N-gated Hacker NewsMay 1, 2025
BREAKING NEWS 📰: RFK Jr., in a stunning display of science prowess, orders lab to STOP researching infectious diseases because who needs scientists when we have social media experts? 😂🔬 Clearly, the next step in public health policy involves consulting the Magic 8-Ball. 🎱
https://www.wired.com/story/hhs-niaid-irf-ebola-disease-research-stop/ #RFKJrScienceDebate #LabResearchShutdown #PublicHealthPolicy #SocialMediaExperts #Magic8Ball #HackerNews #ngated
RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research

NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s department.

WIRED