Summary

  • Elon Musk’s Neuralink has secured a permit to build a $1 billion chip factory near Memphis, despite local and environmental protests that the project violated the Clean Air Act.
  • The World Health Organisation (WHO) has added the ‘Stratus’ Covid variant, also know as XFG, to its list of variants to be monitored, due to a dry, irritated throat being a main symptom.
  • Civil rights groups are preparing to sue over allegedClean Air Act violations while Musk’s company insist its factory will be “well within federal guidelines.”
  • Meanwhile, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ‘vaccine advisory board’ could stop recommending routine childhood immunisations, leaving insurers to decide whether or not to cover these.
  • Jolly Ranchers are banned in the UK due to substances they contain that are derived from crude oil, which have been linked to health problems.

By Elana Klein

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