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Det må være herlig å bo i et land hvor det finnes som mange dyktige fagspesialister.... (Red.)

Robert F Kennedy Jr criticizes mRNA tech

Since taking office, Kennedy has focused on transforming how his department develops and regulates vaccines. Credit: Getty Images The US health department said it expects planned cuts to mRNA vaccine development to affect 22 projects led by major pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer and Moderna, for immunisation against bird flu and other viruses. Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic, announced he was pulling the funding over claims that "mRNA technology poses more risks than benefits for these respiratory viruses". Doctors and health experts have criticised Kennedy's longstanding questioning of the safety and efficacy of vaccines and his views on health policies, Madeline Halpert reports.

Read full story Analysis: Health reporter Jim Reed explores RFK Jr's divisive plan to Make America Healthy Again.   Vaccine panel: RFK Jr installed new members to the advisory body and tasked them with reviewing long-approved immunisation schedules for children and teens.   Listen: The More or Less: Behind the Statistics team dedicated a podcast episode in May to discussing RFK Jr's claims about autism.

Trump gjør hva han kan for å fokusere på andre enn ham selv i Epstein saken. (Red.)

Clintons subpoenaed in Congress's Epstein probe It was not immediately clear if they will ultimately appear before the committee and whether they would testify publicly.