Manufacturing a conspiracy: The timeline of how the White House embraced the fringe claim that scientists are being mysteriously murdered T.M. Brown | CNN | May 7, 2026

Manufacturing a conspiracy: The timeline of how the White House embraced the fringe claim that scientists are being mysteriously murdered T.M. Brown | CNN | May 7, 2026 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/05/07/manufacturing-a-conspiracy-the-timeline-of-how-the-white-house-embraced-the-fringe-claim-that-scientists-are-being-mysteriously-murdered/ On April 20, the House Oversight Committee announced that it was planning an investigation of its own. “If the reports are accurate, these deaths and disappearances may represent a grave threat to U.S. national security and to U.S. personnel with access to scientific secrets,” Republican lawmakers James Comer of Kentucky and Eric Burlison of Missouri wrote in a statement. Immortal dragons: The quest to ‘make death optional’ Karen Fischer | New York Post | May 7, 2026 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/05/07/immortal-dragons-the-quest-to-make-death-optional/ …[I]n recent years, finding the secret to longer life has transitioned from mythical fiction to actual science with the help of over $5 billion in investments from the likes of Peter Thiel, Jeff Bezos and Sam Altman. How RFK, Jr.’s false vaccine claims are holding up $600 million to fight diseases in poor countries Carmen Paun | Politico | May 5, 2026 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/05/05/how-rfk-jr-s-false-vaccine-claims-are-holding-up-600-million-to-fight-diseases-in-poor-countries/ Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s push to remake the U.S. vaccination schedule is on hold following a federal judge’s decision last month, but the health secretary is still using his power to affect which shots children in poor countries receive.