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PUBLIC HEALTH FDA advisers back maternal RSV shot A vaccine aims to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus, a leading cause of infant hospitalization.JAMIE KELTER DAVIS/THE NEW YORK TIMES/REDUX A panel advising the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week recommended that it approve a vaccine given to pregnant people to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which can cause severe lung infections. The vote was unanimous…

CONSERVATION U.S. moves to stop Alaska copper mine The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving to block construction of a massive copper and gold mine that would risk polluting the headwaters of Alaska’s Bristol Bay, home to the world’s largest sockeye salmon runs. EPA announced last week it plans to forbid disposal of mine waste from the proposed Pebble Mine in the surrounding area, a move that would effectively kill the project. “Two decades of scientific study show…