Recently, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, RFK Jr, has cancelled over $500 million US dollars, roughly equating to $851 million New Zealand dollars, worth of federal funding for the mRNA vaccine.
News and Editorial Director Joel spoke to John Fraser, the former Dean of Faculty of Medical Sciences and current research professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology at the University of Auckland, about this cancellation of funding, and the claims RFK Jr has made regarding the vaccine, which Fraser has described as ‘ill-informed nonsense’.
The Trump administration has caused issues of significant food waste due to a range of its policies, including immigration raids, tariffs, cuts to food assistance programmes, and the destruction of food for programmes like USAID.
This has had huge consequences, including environmental impacts, as well as impacts on the estimated more than 47 million people in the US who don’t have enough food to eat, and those who have relied on US foreign aid that has been cut.
For International Desk, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, Provost Associate Professor in Environment, Development & Health at American University, about these issues.
For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin chats with us about a new technique for diagnosing microbial infections, new research on climate risk perceptions, and a Danish invention that could prevent counterfeiting.
For our weekly catchup with the National Party, Wire Host Sara spoke to Hamilton MP Ryan Hamlilton about the Manage My Health data breach disclosed earlier this month
For Green World, Sara spoke to Victoria University of Wellington lecturer Courtney Addison about Predator Free Aotearoa 2050.
Producer Vihan spoke to Professor Andrew Jull about the recent job cuts in Te Whatu Ora and what that actually means for both nurses and patients.
Eliza is joined by Phillip Hadfield in the studio this morning, Phillip shares a few of his favourite songs as well as the world radio premiere of a brand new Cut Off Your Hands track.
This afternoon, a protest is happening outside Greenlane Hospital. It will feature two hundred life-size cutouts of health workers, which represent missing healthcare staff due to budget cuts. The protest also marks the launch of a new coalition for a fully-funded health system, YesWeCare.nz. 95bFM reporter Michael Garelja speaks to PSA National Secretary, Glenn Barclay, to find out more about the campaign.
This week, or last week as the case may be at this point in time, Sunday Best was chopped down to make way for the kids show extravaganza, however Angus Thunder still found time for a few choice cuts. Listen out for an inspired News and Editorial departments This Weeks Bits, where News and Editorial Director Ximena Smith forges a new lens of media analysis - necessary of course to deal with the constant stream of shit coming out of the USA..
Heavy rain last week caused flooding across Auckland, as well as a build-up in sediment at the Ardmore Water Treatment Plant. This led to call by Watercare for Aucklanders to cut back by 20 litres a day or else face untreated water in the grid. Producer Ben Goldson speaks to Watercare Chief Executive Raveem Jaduram.
Tess speaks to National MP Jami-Lee Ross about the 2017 budget which was announced yesterday. They discuss healthcare funding, for mental health, and the critical responses to the budget. We also talk about whether the tax cuts target the higher earning income bracket and ignore lower income brackets.
This week with Māori Party co-leader Marama Fox we talk about immigration in light of the Labour Party's promise to cut intake by up to 30,000 each year.
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