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US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy, JrTom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images When Robert F Kennedy Jr took over as head of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) earlier this year, it was clear that identifying causes of autism would be one of his top priorities. Before becoming the country’s highest-ranking public health official, Kennedy spent much of his career peddling debunked claims that vaccines were behind rising autism rates. Now, he has declared autism an epidemic – and is launching a $50 million initiative to address it. Source link

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Noem describes Trump’s effect on border Noem says border agents experiencing “night and day difference” since Trump took office 00:17 Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants Monday amid a significant drop in illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border. “If you talk to all of these agents that have been down here for years, they say it’s night and day difference from where we were a year ago, that they were overwhelmed with illegals and people that were turning themselves in because they knew that they would be released into the United States undocumented with…

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Momentum from a two-day relief rally in the stock market slowed considerably on Thursday, with mixed signals about tariff negotiations tempering investor’s optimism.Before trading kicked off, both the Dow Jones Industrial Average futures and S&P 500 futures were down, 194 points, or 0.5%, and 10 points and 0.2%, respectively, signaling a weaker start to the day on Wall Street. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite futures, on the other hand, were up 2.5%. “Stocks are sliding so far this morning after China threw cold water on hopes of a trade détente w/the U.S. while investors shrugged at reports of some auto tariff exemptions…

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Apple on Wednesday debuted its iPhone 16e, a lower-cost addition to the tech giant’s iPhone 16 lineup that features Apple Intelligence tools. The iPhone 16e replaces the iPhone SE, last released in 2022, which was Apple’s budget-friendly iPhone option. At $599, the starting price for the iPhone 16e is less than the $800 it costs for a standard iPhone 16, but more than the SE, which sold for $430.The new phone is powered by Apple’s own cellular modem chip, called the C1, which processes the phone’s AI features. The tools can summarize text and audio, create new emojis and has made…

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The stock market surged early Wednesday but then steadily lost momentum as investors digested news of a possible trade deal with China and President Trump’s dismissal of any plans to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.After gaining more than 1,000 points in early trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 420 points, 1.1%, to close at 39,607. Wednesday marked the second consecutive day the index soared over 1,000 points. The S&P 500 gained 88 points, or 1.7% to close at 5,376, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 2.5%.”Stocks saw strong gains as Trump backed off his Powell threats and opened the…

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Apple plans to invest $500 billion domestically over the next four years and hire 20,000 additional workers in the U.S., the iPhone maker announced on Monday.The company’s plans include building a new 250,000 square-foot manufacturing plant in Houston, set to open in 2026, that will make servers to power Apple’s AI services. Apple also said it would establish an educational academy in Michigan focused on manufacturing and boost its investment in a fund aimed at fostering innovation across the U.S.The investments and hiring plans mark Apple’s “largest-ever spend commitment,” the company said in a news release. The announcement follows a…

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Transplant patients who are now part of each other had the opportunity to meet in person at a special introduction at Temple Hospital on Friday.Strangers with a special connection meet for the first time.Seventeen-year-old Evelyn Bautista, in white, now has one of Megan Bosack’s kidneys.”I feel good, I feel great,” said Bautista.Twenty-one-year-old Bosack had something called nutcracker syndrome, compression of a vein to the kidney that disrupts blood flow and causes pain. The New York paralegal came to Temple, where Dr. Kenneth Chavin is renowned for treating the condition. For Bosack, removing one of her two kidneys cured her.”I just…

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