Month: January 2025

Top 10 moments of RFK Jr.’s reality-bending confirmation hearings

There were a lot of doozies as RFK Jr. tried to convince lawmakers he’s pro-vaccine.

In hearings Wednesday and Thursday, senators questioned President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., over his fitness to be the country's top health official and control the mammoth $1.7 trillion agency.

Kennedy would come to the role not with a background in medicine, public health, or science, but as a former environmental lawyer who has become one of the most prominent and influential anti-vaccine advocates in the country. For decades, Kennedy has spread misinformation about life-saving vaccines, sowed doubt about their safety, and peddled various conspiracy theories.

That includes his unwavering false claim—despite decades of research to the contrary and countless debunkings—that vaccines are linked to autism (they are not). Kennedy has also made the bizarre false claim that Lyme disease, a bacterial infection spread by tick bites, is "highly likely" to be a military bioweapon (it is not). When asked about this by Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) in the Senate Finance Committee hearing Wednesday, Kennedy admitted "I probably did say that." In the hearing Thursday, held by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), Kennedy did not deny falsely claiming that AIDS is a different disease in Africa than it is in the US.

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Zwergplanet: Organisches Material auf Ceres stammt von Asteroiden

Möglicherweise haben Asteroiden organische Moleküle auf die Oberfläche des Zwergplaneten Ceres gebracht. Dieser kollidiert relativ häufig mit solchen Körpern. (Astronomie, Wissenschaft)

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