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Children who miss early vaccinations are far more likely to miss the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine by age 2, a new study found.The findings come as the U.S. recently surpassed 2,000 measles cases for the first time in more than 30 years, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).CDC data shows that MMR vaccination declined over the last several years, but the authors say that factors linked to delayed or missed vaccination since the COVID-19 pandemic have not been well studied.US measles cases surpass 2,000, highest in 30 years: CDCFor the new study, published…

Influencers are no longer a buzzy category for investors writing big checks. Artificial intelligence, social commerce, and new community apps are now the primary focus among creator economy investors.In 2025, venture capitalists and private equity firms largely avoided shelling out for startups whose businesses catered narrowly to social media stars. Some of those companies have failed to live up to investors’ growth expectations, such as FaZe Clan.Instead, VCs are making big bets on companies that are trying something new with social media, whether that’s merging e-commerce into the social feed, shaking up the content creation process with AI video generation,…

Is Miami destined to be the new Wall Street, and Austin the next Silicon Valley? “All-in” podcaster and White House AI czar David Sacks thinks so.Sacks kicked off a New Year’s social media debate by declaring that Miami will overtake New York as the nation’s financial capital — and that Austin is poised to replace San Francisco as the center of tech.”As a response to socialism, Miami will replace NYC as the finance capital and Austin will replace SF as the tech capital,” Sacks wrote in a January 1 post on X that ricocheted through tech and venture circles, drawing…

With the United States likely to lose its measles elimination status in the next few months and the possibility of looming changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, new research highlights the risk of delaying vaccination.The study, which was published Friday in JAMA Network Open, analyzed the health records of 321,743 children with regular access to care, finding that getting the vaccines recommended in the first four months is the most likely sign that a child will receive the first dose of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine at 12 to 15 months.The findings underscore a growing confusion over the…

No company has capitalized on the AI revolution more dramatically than Nvidia. Its revenue, profitability, and cash reserves have skyrocketed since the introduction of ChatGPT over three years ago — and the many competitive generative AI services that have launched since. Its stock price has soared, making it a $4.6 trillion market cap company.  The world’s leading high-performance GPU maker has used its ballooning fortunes to significantly increase investments in startups, particularly in AI.  Nvidia has participated in nearly 67 venture capital deals in 2025, surpassing the 54 deals the company completed in all of 2024, according to PitchBook data. Note…

Leaders from four groups recognized as Abenaki by Vermont’s state government have created a new school curriculum about their communities’ history — but the material includes few references, they said, to two Abenaki nations centered in Quebec.The distinction is notable because leaders of those Quebec-based nations continue to assert that many members of the groups in Vermont can’t claim legitimate Indigenous ancestry. Instead, the leaders from Odanak and Wolinak First Nations say, members of the Vermont-based groups have been appropriating Abenaki identity and culture.As the Quebec-based nations have made their case ever more forcefully in recent years, they’ve drawn sharp…

If 2025 was the year AI got a vibe check, 2026 will be the year the tech gets practical. The focus is already shifting away from building ever-larger language models and toward the harder work of making AI usable. In practice, that involves deploying smaller models where they fit, embedding intelligence into physical devices, and designing systems that integrate cleanly into human workflows.  The experts TechCrunch spoke to see 2026 as a year of transition, one that evolves from brute-force scaling to researching new architectures, from flashy demos to targeted deployments, and from agents that promise autonomy to ones that…

2026-01-02T13:57:37.666Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. AI had a turning point in Hollywood in 2025 with Disney striking an OpenAI deal. Elsewhere, startups are raising money to tackle every stage in the production cycle. Check out eight pitch decks AI startup founders shared with Business Insider. AI is starting to transform Hollywood, whether filmmakers and…

SION, Switzerland (AP) — The hospital that initially took in the majority of injured victims from a fire at a Swiss bar is no stranger to emergencies: In the heart of the Alps, it is used to treating winter sports enthusiasts who have accidents on the slopes.But the flood of young and severely burned survivors from the blaze that tore through Le Constellation in Crans-Montana during New Year’s Eve revelry was something else.Eric Bonvin, general director of the regional hospital in Sion that took in several dozen injured people, said those with severe burns face months of treatment but expressed…

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — College football Hall of Famer Urban Meyer has been appointed to the board of trustees at a small public liberal arts college that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has transformed from a progressive institute into a staging ground for the Republican governor’s war on “woke.”DeSantis this week named Meyer to the board at New College in Sarasota, which the governor’s allies took over two years ago by packing the board with DeSantis supporters and conservative figures. Meyer currently is a college football analyst for FOX Sports. As head football coach at the University of Florida, Meyer led…