Why it would be utter madness to stop funding mRNA vaccine technology It's not a just a revolutionary and safe vaccine technology – mRNA could help make the best and most expensive drugs in the world affordable for everyone

Even if mRNA vaccine technology was limited to making vaccines, it would be crazy for the US not to fund further research into it

But the technology is not limited to vaccines, as vital as they are. There's so much more that could be done with it

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Latest post on measles vaccines and the fallacy of ‘one more study to settle things’: kucharski.substack.com/p/a-wild-vac...

I'm going to tell you a little story about how the sausage of science journalism is made. You may already know that the big journals - Nature, Science and so on - provide reporters with embargoed copies of papers before they are published. But what exactly does that mean?

ADHD: What's behind the recent explosion in diagnoses? | New Scientist Cases of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are rocketing, but what's the cause? Fortunately, we now have a better understanding of the condition - and how to identify those who have it

Is ADHD now getting the recognition and understanding it deserves, or is the rise in interest a fad pushed by drug companies, online prescribers and attention-seeking influencers?

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