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HealthPlatform.News(letter)
July 7, 2025
In this week’s edition of health news across the states: State and local governments divvy up opioid settlement money; Rising depression in teens linked to social media; Red dye, red flags: Food colors under fresh scrutiny.
Plus: Vought: Ending unchecked spending with the One Big Beautiful Bill
Attorneys from all 50 states have signed off on a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and the family that owns the company, winding down one of the largest outstanding opioid lawsuits in the nation.
A new study of nearly 12,000 pre-teens found that social media use is “associated with elevated depressive symptoms.” The study followed children over three years, starting at the age of 9 or 10. “Daily social media use among study participants surged tenfold over those years,” The Washington Post reported in an interview with the study’s lead author. “During that same time frame, reported depression symptoms jumped 35 percent.”
Artificial food dyes — long used to brighten snacks, cereals and drinks — are facing growing pressure from regulators, researchers and food companies alike.
Over the past four months, the Office of Management and Budget, or OMB, has worked tirelessly to deliver on President Trump’s promise of a federal government that works for the American people, not bureaucrats and the entrenched establishment.
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