RFK Jr. Turns to a Discredited Vaccine Researcher for Autism Study
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RFK Jr. Turns to a Discredited Vaccine Researcher for Autism Study

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A steadfast figure in the anti-vaccine movement who has helped shape Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s thinking on a possible link to autism has joined his department to work on a study examining the long-debunked theory, according to people familiar with the…

Kennedy Instructs Anti-Vaccine Group to Remove Fake C.D.C. Page
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Kennedy Instructs Anti-Vaccine Group to Remove Fake C.D.C. Page

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, on Saturday instructed leaders of the nonprofit he founded to take down a web page that mimicked the design of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s site but laid out a case that vaccines…

White House Withdraws Nominee for C.D.C. Director
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White House Withdraws Nominee for C.D.C. Director

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The White House has decided to withdraw the nomination of its pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Dave Weldon, a Republican former congressman, just hours before he was to appear at a Senate confirmation hearing, according to a…

Opinion | Kennedy Wants to Cure Chronic Disease. Here’s What He’s Up Against.
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Opinion | Kennedy Wants to Cure Chronic Disease. Here’s What He’s Up Against.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Our health care system has failed patients when it comes to preventing and managing chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity. I see the consequences every day. We tell our patients to diet and exercise when they do not have the…

Horticulturists, Biologists, Engineers: Federal ‘Bloat’ or Valued Experts?
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Horticulturists, Biologists, Engineers: Federal ‘Bloat’ or Valued Experts?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The National Plant Germplasm System, a vast federal collection of seeds, roots, branches and stems, is probably unknown to most Americans. But to Rachel Spaeth the system is a “living library” — and America’s safeguard against “famine on a global scale.” Dr. Spaeth…

DOGE Cuts 9/11 Survivors’ Fund, and Republicans Join Democrats in Rebuke
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DOGE Cuts 9/11 Survivors’ Fund, and Republicans Join Democrats in Rebuke

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a rare sign of pushback against President Trump, a coalition of congressional Republicans from the New York area rebuked the president for cuts to a federal program that administers aid to emergency workers and others suffering from toxins related to the terrorist…

Judge Lets Musk’s Team Keep Access to Records at Some Agencies, for Now
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Judge Lets Musk’s Team Keep Access to Records at Some Agencies, for Now

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge declined on Friday to block the access of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency to records systems containing personal information at the Health and Human Services Department, the Labor Department and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a setback for unions…

Opinion | I Shudder to Imagine Kennedy Running Our Health Agencies.
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Opinion | I Shudder to Imagine Kennedy Running Our Health Agencies.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Senate has just confirmed as health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, a science denialist who once said there is no vaccine that is safe and effective, who has suggested that Covid might have been genetically engineered to spare Jewish and Chinese people and…

Young Aides Emerge as Enforcers in Musk’s DOGE Team Efforts
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Young Aides Emerge as Enforcers in Musk’s DOGE Team Efforts

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The secrecy, Musk allies have said, is necessary so the team members do not become targets. Several of Mr. Musk’s aides have resisted being listed in government databases out of fear of their names leaking out, according to people familiar with the situation….