Getty Images mRNA vaccines were heralded as a medical marvel that saved lives during the Covid pandemic, but now the US is pulling back from researching them. US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has cancelled 22 projects – worth $500m (£376m) in funding – for tackling infections such as Covid and flu. So does … Read more
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to cancel $500m (£376m) in funding for mRNA vaccines being developed to counter viruses like the flu and Covid-19. The move will impact 22 projects being led by major pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer and Moderna, for vaccines against bird flu and other viruses, HHS said. … Read more
US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic, has removed all 17 members of a committee that issues official government recommendations on immunisations. Announcing the move in an editorial in the Wall Street Journal, Kennedy said that conflicts of interest on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (Acip) were responsible for undermining trust … Read more
The US health secretary on Tuesday announced the country would ban eight commonly used artificial food dyes, many found in breakfast cereals. Source link
Getty Images RFK Jr has pledged to tackle ultra-processed foods, food dyes and additives Robert F Kennedy Jr has set his sights on changing how Americans eat and drink. From the dyes in Fruit Loops cereal to seed oils in chicken nuggets, Kennedy – who is President-elect Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Health … Read more
Getty Images People with laryngeal dystonia (LD), a condition that makes the voice sound strained and hoarse, might benefit from a drug already used to treat a sleep disorder, researchers say. Some volunteers who tried the narcolepsy treatment, sodium oxybate, found it eased their speech in a similar way to drinking alcohol, but without intoxication. … Read more
Getty Images Kennedy (left) with Trump at an election rally in Arizona this summer Donald Trump has picked vaccine sceptic and former independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr as his health secretary, as the president-elect continues to build his new administration. Kennedy, commonly known by his initials RFK Jr, has a history of spreading … Read more