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How three controversial father figures influenced Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sometimes shocking views — and drug use

In 2013, a year after the suicide of his second wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy, The Post’s Isabel Vincent was given extraordinary access to three of Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s secret journals. Since then she has pored over more than 1,200 pages of the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ deepest thoughts. In this adap…

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Trump is showing Beijing how to seize Taiwan

Since returning to office last year, U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered military strikes from the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to Africa and the Middle East, targeting alleged drug-smuggling boats and suspected terrorist groups. He has attacked Venezuela and kidnapped its leader, Nicolas Maduro. And he has joi…

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Tuberculosis in the Philippines: Cured by medicine, sustained by inequality

EVERY March 24, the world observes World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, which marks the 1882 discovery of the bacterium that causes the disease. More than a century later, tuberculosis remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers. In the Philippines, it continues to pose a stubborn — and often underrecognized — p…

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Marcos admin brings Yakap at Kalinga health caravan to schools nationwide

SPEARHEADED by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the Department of Education (DepEd) recently conducted the Yaman ng Kalusugan Program (Yakap) at Kalinga Caravan at Marcelo B. Fernan-Polambato Elementary School in Bogo City to bring essential medical services directly to learners, teachers and the school community.

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Nesthy Petecio hungry to take first Asian Games medal

The only missing piece in Nesthy Petecio’s decorated career as a boxer is an Asian Games medal. The first Filipina pug to win an Olympic medal said she was itching to clinch any medal in the 2026 Nagoya Games regardless of color. The 33-year-old Davaoeño added that she planned to return to training following eye sur…

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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Radioactive Emergency’ On Netflix, A Drama About A Disastrous 1987 Radiological Accident In Brazil

The new Brazilian drama on Netflix, Radioactive Emergency, is a fictionalized account of a real-life 1987 radiological accident in the city of Goiânia. Four people died, but health officials examined over 110,000 people and found over 240 were contaminated. How this happened, and what the response was, are explored …

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UNICEF: 99% of foods marketed to Filipino children fail global health standards

MANILA, Philippines—The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed that 99 percent of food products marketed to children fail to meet global standards, highlighting the need for stronger legislation to protect minors from aggressive promotion of foods and drinks high in sugar, salt, and unhealthy fats.

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