Obese people could be denied visas to enter the United States - The Washington Post

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. will consider chronic health conditions and even factors like retirement age as reasons to deny visas to immigrants...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/13/obesity-visa-rules-trump-administration/

Rinse and repeat: US vaccine hearing on unpublished study debates same myths

Research comparing chronic illness in vaccinated and non-vaccinated kids had never been peer-reviewed, nor is any of its data available…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/10/vaccine-hearing-congress-illness-children

 

American men are sicker and more likely to die early from preventable causes than peers abroad, study finds

The report published by the Commonwealth Fund also found that men in the U.S. with lower incomes had higher rates of multiple chronic conditions...

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/american-men-are-sicker-likely-die-early-preventable-causes-peers-abro-rcna38402

Key Ways to Offer Support to a Friend with Chronic Illness - Rewire

Bad news: Your friend just told you they have a chronic illness. It's going to be a long road ahead for them and they are in pain. You're sad, and you don't know what to say. Maybe something optimistic, like "Just stay positive!" Or maybe you should offer a solution, like "Have you tried going gluten-free?”....
https://www.rewire.org/love/offer-support-friend-chronic-illness/