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    Experts say the U.S. is in the “fourth wave” of the overdose epidemic and unhoused populations, which have high rates of drug use and little access to quality healthcare, have been hit particularly hard. As overdose rates have increased, rates of homelessness have increased as well.

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    Obesity is increasingly cited as the leading public health concern in Mexico.1 As Barquera and Rivera reported in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology,1 Mexico has undergone a “rapid epidemiological transition,” with nationally representative surveys showing that obesity rates (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) increased by 42·2% after adjusting for population change between 2000 and 2018.

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    Mpox questions answered by Demetre ‘Doctor D’ Daskalakis

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    The chance of someone seeing a pandemic like COVID-19 during their lifetime is about 38%, which could double in the years to come.

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