement, reducing chronic disease, and a lot of efforts to that end,

like condemning ultra-processed foods and taking action on artificial food dyes, those have

been largely applauded by public health experts.

But other targets of the Maha movement, those have them worried.

We currently have our current vaccine schedule based upon a lot of people who know a heck of a lot

looking at things, not to make mandates, but to make recommendations.

Number nine. It makes no sense to have fluoride in our water.

This year, we saw some states take steps to ban fluoride in their water supply.

Dentists and other public health experts worry that its removal will increase cavities,

especially for people without access to regular dental care.

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