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6 Draft Landmines Experts Avoid (2025 Fantasy Football)

6 Draft Landmines Experts Avoid (2025 Fantasy Football)

While it’s important to know who to target as you prepare for your fantasy football drafts, it’s equally as important to know which fantasy football draft landmines you’re avoiding. Our analysts provide players they are avoiding in their fantasy football drafts. Here are a few players they consider overvalued or are otherwise avoiding this fantasy football draft season. You can …

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‘Something is off this year’: Experts are stumped at the sudden spike in flesh-eating bacteria deaths

‘Something is off this year’: Experts are stumped at the sudden spike in flesh-eating bacteria deaths

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Cutting federal funds for mRNA vaccine leaves the US vulnerable, experts say

Cutting federal funds for mRNA vaccine leaves the US vulnerable, experts say

Vaccines Respiratory viruses Donald Trump Corporate news See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link This week, President Donald Trump called Operation Warp Speed, a public-private federal program that helped speed up the development and distribution of mRNA Covid-19 vaccines in record time “one of the most incredible things ever done in this country.” It was just a day after US …

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Kennedy’s mRNA decision poses national security risk, experts say

Kennedy’s mRNA decision poses national security risk, experts say

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision this week to discontinue funding of the development of messenger RNA vaccines has alarmed scientists, who have warned that it will leave the country far less prepared for future pandemics. But it is also a matter of national security. Not all biological threats are natural. And if the United States were ever to …

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This Habit Has Been Considered “Healthy” For A Long Time, But Now Some Longevity Experts Are Warning Against It

This Habit Has Been Considered “Healthy” For A Long Time, But Now Some Longevity Experts Are Warning Against It

Getting 10,000 steps a day. Improving your VO2 max. Putting berries on your breakfast. What are the habits you embrace in an effort to live a long, healthy life? Certainly it’s the routines we do regularly that impact our health the most. But there’s one well-intentioned habit in particular that longevity experts say can actually take years off your life …

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Public health experts dismayed by RFK Jr.’s defunding of mRNA vaccine research : Shots

Public health experts dismayed by RFK Jr.’s defunding of mRNA vaccine research : Shots

A researcher works at the Moderna headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. In May the Trump administration pulled over $700 million committed to Moderna for developing future flu vaccines and this week it cancelled another $500 million in grants to various institutions researching mRNA vaccines. Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg/Getty Images The Trump administration is cancelling almost $500 …

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Beam me up, jellyfish: experts unveil spaceships to take us to the stars | Space

Beam me up, jellyfish: experts unveil spaceships to take us to the stars | Space

Spaceships modelled on jellyfish, 3D-printed homes, polyamorous relationships and vegetarian diets are among the ways in which experts have envisaged making interstellar travel feasible. The ideas from scientists, engineers, architects and social theorists came in response to a global competition to develop plans for “generation ships”, self-sustaining crafts capable of supporting up to 1,500 people on a 250-year journey to …

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How Much Protein You Really Need, According to the Experts (2025)

How Much Protein You Really Need, According to the Experts (2025)

Meanwhile, influencers, biohackers, and longevity-focused researchers like Peter Attia—author of Outlive and chief science officer of supplement company David Bars—have popularized the idea that higher protein intake may improve not just lifespan but health span, which is the number of years you’re active and independent. Are You Getting Enough Protein? Unless you’re in a specific at-risk group, most likely, yes. …

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