RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That. While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...

NEW: For years, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pushed discredited theories linking vaccines to autism.

Now, scientists studying the condition fear he has preconceived notions that will harm the field and taint new funding for research.
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If you are interested in one of the first celebrity adoption scandals check out my article in Media History

(PDF) ‘Tommy is Gone to Fairyland’: The Jane Russell Adoption Case in Irish National Newspapers, 1951 PDF | On Feb 16, 2025, Conall Ó Fátharta published ‘Tommy is Gone to Fairyland’: The Jane Russell Adoption Case in Irish National Newspapers, 1951 | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Re...

For anyone interested, check out my article in Media History: ‘Tommy is Gone to Fairyland’: The Jane Russell Adoption Case in Irish National Newspapers, 1951'

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Only 7% of mother and baby home redress budget spent one year after applications opened An MEP said the underspend shows that the exclusion of thousands of survivors from the scheme was an unneccesary “punitive measure”.

I said it from the beginning, theMother and Baby Home redress scheme was designed in order to save money. Shameful but entirely predictable from @greenpartyie.bsky.social @fiannafailparty.bsky.social and Fine Gael www.thejournal.ie/mother-and-b...

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(PDF) ‘Tommy is Gone to Fairyland’: The Jane Russell Adoption Case in Irish National Newspapers, 1951 PDF | On Feb 16, 2025, Conall Ó Fátharta published ‘Tommy is Gone to Fairyland’: The Jane Russell Adoption Case in Irish National Newspapers, 1951 | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Re...

For anyone interested, check out my article in Media History: ‘Tommy is Gone to Fairyland’: The Jane Russell Adoption Case in Irish National Newspapers, 1951'

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Irish Times exit poll shows immigration was the most important issue for six per cent of voters, climate most important for four per cent. Two issues within the margin of error of each other, but one received a disproportionate amount of coverage while the other was barely mentioned. #ge24

Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant Today, on 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (‘Court’), in its composition for the Situation in the State of Palestine, unanimously issued two decisions rejectin...

Big news "The Chamber issued warrants of arrest for two individuals, Mr Benjamin Netanyahu and Mr Yoav Gallant, for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from at least 8 October 2023 until at least 20 May 2024" www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...

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