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Some popular baby formula brands contain heavy metals, including arsenic, lead and PFAS, or “forever” chemicals, according to a new report from Consumer Reports.The nonprofit consumer advocacy organization found that more than half of the 49 powdered, liquid, and alternative protein and hypoallergenic formulas it tested contained “potentially concerning levels” of harmful contaminants.”Repeated exposure to these contaminants can lead to negative health consequences for babies, especially because they are so small and all of their organ systems are still developing,” Sana Mujahid, Consumer Reports’ manager of food safety research and testing, told CBS News. “And sometimes, this isn’t their only…
Emergency calls that were placed in recent months from a South Texas family detention center and obtained by ABC News reveal a series of medical emergencies involving pregnant women and young children that advocates say underscore their concerns about the sprawling ICE facility.The 911 audio calls from Frio County, dating from October 2025 through February 2026, document medical staff at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley requesting ambulances for migrant detainees experiencing seizures, fainting and respiratory distress.In one call from January, a staff member requested assistance for a 17-month-old child.Children are being kept in immigration custody longer than…
When a trauma patient enters the emergency department, their potential for survival often depends on what happens within the first minutes after their arrival. After studying trauma resuscitation teams at UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh, the largest major trauma center in Pennsylvania, it’s clear that trauma teams aren’t organized ahead of time – they’re formed on the fly. Some team members may have worked together many times before, while others may be meeting for the first time.Those minutes can be chaotic, fast-paced and high-stakes. The patient is usually rolled in on a stretcher, bleeding, barely breathing and surrounded by alarms and…
John Davie wanted Buyers Edge Platform, the hospitality procurement enterprise he founded and still leads, to benefit from the AI wave. When he looked around, the CEO wasn’t satisfied with the options. The answer was CollectivIQ, a Boston-based company incubated at Buyers Edge Platform that gives users more accurate answers to their AI queries by showing them responses that pull information from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok — and up to 10 other models — all at the same time. When new AI tools began hitting the market a few years ago, Davie told TechCrunch he was excited about the potential…
The latest conflict in the Middle East is developing quickly and deeply complex, which can make it difficult for children to make sense of events they see unfolding on social media, hear adults anxiously discussing or are experiencing in real life. Experts say exposure to war, even if it is indirect, can affect how kids think, feel and behave.Child psychologists and development experts say talking about it may help.“Sometimes adults think if they don’t talk about something that is difficult, than it doesn’t exist. But we know that’s not the reality in children’s lives,” said Rebecca Smith, the global head…
At their best, online ads match consumers with the perfect product. At their worst, they can infect a person’s device with malicious software.A new report found that malicious ads overtook email scams and direct hacks as the primary channel for malware in 2025.Cybercriminals use malware to infect machines with the aim of extorting money or data, or otherwise causing chaos for unwitting victims. The report, shared exclusively with Business Insider by digital safety company The Media Trust, found that programmatic advertising — the practice of buying and placing targeted ads using automated software, often in real time — has become…
There’s a mystery marketer playing 4D chess on social media — and they made another unexpected move this week.Last month, a Reddit user claiming to be a disgruntled OpenAI employee alleged that the company scrapped a Super Bowl ad teasing its forthcoming Jony Ive hardware device, opting to run a different spot instead.Then came the “leak.”A video purporting to be the shelved ad, starring Alexander Skarsgård, circulated on X and YouTube. It depicted the star of “Big Little Lies” (the irony is not lost on me) wearing earbuds and prodding a shiny orb-like object.The video gained traction after several high-profile,…
(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.)March 4 (Reuters) – Adding a minimally invasive laser procedure to immunotherapy achieved dramatically improved survival in a small study of patients with recurrent high-grade astrocytoma, an aggressive brain cancer with few treatment options.High-grade astrocytoma almost always returns after surgery. Patients with recurrent disease typically live another four to five months.In a study of 45 patients with advanced recurrent high-grade astrocytoma, 42% of the 33 who received laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) to shrink their tumors, followed by Merck’s immunotherapy drug Keytruda,…
The power crunch for AI data centers has gotten so severe that people — not just Elon Musk — are talking about launching servers into space so they can access solar power 24/7. One startup thinks the ocean is a better place for them. Offshore wind developer Aikido is planning to submerge a 100-kilowatt demonstration data center off the coast of Norway this year. The small unit will live in the submerged pods of a floating offshore wind turbine. If all goes well, the company hopes to build a larger version to deploy off the coast of the UK in 2028. That…
On the Wednesday, March 4, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: Knitting. Crochet. Painting. Woodworking. Hands-on hobbies are booming again — and scientists say the benefits go far beyond passing the time. Daisy Fancourt, professor of psychobiology and epidemiology at University College London, joins The Excerpt to break down what happens in the brain and body when we create, why repetitive crafts can calm the mind and how creative hobbies may play a bigger role in health than many people realize.Hit play on the player below to hear the podcast and follow along with the transcript beneath it. This transcript was automatically…