RFK Jr. over vaccines; Security after the war of Ukraine: NPR

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In a hearing in the Senate yesterday, the secretary for health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy has established a reputation as an anti-Accacine activist for decades. However, when President Trump thought of for the role of HHS secretary, Kennedy promised not to prevent people from maintaining vaccines. He was asked in the hearing Explain its latest actions in terms of vaccines. This included how he left his vows not to touch the centers for the control of the disease and the advisory committee for prevention for immunization practices. He released all 17 members of the committee and replaced them with people with a story of anti-accin activism.

• 🎧 Kennedy insisted that everyone who wants to get the shot and got angry when they were pushed onto the topicSelena Simmons Duffin from NPR tells of NPR First up. This year the Food and Drug Administration approved the Covid booster, but only for people with certain diseases and over 65 people. This decision caused confusion among doctors, patients and insurance companies. Simmons-Duffins says it is not yet known what the CDC advisory board for the CDC vaccination practices To do plans for vaccinations. The committee is checked routine -like vaccines in childhood, including those for measles, mumps and rubella as well as hepatitis B.

The Attorney General of DC, Brian Schwalb, has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administrationOn the grounds that the use of the National Guard in the capital of the nation is illegal. In the past three weeks, National Guard troops patrolled the streets of Washington, DC after Trump’s explanation of a “crime emergency” in the city. The President’s claim came when DC reported a 30-year-old deep for violent crimes. Schwalb says the military should not be involved in domestic law enforcement, and they are not in police work.

• 🎧 Since the troops were used to Washington, the estimates indicate that crime has decreased as a wholesays Alex Koma from the NPR Network Station Wamu. Troops are not entitled to make arrests, the police can inform about a crime. This makes it difficult to evaluate whether you have some Direct correlation with the decline in crimeto coma. DC asked a judge to immediately remove the troops of the National Guard from the area. The lawsuit takes place two days after a federal judge decided that Trump broke the law when he sent the National Guard in Los Angeles during the protests against immigration attacks. This case is monitored exactly by cities such as Chicago and Baltimore, where Trump, is threatened to use federal forces.
• ➡️ On Tuesday, the White House said that 1,669 people have been arrested since Trump’s takeover of the DC police. NPR combed court files and other data. Here is a Reflection of the arrested who was arrested And what fees they are exposed.

Europe announced yesterday that there was a plan to ensure peace and the security of Ukraine after the end of the war with Russia. The proposal would include troops on site in Ukraine from several countries from a group known as the coalition of the willingness. The coalition currently comprises 35 countries that gathered physically and by video in Paris. Representatives from Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Canada also took part.

• 🎧 Russian President Vladimir Putin warned this morning that foreign troops in Ukraine would be a goal. Eleanor Beardsley from NPR says that his reaction to the news is not surprising. It is also the reason why French President Emmanuel Macron says, says the The backbone of security after the Ukraine war is security A strong Ukrainian army. Macron explained that this is the reason why they will not accept any restrictions on the size and form of the Ukrainian army.

Live better

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Creatine preparations have social media influencers who say that they can help with muscle growth, improve sporting performance and even improve brain function. The connection consists of three amino acids that serve as the energy source for your muscles. If your body naturally produces some creatine, can the maximization of the services that claim influencers really maximize? Here is What the evidence show:

• 🥛 Creatine works to add a lean muscle mass, but you have to work out to benefit from its effects.
• 🥛 men who combined the nutritional supplements with resistance training added around two to three pounds of lean mass, according to a review of 35 studies. This could be important for older men who lose muscle mass with increasing age.
• 🥛 Initial findings indicate that advantages such as the regulation of blood sugar in type -2 diabetes and the improvement of memory are not strongly supported, according to Jose Antonio, a professor of sports and sports science at the Nova Southeastern University in Florida.
• 🥛 Vegans and vegetarians rather recognize the advantages of creatine because they probably don’t get much or anything in their diet. Creatine comes from red meat, chicken or fish.

Weekend picks

Take a look at something NPR Look, read and listen this weekend:

🍿 films: In Thursday murder club A group of pensioners gathers to explore cold cases to pass the time – until a real murder and a brave new member appear on the doorstep.

📺 TV: Naelel started in time. butterfly As a former US government, spy that comes out of the hiding place to save his long-lost daughter from her life as an assassin.

📚 books: To the moon and back Follow Steph Harper, who strives to become the first Cherokee astronaut of NASA. Before she can realize her dreams, she has to escape an abusive parent and navigate in her youth, which is spent on a reserve while experiencing a queer growing up.

🎵 music: Artist nourished through the new album of the time, The passionateIs a not so project, longing and romantic expression that nothing can stand in the way of persecution of love.

❓ quiz: I was defeated this week. I have seven of the 11 questions right. I know you can do it better! Test your memory.

3 things to know before you go

1. The American Amanda Anisimova defeated this morning in the US Open final Naomi Osaka from Japan. It is expected Competition on your first US Open final compete morning.
2. Giorgio Armani, the founder of the Italian luxury fashion house Armani, Died in Milan yesterday At the age of 91. His designs had the goal of emphasizing the body as a work of art.
3. Susan Stamberg, one of NPR’s “founding mothers”, retires after more than 50 years behind the microphone. Morning edition Share a tribute to your inheritance.

This newsletter was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.