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'As the nominee to be the agency’s director, Dr. Erica Schwartz and her public support of vaccines was interpreted by some as a sign that 's quest to limit childhood immunizations might be coming to an end,' reports .

'But Trump also appointed Dr. Sara Brenner, a deputy commissioner at the and a self-described “ mom,” to be Mr. Kennedy’s senior counselor for public health, a post that, unlike the director, does not require Senate confirmation. https://buff.ly/Hrm4mUx

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'Dr. Deborah Fuller, an immunologist at , said that the current US administration’s stance against will likely have a dampening effect on mRNA research in the US,' writes Shelby Bradford for . At the same time, though, she said that mRNA technology is out of the figurative bottle. “That magic is happening somewhere in the world,” Fuller said. https://buff.ly/DTQHk3p

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'In the controversial 2019 documentary Root Cause, the filmmaker claimed certain chronic illnesses are due to root canal treatment. Although these claims were widely debunked at the time, the years have done little to halt its influence on social media,' writes . 'The film piqued Professor Alex Holden’s interest in misinformation in dentistry and subsequently led to his new study.' https://buff.ly/JsW07vJ

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'Inciting fear and confusion can only cause detriment to people’s faith in their food, and harm to their farmers,' writes Alice Littlewood, an 18-year-old student and contributing writer for . 'If our society wants safe and sustainable food production, we must prioritise evidence over viral claims, and support honest conversations about farming practices and attitudes.' https://buff.ly/lmBGjKG

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'The principle of autonomy is rightly sacrosanct in medicine, although even it has limits, which gives rise to multitude ethical quandaries in my field of intensive care unit medicine, and other disciplines,' writes Dr. Adam Gaffney, an ICU doctor and assistant professor . 'Such controversies are incidental to the debate over school mandates. When it comes to childhood vaccine recommendations or requirements, “personal autonomy” is little more than a red herring.' https://buff.ly/c9UJraT

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'Infrasound has occasionally become controversial because of claims that low-frequency sound from industrial equipment or wind turbines causes illness,' writes , a molecular biologist. 'The debate illustrates how difficult it can be to disentangle biological effects from psychological and environmental factors — and how easily uncertainty can be turned into .' https://buff.ly/L9VVt3b

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'Even if global warming does not exceed two degrees, it could lead to more serious consequences than expected,' writes . 'This is the conclusion of a new study published in . "We cannot just look at the average. Even at two degrees of warming, the climate may produce extreme rainfall or drought," says . https://buff.ly/RGHqexu

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'In a paper we published in earlier this year, we mapped the landscape of emerging concerns and false claims beginning to circulate about a future HIV ,' writes Brendan Maughan-Brown, a researcher . 'We found recurring claims, including that prevention tools are designed to harm specific populations; that they cause the conditions they’re meant to prevent; that their side effects are catastrophic and concealed.' https://buff.ly/sSw9qQl

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'There are thousands and thousands of synthetic and natural chemicals cruising through our body all the time,' writes Joe Schwarcz, director of the Office for Science and Society at . 'Individually, their hazards can be determined in laboratory and animal studies, but determining risk is far more challenging because the complex mixture in our blood is not equal to the sum of its parts.' https://buff.ly/iO8J9HZ

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'Drug companies have spent four decades funding trials showing that their medications work. Almost none have funded trials showing when and how to stop,' writes Dr. Jonathon Slater, a clinical professor , for . 'But Kennedy’s initiative conflates that genuine clinical need with claims unsupported by evidence — and some that are actively dangerous.' https://buff.ly/E5u9l6z

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