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RFK Jr.'s FDA officials overrode career staff to limit COVID shots
The FDA's Dr. Vinay Prasad said that he disagreed with the agency's career vaccine reviewers about COVID shot approvals.
FDA official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against staff advice
The new memos from the Food and Drug Administration show how the agency’s vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, personally ...
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What’s behind the dangerous fall in vaccination rates worldwide?
That dropped to 70% in 2023. It’s a worldwide trend: confidence in vaccines dropped in 52 out of 55 countries recently studied by the UN children’s agency (Unicef), tumbling by more than a third in ...
Hearing aids improve social life, study finds
Hearing aids dramatically improve a person's social engagement and reduce feelings of isolation or loneliness, based on ...
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Iowa State Engineers Reinvent Gene Gun for Faster and Safer Crop Editing
Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest resistance and other valuable traits.