The Department of Health and Human Services canceled $500 million in mRNA vaccine development projects. The secretary stated that mRNA research poses more risks than benefits, though this claim is disputed. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is highlighted as a prominent figure in American pseudoscience, often associated with anti-vaccine movements and health-freedom ideologies. The Trump administration has significantly cut funding for health research, fostering a war on science. The article also links historical anti-science movements to contemporary issues in public health and policy.
"The secretary of Health and Human Services said that mRNA research 'poses more risk than benefits for these respiratory viruses' although it doesn't."
"Kennedy, the rotten princeling, has been a fixture of American pseudoscience for decades."
"Though quackery is not inherently partisan, it always appealed to the far right."
"By May, the Trump administration had cut $2.3 billion in new grants from the National Institutes of Health, and it has frozen billions in research funds to public universities."
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