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HISTORICAL FACTS: 7 - The Untold Story

White House doubles down on its lab leak theory, annihilating the original COVID-19 information website and replacing it with its own claims

Trump believes the COVID-19 pandemic started from a research lab in Wuhan, China.

Fortune

Trump White House replaces Covid website with treatise on ‘lab leak’ theory

Site that once provided health information now includes criticism of Anthony Fauci, who led response to pandemic

The Guardian - US

James Corden's obscene joke about Dame Judi Dench cut from broadcast of LA science awards

The actor, 46, was met with awkward silence when he made a lurid gag about Dame Judi Dench and Dr Anthony Fauci at the Breakthrough Awards in LA

Evening Standard

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James Corden met with silence after bizarre Dame Judi Dench and Dr Fauci joke at LA science awards

The actor’s attempt at humour during the Breakthrough Prize ceremony in Los Angeles left the room in awkward silence

Evening Standard

James Corden met with awkward silence following lewd Judi Dench joke at awards ceremony

The joke reportedly went down badly in the room

The Independent UK

Nominee for South Carolina's top doctor toppled by lingering COVID anger

A South Carolina Senate committee has rejected the Republican governor's nominee to be the state’s top doctor after hearings dominated by the state's response to the COVID pandemic

The Independent UK

Trump pick to head CDC sparks Maga backlash among conspiracy theorists

Firestorm from science deniers of anti-vaccine set shows splits in Trump world and forced RFK Jr to defend hire

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Will Jay Bhattacharya Get Gain-of-Function Research Under Control?

The past three administrations have tried and failed to implement binding regulations on risky research that likely caused the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reason

Trump's War With the Courts

Plus: A listener asks why some American libertarians seem to unquestioningly accept everything Vladimir Putin says.

Reason

South Carolina's public health chief wants to look ahead. Critics want to blame him over COVID

The doctor who would be the first director of South Carolina’s newly organized health agency has a vision of reducing infant mortality, fighting childhood cancers and reducing drug overdoses

The Independent UK

Are COVID-19 Vaccines Safe and Effective?

Five years after Donald Trump declared a national COVID-19 emergency, here's what the research says.

Reason

Five years on from the pandemic, the right’s fake Covid narrative has been turbo-charged into the mainstream

Before the next outbreak, we need a serious conversation about how to cope, but first, the more strident, misguided voices must be muted, says author Laura Spinney

The Guardian - UK

Jay Bhattacharya's Confirmation Hearing Proves the Lockdown Skeptics Won

Trump's nominee for NIH director once stirred major controversy for criticizing lockdowns, mask mandates, and school closures. Yesterday, Senate Democrats didn't even raise the issue.

Reason

The ‘lab-leak origin’ of Covid-19. Fact or fiction?

In a January 24 interview with the far-right-wing outlet Breitbart News, newly appointed CIA director John Ratcliffe stated that assessing intelligence on a potential Wuhan lab leak was a top priority. The following day, The New York Times reported that the agency had shifted from an undecided stance to favoring a…

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The Independent UK

Trump claims Musk has already found ‘tens of billions’ in savings. Even DOGE’s social media accounts disagree

‘When you get down to it, it’s going to be probably close to a trillion dollars,’ Trump says

The Guardian - US

What does Elon Musk believe?

The man given free rein by Trump to crusade against the federal government supported Democrats until 2022. But some of Musk’s longstanding positions lead a straight line to his far-right sympathies

International Business Times

Outrage On X As Nancy Mace Claims $10M Taxpayer Funds Allegedly Used In 'Creating Transgender' Animals

Rep. Nancy Mace called out the Biden administration Thursday for allegedly allowing over $10 million in taxpayers' money to be used in experiments around "transgender" mice, rats and monkeys.

The Independent UK

Measles, bioweapons, bird flu, and abortion rights: RFK Jr repeatedly pounded with his past comments at tumultuous hearing

Trump’s nominee for health secretary faced a group of bipartisan senators during the first day of his confirmation hearing

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Trump Ends Federal Security Detail For Dr. Fauci

President Trump ends federal security for Dr. Fauci and other former aides, prompting Fauci to hire private security. Threats faced by former officials hig...

Salon

Trump ends Fauci's security detail

The president, who fomented conspiracy theories and threats against the former top doc, axed his security this week

The Independent UK

All the former officials Trump has taken security details away from

Trump revoked security from Mike Pompeo, Dr. Anthony Fauci and others

The Independent UK

‘I wouldn’t take responsibility’: Trump won’t take blame if something happens to Fauci after security detail removed

Trump and public health official regularly clashed during height of Covid pandemic and he has talked about facing death threats

Reason

Trump Reportedly Preparing an Executive Order Banning Federal Funding of Gain-of-Function Research

The past three administrations have tried to limit gain-of-function research. The second Trump administration might be the first one to be successful at doing so.

Latin Times

Fauci Hires Private Guards Out of Own Pocket After Trump Suddenly Pulls Security Detail

The former NIH director returned to the public eye after former President Joe Biden gave him a preemptive pardon on his last day in office

The Guardian - US

Trump pulls security detail for former top health official Anthony Fauci

Fauci had served as leading infectious diseases official for seven presidents and had broken with Trump on Covid

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