## RFK Jr plans placebo-trial testing for 'all new vaccines'

Authored by bbc.co.uk

HHS has not offered details on the timing of the placebo plan or specify the vaccines involved.

The statement said none of the childhood vaccines recommended in the US - except the Covid shot - had undergone "inert placebo" testing, meaning "we know very little about the actual risk profiles of these products".

In fact, all new immunizations already go through the trials - a type of random testing where one test group receives the immunization, and the other gets a placebo, like a saline shot.

The coronavirus shot, for example, already has gone through rigorous safety testing, said Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

"All we're doing this year is using a different Omicron variant that we used last year and the year before that.".

An HHS spokesperson told the BBC that "significant updates to existing vaccines" may be considered "new products" requiring additional clinical evaluation.

Kennedy also promoted alternative treatments, which doctors say patients should not use without medical supervision. »

### US Forest Service evicts dozens of homeless people living in Oregon woods

Authored by theguardian.com

The US Forest Service has been working for years on plans to close part of the Deschutes national forest near Bend for forest restoration and wildfire mitigation.

Multiple US Forest Service officials and vehicles were stationed at the Deschutes national forest road closure on Thursday.

The government responded in court filings that US Forest Service staff in January began notifying homeless people living in the area of the upcoming closure. »

### Bangladesh should occupy NE states if India attacks Pakistan’: Yunus aide on Pahalgam

Authored by firstpost.com

A senior official appointed by the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government has said that Bangladesh should occupy India’s seven northeast states if it attacks Pakistan in response to Phalagam terror attack.

“If India attacks Pakistan, Bangladesh should occupy seven states of North East India.

They come shortly after Yunus, declared in a meeting with Chinese officials that Bangladesh — not India — is the true gateway to South Asia. »

### Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR

Authored by apnews.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.

The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations.

It’s the latest move by Trump and his administration to utilize federal powers to control or hamstring institutions whose actions or viewpoints he disagrees with. »

### Historic first: Women at the political forefront in Trinidad and Tobago – Caribbean Life

Authored by caribbeanlife.com

Kangaloo, a former senate president and accomplished attorney, has been president since 2023.

Beckles-Robinson was planning minister in the defeated government and is extremely popular among party rank and file.

On the campaign trail, I recognized that the public is a lot more honest in terms of engaging with you. »

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