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A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage that once stated unequivocally that vaccines do not cause autism has been rewritten, now suggesting without evidence that health authorities “ignored” possible links between the shots and autism.“The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism,” the new language states. The change was posted Wednesday and was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.The webpage also notes that the Department of Health and Human Services has launched “a comprehensive assessment” to examine the causes of autism.…
A tech company has ambitious goals and tells its employees they should be ready for some hardcore work.No, I’m not talking about Amazon. Or Nvidia. Or Tesla.This time around, it’s Tools for Humanity, Sam Altman’s $2.5 billion eye-scanning startup that wants to help prove people’s humanity in the age of AI.”We will neither fail, nor will we be an average outcome, and that’s what we want and that’s all I care about every day and all you should care about every day, and nothing else should matter,” CEO Alex Blania told employees at the start of the year, according to…
On the Thursday, November 20, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: A USA TODAY exclusive investigation uncovered roughly 49,000 deaths in jails and prisons over eight years, including at least 1,800 tied to sepsis, a condition often survivable with basic treatment. USA TODAY Investigative Data Reporter Austin Fast walks through what he found in unredacted federal death reports, the stories of inmates denied care and the families still fighting for answers.Hit play on the player below to hear the podcast and follow along with the transcript beneath it. This transcript was automatically generated, and then edited for clarity in its current form.…
Many high school seniors across the country are in the throes of college applications – often a high-stakes, anxiety-ridden process.But the stress doesn’t necessarily stop once students are admitted.Emotional stress, mental health and tuition cost are the top three reasons that college students drop out, according to a 2023 Gallup poll of 14,032 students.By most standards, there is a mental health crisis among college students. But the University of Michigan’s healthy minds survey, the country’s largest student mental health study to date, recently found that college students are reporting lower rates of depressive symptoms, anxiety and suicidal thoughts for the…
As artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT become an increasingly popular avenue for people seeking personal therapy and emotional support, the dangers that this can present – especially for young people – have made plenty of headlines. What hasn’t received as much attention is employers using generative AI to assess workers’ psychological well-being and provide emotional support in the workplace.Since the pandemic-induced global shift to remote work, industries ranging from health care to human resources and customer service have seen a spike in employers using AI-powered systems designed to analyze the emotional state of employees, identify emotionally distressed individuals, and provide…
Mariah Caezza and Dominic Modugno found love in a familiar place – online.But their love story is different from many of the ones you often hear about. The couple met on a social media app called Hiki, designed specifically for people living with autism. They got engaged in November 2024.”It’s pure happiness,” Caezza told “CBS Mornings” about their relationship.Caezza said it’s not easy living with autism, and that many can feel misunderstood at times.”Sometimes you feel like you don’t fit in and other times you feel amazing and unique, like you have a gift,” she explained.Hiki CEO Jamil Karriem, who…
When it comes to recycling, few materials can match aluminum. It can be reused an infinite number of times, and it’s often cheaper to recycle than to produce new aluminum because it requires so much less energy. Yet only about a third of the aluminum used in the U.S. gets recycled. The problem lies in sorting mixed aluminum scrap — a challenge that has long stumped the recycling industry. Michael Siemer, CEO of Sortera, thinks his company has found the key, though. Sortera says it has developed a system that can separate aluminum grades with over 95% accuracy — a…
After spending two college semesters in northern Thailand, Sarah Jongsma found herself back home in the rural Nevada town where she grew up, surrounded by everything familiar yet feeling strangely out of place.“It caught me off guard,” she said. “I didn’t know what was going on.”Only later, after a summer studying in India and while preparing to go to France for another semester abroad, did Jongsma understand what she had been feeling: reverse culture shock.The 22-year-old’s experience shows that studying abroad can be challenging in unexpected ways. Experts say that’s why students need to study up on not only safety…
Finnish startup NestAI has raised €100 million (about $115 million) in a funding round led by Finland’s sovereign fund, Tesi, and hardware giant Nokia to build AI products for use in unmanned vehicles, autonomous operations, and command and control platforms. NestAI has also struck a partnership with Nokia to build AI products for defense applications and develop “physical AI,” which involves using large language models and related technology for robotics and other real-world applications. The funding will help NestAI build “Europe’s leading physical AI lab,” co-founder Peter Sarlin said at the Slush 2025 technology conference in Helsinki. Physical AI has…
Nvidia’s blockbuster earnings just blew a hole through Wall Street’s AI bubble anxieties.Analysts said the chipmaker’s third-quarter results prove the AI boom is nowhere near running out of steam.On Wednesday, Nvidia posted $57 billion in revenue, topping Wall Street’s $55 billion estimates. Its data center division generated revenue of $51 billion, surpassing the $49.31 billion analysts had projected. The company reported earnings of $1.30 per share compared to the $1.26 estimate. It also forecast $65 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter, exceeding analysts’ expectations of $61.98 billion.Nvidia’s stock rose more than 5% in premarket trading on Thursday.”Fears of an…