STAT(@statnews):"When health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks about the chronic disease epidemic ravaging America’s young, I am one of the people he is speaking about, Nick Florko writes. "At 34 years old, I am overweight and already suffering from high cholesterol and high blood pressure. I have ADHD so bad I often forget to brush my teeth in the morning." "I tell you all of this as STAT’s inaugural reporter on trust in science, because I know what it means to be searching for an explanation to what ails you, and a way to fix it. ... We as a society have more scientific knowledge at our fingertips than ever before. But knowledge alone is clearly not enough." Read more.

2026.09.22 21:00

"When health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks about the chronic disease epidemic ravaging America’s young, I am one of the people he is speaking about, Nick Florko writes. "At 34 years old, I am overweight and already suffering from high cholesterol and high blood pressure. I have ADHD so bad I often forget to brush my teeth in the morning." "I tell you all of this as STAT’s inaugural reporter on trust in science, because I know what it means to be searching for an explanation to what ails you, and a way to fix it. ... We as a society have more scientific knowledge at our fingertips than ever before. But knowledge alone is clearly not enough." Read more.