Azhar Sukri
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827 appearances
20 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2025
last heard Aug 2025
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said the review showed the vaccines failed to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections, such as COVID-19 and influenza.
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Instead, he said the National Institutes of Health are developing what he described as a universal vaccine that can tackle any virus.
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And staying with public funding programmes, a top government watchdog has ruled that the Trump administration's delay and cancellation of billions of dollars in grants to scientists this year was illegal.
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The US Government Accountability Office said in a decision yesterday that the National Institutes of Health stopped and delayed funds while terminating more than 1,800 existing grants, while cancelling meetings early in the year to award new ones.
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The agency's report said the Department of Health and Human Services, which includes the NIH, didn't adequately justify those actions.
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NIH and HHS referred requests for comment to the White House Office of Management and Budget, which didn't respond.
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Coming up, the UN moves to shore up critical minerals around the world to secure the energy transition for everyone.
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But will it work?
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That story and more after the break.
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As the modern-day gold rush for critical minerals to power the AI revolution and sustainable industries heats up, the United Nations has a plan it thinks can help avoid conflict.
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The UN is proposing a Global Minerals Trust, which would see countries and companies that produce and consume critical minerals jointly manage a stockpile of commodities.
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The journal's Don Nico Forbes says the idea is to avoid shortages, encourage recycling, support production in developing countries and prioritise minerals for sustainable developers.
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But there are question marks over the UN's ability to pull off such a feat at a time of deep geopolitical divisions.
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Don says that while there is resistance at government level, companies involved in the energy transition are all too keen to have a mechanism that would ensure smoother supplies of key minerals.
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The International Energy Agency says the demand for critical minerals is set to triple by 2030, with clean energy technologies alone accounting for more than half of total demand growth.
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And finally, two of the biggest names in entertainment and sports have agreed to a tie-up after years of dancing around one another.
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The National Football League has struck a wide-ranging deal with Disney, which would see the NFL take a 10% stake in Disney's ESPN Sports Network in return for control of key media assets, including NFL Network.
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The deal will need regulatory approval and, given the power of the NFL and ESPN, might face scrutiny from lawmakers.
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Neither Disney nor the NFL would disclose the value of the ESPN stake, though analysts have estimated ESPN's valuation at between $25 billion and $30 billion.
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Makes you wonder if we'll get to see an NFL-themed Lion King one day.
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