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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…

Are we in the middle of an AI bubble? Ask a lawmaker, and they probably won’t have a definitive take for you.”If I knew that, I’d be in a different line of work,” Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat who represents much of Silicon Valley, told Business Insider in November.The AI bubble debate has been raging in the tech world since August, when OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that investors had grown “overexcited” about the technology.There are also concerns about circular spending patterns among tech companies investing in AI technology, and fears that companies won’t be able to recoup the billions…

Did AI matchmakers put an end to our single eras?Spoiler alert: No. But we gave them a shot.We tried four AI matchmaking apps to see if any would deliver the loves of our lives. We spent weeks messaging with chatbot matchmakers, voting yay or nay on selected profiles, and even going on some dates.The pools varied in size, from giants like Facebook Dating (with its 21 million users) to smaller startups like Sitch, Amata, and Three Day Rule. Sitch and Amata both have raised millions of dollars to build a new style of dating app where, instead of swiping through…

We asked: Would you prefer a $240,000 in-office job or a $120,000 remote one?The Business Insider readers who responded were split down the middle, with the lower-paying virtual job narrowly winning out by just one vote.365 readers answered Business Insider’s informal survey following the debate’s TikTok virality. 183 answered that they would choose the $120,000 remote gig, while 182 chose to go five days in-person for double the salary.In follow-up conversations, eight respondents — four on each side — explained to Business Insider why they made their choices.While the reader survey isn’t scientific, the results, and the reasons people gave…