Tuberculosis Outbreak, RFK, Jr.’s Confirmation Hearings and Polar Bear Hair
Science Quickly
Scientific American
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🗓️ 3 February 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Why are businesses like HelloVet choosing Apple products and services? |
| 0:04.8 | So we started the business two years ago. |
| 0:07.2 | We had a few people who were used to PCs and this was their first foray into Macs. |
| 0:12.5 | But it's been super smooth getting everyone onto those devices and everyone seems really, really happy. |
| 0:18.0 | Find out how Mac can help you run and grow your business at apple.com forward slash |
| 0:23.6 | HelloVet. |
| 0:26.0 | Happy Monday, listeners. |
| 0:27.7 | For Scientific American Science quickly, I'm Rachel Feldman. |
| 0:31.0 | Hope your February is off to a great start. |
| 0:33.4 | Let's kick off the week by catching up on all the science news you might have missed. |
| 0:37.6 | First, a quick note on some presidential moves that might impact health and science. |
| 0:42.2 | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced at least some bipartisan pushback during confirmation hearings |
| 0:47.2 | for his nomination for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. |
| 0:51.7 | On Thursday, the chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, |
| 0:56.2 | Republican Bill Cassidy, pressed Kennedy to take a definitive pro-vaccine stance. |
| 1:01.8 | Cassidy, who practiced medicine for decades, claims he has constituents who credit Kennedy, |
| 1:05.8 | at least in part, for their decision not to vaccinate. |
| 1:09.6 | After a lot of back and forth, Cassidy asked Kennedy to agree that if he were confirmed, |
| 1:14.7 | the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would not, quote, deprioritize or delay review and or approval |
| 1:20.3 | of new vaccines, and that vaccine review standards will not change from historical norms. |
| 1:26.1 | Kennedy replied in the affirmative, |
| 1:28.0 | but it's important to note that the nominee |
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