FOUND: 12 - What They Never Told You

First mRNA flu shot approved by FDA bodes well for improving drugs of the future – though a few hurdles remain before mRNA can move beyond vaccines

Vaccines have been reliably and affordably protecting people from diseases worldwide for centuries. Until the COVID-19 pandemic, however, vaccine development was still a long and idiosyncratic process. Traditionally, researchers had to tailor manufacturing processes and facilities for each vaccine candidate, and the scientific knowledge gained from one vaccine was often…

The Conversation · Aug 6

First mRNA-based flu shot approved in US - despite RFK Jr’s objections to the science

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr pulled $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine development last year - the medical community said the U.S. would pay the price in dollars and lives

The Independent UK · Aug 6

Trump says Dr Fauci should be prosecuted. What happens now?

Dr Anthony Fauci claimed in the hearing that Senator Rand Paul has an ‘obsession’ with calling for his prosecution

The Independent UK · Aug 6

Republican-led Senate committee votes to hold Dr. Fauci in contempt after pleading the Fifth

A Senate committee led by Chairman Sen. Rand Paul voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress and refer him to the Justice Department for potential prosecution. The decision stems from Fauci's refusal to answer questions at a hearing last week regarding his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.…

The Independent UK · Aug 6

Anthony Fauci’s phone now in the hands of Republicans as they push their investigation into COVID origin

Fauci repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right during testimony last week, declining to answer more than 100 times about his actions during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK · Aug 6

New kind of flu shot is on the way as the FDA approves Moderna's mRNA-based vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new flu vaccine for older people, the first made with the same mRNA technology that was key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK · Aug 6

Fauci could face criminal contempt charge following panel vote

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted on Thursday to hold former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci in criminal contempt of Congress for declining to answer questions about the COVID-19 pandemic during a highly charged hearing last week. The Thursday morning…

Roll Call · Aug 6

Why making Anthony Fauci the enemy will harm US public health for years

Republicans are trying to scapegoat the infectious disease expert, even as they have gutted healthcare amid outbreaks of measles, cyclosporiasis and Ebola

The Guardian - US · Aug 6

ACLU blasts Trump’s new orders on birthright citizenship, saying they are doomed to fail in court– as it happened

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The Guardian - US · Aug 6

'That's what's got us worried': the illnesses on the rise as winter sets in

'There are lots of other respiratory viruses circulating.'

Newcastle Herald · Aug 6