Food safety programs, childhood vaccination programs, and research on emerging diseases are cheap defenses against huge threats. Unfortunately, they are also the subject of right-wing conspiracy theories embraced by the unholy trinity of Trump, Musk, and Kennedy.
The biggest target for Musk's cuts can be summed up in a single word: Research.
This is not the time to panic. However, it may be an excellent time to make sure you are paying attention to news about H5N1 flu.
Drones are everywhere. How is that everyone is just noticing?
"Mars does not have a magnetosphere. Any discussion of humans ever settling the red planet can stop right there."