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This deep dive shows how DOGE’s efforts to spur efficiency is resulted in the opposite. Air traffic control towers at two dozen West Coast airports can’t easily pay to have windows washed, shades cleaned, said a FAA employee. ⁦@hannah_natanson⁩ https://t.co/0Cu2rR5dY7

First pies from these sour cherries. https://t.co/5EteewT9EF

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Friendship = when your friend goes with you to pick sour cherries on a hot summer day. Then gives you most of her haul. Before amd after photos. https://t.co/Vvye4CWI91

RT @Carolynyjohnson: "Gold standard science" is becoming a ubiquitous Trump administration catchphrase. Many scientists say the administrat…

Friendship = when your friend goes with you to pick sour cherries on a hot summer day. Then gives you most of her haul. Before amd after photos. https://t.co/Vvye4CWI91

The myth of female fragility is relatively modern. For most of human history, women were hauling gear, tracking prey, and walking eight to 10 miles a day — often while pregnant, menstruating, nursing or carrying children. https://t.co/F4YCsHZ8Ga

NEW: Is Trump’s push for ‘gold-standard science’ a wolf in sheep’s clothing, as some researchers fear. ⁦@Carolynyjohnson⁩ https://t.co/4KxdfCT9Lf

NEW: Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC does not end covid vax for kids. Instead, agency says shots are recommended if docs approve. @FenitN https://t.co/Gxb5ora061

NEW: Some citations in the White House’s sweeping “MAHA Report” appear to have been generated using AI, resulting in numerous garbled scientific references and invented studies, AI experts said. ⁦@LaurenWeberHP⁩ ⁦@caitlinsgilbert⁩ https://t.co/8zc0q5YCSB

NEW: HHS cancels funding for Moderna to develop vaccines to combat bird flu. This is the same technology that Trump hailed for saving lives during pandemic with Operation Warp Speed. ⁦@rachel_roubein⁩ and me. https://t.co/yw0rNiYKLP

NEW: CDC, which makes vaccine recs, is blindsided as RFK Jr. changes covid-19 vax recs for kids + pregnant women. CDC found out “when it was tweeted,” one federal official said. Five hours later, HHS sent a directive that added to confusion. My story. https://t.co/DJUNTnJg98

BREAKING: RFK Jr. ends covid shot recommendation for healthy children, pregnant women. ⁦@rachel_roubein⁩ ⁦@FenitN⁩ ⁦@LaurenWeberHP⁩ and me. https://t.co/EPvF98sqjO

NEW: FDA’s plan to limit access to covid vaccines is frustrating some who trying to get vaccinated before fall, toying with the idea of going abroad for shots or deciding they are willing to pay hundreds of dollars. ⁦@FenitN⁩ ⁦@rachel_roubein⁩ https://t.co/AYGwHEQXU1

NEW: The spotty insurance coverage for obesity is dividing patients into classes of haves and have-nots as many insurers throttle back access. ⁦@ByDanielGilbert⁩ https://t.co/Sg4pq2YBby

NEW: FDA’s plan to limit covid shot approval to 65+, those with medical conditions, raises questions about availability of vaccine for healthy folks. ⁦@rachel_roubein⁩ and me. https://t.co/4PlUtoAHsx

NEW: RFK Jr. defenss hiring vaccine skeptic David Geier to review federal vaccine safety data. Kennedy said Geier was hired to look at data in a CDC database, one that Geier had previously had access to cut off from. https://t.co/on5vxTBQWD

Unpacking RFK Jr.’s ‘doublespeak’ on vaccines. Public health experts and academics who follow the anti-vax mvmt say the “doublespeak” gives him cover with those who support vaccines while still assuaging his anti-vaccine base. ⁦@LaurenWeberHP⁩ https://t.co/vuq6Olquyb

In our latest RFK Jr and vaccines story, HHS did not fully clarify how this change would work and for which vaccines the testing would apply. @LaurenWeberHP @rachel_roubein @Carolynyjohnson

Lauren Weber @LaurenWeberHP

RFK Jr. intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, a move HHS says will up transparency but medical experts fear could limit access to vaccines & undermine the public’s trust in immunization depending on its implementation Our latest @washingtonpost https://t.co/IojyoeadY0