RFK Jr fires entire US vaccine committee

US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic, has removed all 17 members of a committee that issues official government recommendations on immunisations. Announcing the move in an editorial in the Wall Street Journal, Kennedy said that conflicts of interest on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (Acip) were responsible for undermining trust…

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Strange ‘sticky’ dark matter could be lurking in a distant galaxy

Galaxy SDSS J0946+1006 acts as a gravitational lens, helping astronomers see the signs of dark matter NASA/ESA/R. Gavazzi, T. Treu/University of California/SLACS An unusually dense galaxy could be the first clear evidence for the existence of an unconventional form of “sticky” dark matter, altering our understanding of this mysterious cosmic substance. In the standard picture…

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