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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all the people serving on a national vaccine advisory board. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Edwin Asturias, one of the doctors who was sacked.

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Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information ...

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