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Throughout the pandemic, we’ve seen an explosion in information about the science of the virus, SARS-CoV-2, and the disease it causes, COVID-19. An article online, or a text forwarded, could be true and sounds about right, but how do you know that it’s accurate? When scrolling through your social …
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What happened when a bizarre US-based conspiracy theory surfaced a continent away in Africa?In the second part of Trending’s mini series about the impact of QAnon around the world, we report from South Africa.At the heart of QAnon is the baseless claim that former US president Donald Trump is …
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24 January 2025Mike WendlingGetty ImagesUS President Donald Trump has ordered officials to make plans to declassify documents related to three of the most consequential assassinations in US history – the killings of John F Kennedy, Robert F Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.”A lot of people are …
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ReutersPresident-elect Donald Trump would have been convicted of illegally trying to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election – which he lost – if he had not successfully been re-elected in 2024, according to the man who led US government investigations into him.The evidence against …
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Nine former leaders of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have spoken out against Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, publishing an open letter that criticises his policies – including restricting vaccines, pulling funding for research, and firing thousands of healthcare …
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Stars from the reality television show Love On The Spectrum went on the defensive after Robert F Kennedy Jr commented that people with autism make limited contributions to society. People with autism “will never pay taxes, they’ll never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball, they’ll never write a …
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A US government report on children’s health cited “totally fabricated” studies to back up its findings, academics wrongly listed as the authors of those studies have said.First released on 22 May, the report detailed causes of a “chronic disease crisis” among children in the US. An amended version …
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24 hours agoShareSaveMadeline HalpertBBC NewsShareSaveGetty ImagesIn her hometown of Lubbock, Texas, Leah, a pregnant mother, has been avoiding stores and other public spaces for the last two weeks.On Wednesday, the city saw a six-year-old child who was not vaccinated against the virus die – the …
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BBCRobert F Kennedy Jr has been nominated by Donald Trump to be the next US health secretary, a post that oversees everything from medical research to food safety and public welfare programmes.Speaking in an NPR interview this week, Kennedy said Trump had given him three “instructions”: to remove …
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Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has shifted his stance on the US measles outbreak, now calling it “serious” after previously describing it as “not unusual”. The outbreak has sickened over 140 children in western Texas, while several other states also are battling cases. Last week, Kennedy – …
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