Trump Taps TV Personality Dr. Oz to Lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

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9 months ago

November 21, 2024

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President-elect Trump has picked TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Oz ran unsuccessfully for Senate in Pennsylvania in 2022. He is a backer of privatizing Medicare. Georgetown professor Lawrence Gostin criticized the selection of Oz, saying, “He peddles conspiracy theories on vaccines & fake cures. He profits from fringe medical ideas. By nominating RFK Jr & Mehmet Oz, Trump is giving his middle finger to science.”

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Rare Giant Solar Tornado and Plasma Eruption Captured Together on the Sun

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August 24, 2025

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A Romanian researcher captured a rare sight on the Sun — a giant solar tornado alongside a massive plasma eruption. Both events, driven by magnetic field changes, highlight the Sun’s extreme activity during solar maximum. Luckily, the eruption’s CME is not headed toward Earth.

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Russia Launches Bion-M No.2 with Mice, Flies, and Seeds to Study Space Biology

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August 24, 2025

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Russia’s latest resupply mission to low-Earth orbit has delivered a unique scientific cargo: 75 mice, 1,000 fruit flies, microbes, cell cultures, and plant seeds aboard the Bion-M No.2 biosatellite. Over the next month, these organisms will orbit Earth, helping scientists study how microgravity and cosmic radiation affect life. Some mice are genetically engineered t…