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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to cancel nearly half a billion dollars in federal funding for mRNA vaccine development is the "most dangerous public health decision" ever, epidemiologist Michael Osterholm said.

Canadian researchers solve 12-year mystery of sea star wasting disease cheknews.ca/canadian-res...

DOGE keeps gaining access to sensitive data. Now, it can cut off billions to farmers DOGE recently gained high-level access to a database that controls government payments and loans to farmers and ranchers across the U.S.

DOGE recently gained high-level access to a database that controls government payments and loans to farmers and ranchers across the U.S.

Harvard vs Trump: what this epic battle means for science Research across science and medicine will probably shrink at one of the world’s most elite universities amid a new political reality.

Researchers told Nature that long-term threats to science at Harvard University are likely to remain no matter what happens in the legal battle between the university and the Trump administration. #Academicsky 🧪

Our village street used to be a-shriek with swifts.

Today, there isn't a single one.

Please ask your MP to support the Swift Brick amendment to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill.

#SwiftBricks #MandateForSwiftBricks
#SwiftsNeedUs #NatureNeedsYou

Nice video!

'Needed to get home': Central Saanich woman seeks compensation after being denied boarding flight home A Central Saanich woman is seeking compensation and answers after she was denied boarding her flight home while on vacation.

'Needed to get home': Central Saanich woman seeks compensation after being denied boarding flight home cheknews.ca/needed-to-ge...

Two men found guilty of ‘mindless, moronic’ felling of Sycamore Gap tree Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, found to have criminally damaged tree and Hadrian’s Wall

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Here in Delta, BC, Canada we have a casual birding group that offers morning walks twice a week and sometimes also on Saturdays. They are popular with retired people and part-time workers. Birdwatching is the focus & we go to different locations each week. #deltanaturalists

Amazing!!! 🌸🌸🌸🌸

North 40 park, Delta, British Columbia #cityofdeltabc

“DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars.”
@joshtpm.bsky.social

Here’s the real reason why DOGE is gutting the IRS.

(Hint: it has nothing to do with “efficiency.”)

I’m kicking off my book tour for my forthcoming book NATURE NEEDS YOU - The Fight To Save Our Swifts on 27th April with the wonderful Winchester Book Festival. Will you come? Will you join the fight to #SaveOurSwifts (tickets and info below)

winchesterbooksfestival.com/events/hanna...

Image of a world map showing the journey of Cuckoo Tom when he hitched a ride on a cruise ship. Arrows show the ships journey from West Africa to the Atlantic Ocean, across to the coast of South America, past Puerto Rico, the United States, up to Iceland and to the UK. A headshot of Cuckoo Tom features, alongside the wording: Tagged, Norfolk 2023. Current location: UK. Mode of transport: cruise ship. Outline of a cruise ship in white sits over the ocean. BTO logo features top right of the image.

One of our satellite-tagged Cuckoos has hitched a ride on a cruise ship and is now in the UK, the earliest one of our superstar Cuckoos has ever reached us! 😮🛥️🧵

Meta loses its AI research head, as billions in investments hang in the balance Joelle Pineau will leave the company in May. Pineau's successor remains unclear.

Joelle Pineau will leave the company in May. Pineau's successor remains unclear.

The CDC Has Been Gutted Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.

NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.

White House Correspondents' dinner cancels comedian Amber Ruffin's appearance Amber Ruffin had been scheduled to perform at the prestigious gathering of political journalists on April 26 in Washington, D.C.

Amber Ruffin had been scheduled to perform at the prestigious gathering of political journalists on April 26 in Washington, D.C.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside Tesla dealerships and showrooms across the United States on March 29, protesting against CEO Elon Musk’s role with Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and demanded he leave his ‘unelected’ role in the Trump administration.

The top FDA vaccine official is forced out, cites RFK Jr.'s 'misinformation and lies' A top vaccine advisor at the FDA was forced to resign on Friday. In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks wrote "truth and transparency are not desired," by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

A top vaccine advisor at the FDA was forced to resign on Friday. In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks, wrote "truth and transparency are not desired," by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Joy Marver, in a green hoodie, standing in front of the American flag. Text reads: "'It's like being erased out of thin air.' Joy Marver spent 22 years in service to the U.S. government before being fired and locked out of her office at the Department of Veterans Affairs." Photo by Erin Schaff/The New York Times

A veteran who returned injured from Iraq continued serving by working for the VA. She now faces a crisis at home, after the Department of Government Efficiency’s cuts targeted her job. nyti.ms/4hN4q8d

How will Trump's executive order affect the Smithsonian? The Smithsonian Institution, a vast complex of research centers, museums and galleries, is the latest culture target of President Trump's executive orders.

The Smithsonian Institution, a vast complex of research centers, museums and galleries, is the latest culture target of President Trump's executive orders.

The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.

NEW: The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.

By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social

Trump admin cuts University of Utah funding that institute used to research health disparities, citing DEI The Trump administration has cut funding for a University of Utah research institute because work there focused on health disparities, including skin cancer in rural communities and brain injuries in combat veterans.

Some of the University of Utah researchers had been studying how best to care for critically ill babies in rural communities. Others were focused on reducing the disproportionately high rates of skin cancer in those same remote areas. But the majority of the funding for that work is now cut.

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.

We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

H.H.S. Scraps Studies of Vaccines and Treatments for Future Pandemics Federal officials cited the end of the Covid-19 pandemic in halting the research. But much of the work was focused on preventing outbreaks of other pathogens.

RFK Jr's Dept. of Health & Human Services is scrapping research into vaccines & treatments for future pandemics. The Trump regime cites the "end of the #Covid pandemic" as the reason for halting research. But much of the work was focused on other pathogens www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...

Nearly All Cybertrucks Have Been Recalled Because Tesla Used the Wrong Glue Tesla says it will fix the sticky issue—which could cause panels to detach from trucks while driving—with a new adhesive “not prone to environmental embrittlement.”

NEW: Tesla will recall nearly all the Cybertrucks it has produced to repair a stainless steel trim panel that the carmaker said could become detached from the vehicle while driving.

It’s the eighth recall for the distinctive all-electric pickup, which hit US roads just over two years ago.

Private Eye readers learn about the absurd release of 50+ million alien pheasants into UK countryside every year Conservation campaign group Wild Justice has taken out a full page ad in the latest edition of Private Eye, the UK’s number one best-selling news and current affairs magazine, to draw readers…

This is an interesting idea to raise awareness, because I have also found that when I tell people about these numbers, they just can't believe it.

Private Eye readers learn about the absurd release of 50+ million alien pheasants into UK countryside every year raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/03/20/p...

I remember Mr Moss!

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