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A new study has found that people who drink more coffee have a lower risk of dementia.
NEWS YOU CAN USE

Study Reveals Coffee May Be Protecting Your Brain

A new study suggests coffee drinkers may be at a lower risk of developing dementia.

Tamilore Oshikanlu

Jay Bhattacharya and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
GOOD SCIENCE

NIH Boss Defies RFK Jr. on Vaccines and Autism

Bernie Sanders grilled the NIH director at a Senate hearing.

Adam Downer

U.S. President Donald Trump.
UN-SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

Trump Admin’s War on Science Escalates With Big Funding Cuts

Springer Nature has been labelled a “woke publisher” by Trump allies.

Jack Silvers

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks.
QUACK TO BASICS

RFK Jr. Threatens to Stop Scientists Writing in Top Journals

The health and human services secretary said he’d rather have government researchers working for “in-house” publications instead.

Will Neal

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. changes the CDC's COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
THE THREE STOOGES

RFK Jr. Changes Guidance for This Common Vaccine

He claims it’s “common sense” to not vaccinate healthy children and pregnant women.

Jasmine Venet

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Elon Musk
TIDES ARE TURNING

Musk’s Power Wanes as RFK Jr.-Run Agency Bucks DOGE

An email sent to National Institutes of Health employees on Thursday instructed them to ignore DOGE’s demands.

Erkki Forster

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Dr. Anthony Fauci
NOT ON DISPLAY

DOGE Cancels Fauci Museum Exhibit in Federal Cutting Spree

In the last 48 hours, the Department of Health and Human Services canceled $182 million in contracts.

Nandika Chatterjee

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EXIT INTERVIEW

NIH Boss: Trump Pressured Me to #FireFauci and More

On his last day, Dr. Francis Collins said he refused to “compromise scientific principles to just hold onto the job.”

AJ McDougall

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SCRUTINY

HHS Watchdog to Probe Grants That GOP Claimed Led to COVID

Between $125,000 and $150,000 in NIH grants made their way to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Corbin Bolies

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‘I’M A BIT UNHAPPY’

NIH Boss Snaps at Fox News Host Over COVID Origins

“I categorically deny that and I’m a bit unhappy when people keep repeating those claims when they’re simply not true,” Collins told Fox’s Martha MacCallum.

Justin Baragona

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WORST-CASE SCENARIO

Russian Mega-Hack Breached DHS, NIH, State Department: WaPo

The cyberspying campaign, which went undetected for months, penetrated the very department tasked with keeping the nation safe from cyberattacks.

Jamie Ross

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