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Speaker 1: Welcome to Wellness on Mass. I'm doctor Nicole Saffire and

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Speaker 1: this is your weekly Rundown Health and Human Services Secretary

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Speaker 1: RFK Junior has announced an ambitious new initiative saying every

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Speaker 1: American should wear a health tracking device within four years.

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Speaker 1: We're talking about smart watches, fitness trackers, and glucose monitors.

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Speaker 1: What's the goal to empower patients with real time data,

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Speaker 1: focusing on prevention and potentially reducing alliance on costly medications

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Speaker 1: like ozembic, which can run over one thousand dollars a month.

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Speaker 1: But this initiative raises some questions. Are we ready for

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Speaker 1: the privacy implications? Will our data be stored securely or

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Speaker 1: sold to third parties? Will every patient truly benefit now?

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Speaker 1: Wearables have been a game changer for some, especially those

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Speaker 1: with diabetes, but skepticism is growing online about surveillance and

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Speaker 1: data security and whether this is the answer for long

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Speaker 1: term success of achieving improved health. We are going to

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Speaker 1: do a deep dive into this next week, so before

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Speaker 1: you run out and get one of these expensive wearables,

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Speaker 1: make sure you tune in next up. In a surprising move,

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Speaker 1: announced that the GAVI Summa in Brussels RFK Junior stated

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Speaker 1: the United States will halt contributions until vaccine safety concerns

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Speaker 1: are addressed. GAVI is a public private partnership that works

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Speaker 1: to increase access to immunization in poorer countries. It aims

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Speaker 1: to vaccinate children against preventable diseases and has helped immunized

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Speaker 1: over a billion children since its founding in two thousand.

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Speaker 1: GOVI brings together governments, the private sector, and other organizations

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Speaker 1: to achieve its goal, but RFK Junior is criticizing the

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Speaker 1: Global Health organization for ignoring vaccine safety concerns, saying it

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Speaker 1: must re earn the public trust before US funding can resume. However,

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Speaker 1: he did not give specifics on how to achieve this metric. Now.

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Speaker 1: This is significant because the US has been one of

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Speaker 1: govi's biggest donors, covering roughly twelve percent of its budget.

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Speaker 1: Critics worry this decision could hamper global immunization efforts and

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Speaker 1: put millions of children at risk for deadly yet preventable illnesses.

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Speaker 1: And finally, we may be getting a CDC director. This

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Speaker 1: can't be happening soon enough because the newly appointed ASIP

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Speaker 1: Group has already begun holding meetings and votes. Regarding CDC recommendations,

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Speaker 1: yet we don't even have a CDC director in place.

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Speaker 1: This week, the Senate is holding confirmation hearings for the

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Speaker 1: new CDC director nominee. The nominee emphasized restoring trust in

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Speaker 1: the agency and addressing pandemic lessons learned while focusing on

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Speaker 1: transparency and scientific integrity. She did double down in the

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Speaker 1: hearings this week, saying vaccines are safe and effective and

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Speaker 1: necessary to public health. All eyes are on this new

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Speaker 1: director how she will navigate controversies, rebuild trusts, and modernize

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Speaker 1: the CDC for a post pandemic world, and with an

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Speaker 1: HHS secretary who's proven to be quite the disruptor. Thanks

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