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Robert F. Kennedy Junior's Make America Healthy Again movement is hitting turbulence as midterm elections approach. Despite its splashy entry into American politics, MAHA is struggling for visibility on the campaign trail and lacks a clear financial or messaging foundation to sustain momentum heading into the vote.
Meanwhile, a quieter but potentially more consequential fight is brewing around the United States census. Researchers are warning that proposed changes to how data is collected could cause mortality and morbidity rates to appear to spike dramatically when the two thousand thirty count rolls out — not because health outcomes worsened, but because the measurement tools changed. The effects would fall hardest on four specific population groups, with some states hit far more severely than others.
And in Iceland, a crime thriller called Elma is making its way to audiences through the telecom company Síminn's streaming platform. Based on Eva Björg Ægisdóttir's bestselling book series and set in the small port town of Akranes, the show is also generating international buzz as its producer brings a new title to the MIPCOM market in Cannes this week.
Three very different stories, all pointing to the same truth — the systems we build shape what we see, and what we miss. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
