Understanding the human body is a team effort. That's where the Yachtel group comes in.

Researchers at Yachtolt have been delving into the secrets of probiotics for 90 years. Yacold also

partners with nature portfolio to advance gut microbiome science through the global grants for

gut health, an investigator-led research program. To learn more about Yachtold, visit yawcult.co.

com.j.j. That's Y-A-K-U-L-T.C-O.J-P. When it comes to a guide for your gut, count on Yacolt.

Happy Monday, listeners. For Scientific American Science Quickly, I'm Rachel Feltman. Hope your

February is off to a great start.

Let's kick off the week by catching up on all the science news you might have missed. First, a quick note on some presidential moves that might impact health and science.

Robert Off Kennedy Jr. faced at least some bipartisan pushback during confirmation hearings for his nomination for Secretary

of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

On Thursday, the chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Republican

Bill Cassidy, pressed Kennedy to take a definitive pro-vaccine stance.

Cassidy, who practiced medicine for decades, claims he as constituents who credit Kennedy, at least in part, for their decision not to vaccinate.

After a lot of back and forth, Cassidy asked Kennedy to agree that if he were confirmed, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would not, quote, deprioritize or delay review and or approval of new vaccines, and that vaccine review standards will not change from historical norms.

Kennedy replied in the affirmative, but it's important to note that the nominee has a long history of promoting vaccine misinformation.

You can read more about RFK Jr's health care track record at Scientificamerican.com,

and we'll keep you updated on the confirmation hearings as they proceed.

Last week was also pretty chaotic in terms of executive orders, a federal funding freeze, and more.

As of last Friday afternoon, there were reports of web pagesages disappearing from government health agency sites.

Stat News reported that data from the youth risk behavior surveillance system, which is a large

national survey on youth behavioral habits that includes information on gender and sexual identities,

had disappeared and was no longer accessible to researchers. The CDC's social vulnerability index, which highlights groups particularly vulnerable to disasters

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