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Claims from the Trump White House about links between use of the painkiller acetaminophen – often sold under the brand name Tylenol in the U.S. – during pregnancy and development of autism have set off a deluge of responses across the medical, scientific and public health communities.As a father of a child with level 2 autism – meaning autism that requires substantial support – and a statistician who works with such tools as those used in the association studies cited by the White House, I find it useful to think about the nuances of association versus causation in observational studies.…
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks could have been shell-shocked, giving up a 14-point lead during the latter half of the fourth quarter and turning their comfortable advantage into a tie game with 33 seconds left.It looked like they might need overtime to make amends.Sam Darnold, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Jason Myers had other ideas.Darnold hit Smith-Njigba for a 22-yard gain in a last-minute response, Myers made a 52-yard field goal as time expired, and the Seahawks withstood a late rally by Kyler Murray and the Cardinals to beat Arizona 23-20 on Thursday night.“I had no doubt we were going…
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, Box CEO and co-founder Aaron Levie takes the Disrupt Stage for a candid conversation on what invention really looks like inside a public company, what AI is changing (and not changing) in enterprise software, and why staying sharp means questioning everything — even your own best ideas. The evolution of a cloud original Box launched before “the cloud” was a buzzword and outlasted a wave of competitors that couldn’t scale or adapt. Aaron Levie’s perspective — as both a visionary founder and a long-term public company CEO…
Nick Benz-Bushling never imagined that managing his son’s mental health care would turn into a real-life horror story.After years of struggles, 16-year-old Johnathan attempted suicide in February.Benz-Bushling 41, and his wife Misty Benz-Bushling, 39, of Stephensville, Michigan, rushed Johnathan to the emergency room, and then later took him to Forest View Hospital, an inpatient behavioral health facility in Grand Rapids that had room in its pediatric psychiatry unit. When a doctor there said Johnathan needed residential treatment, the Benz-Bushlings immediately found him a bed at Newport Academy in Washington.“I was angry at myself,” Johnathan said. “I was upset that I…
2025-09-25T21:42:13Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link 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. Peter Friedlander has been named head of TV at Amazon MGM Studios, replacing Vernon Sanders. Friedlander is a former Netflix exec who previously led scripted TV for the US and Canada. He oversaw hits like “Stranger Things” and “Bridgerton,” and worked at Playtone before Netflix. Amazon MGM Studios has…
President Trump’s comments this week urging pregnant people to resist taking Tylenol are getting pushback from doctors who argue that mitigating fever during pregnancy is crucial for the health of the fetus.On Monday, Trump appeared at the White House alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to announce that the Food and Drug Administration will advise doctors to caution pregnant patients against using Tylenol and other acetaminophen-based drugs. Trump cited an unproven theory that the pain reliever and fever reducer has been linked to increased rates of autism, and recommended that pregnant people “tough it out” instead…
CLEVELAND (AP) — Jahmai Jones led off the game with a home run and the Detroit Tigers snapped an eight-game losing streak, beating Cleveland 4-2 on Thursday night to move back into a tie with the Guardians for the AL Central lead.Detroit and Cleveland are 86-73 with three games left to play. The Guardians hold the tiebreaker after going 8-5 in the season series.The Tigers head to Boston, where the Red Sox have a one-game lead for the AL’s second wild card. The Guardians will host Texas, which has lost nine of 10.Wenceel Pérez and Riley Greene also homered off…
An Ohio mom is opening up about being diagnosed with ovarian cancer after initially thinking she had a sinus infection.In January, Jessica Gilbert, a mom of two from the Cincinnati, Ohio, area, was getting ready for a family trip to Disney World, a Christmas present for her 11-year-old and 7-year-old, when she starting feeling flu-like symptoms.”I woke up with a fever, and I thought it was a sinus infection because I had a stuffy head all week,” Gilbert told ABC News. “I decided to go to my [primary care] doctor to get COVID, flu, [and] RSV tests, and they all…
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Thursday giving his approval for a sale of TikTok’s US business to a buyer consortium.Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the deal would value TikTok US at “around $14 billion.”The exact make-up of the new consortium has not yet been revealed. Trump said on Thursday that Oracle and Larry Ellison would be part of the deal, which would include “four or five world-class investors.””Oracle is playing a very big part,” Trump said on Thursday.He added that Michael Dell and Rupert Murdoch would be involved in the deal.Vance referred to the buyers…
PHOENIX (AP) — As the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated their 12th NL West title in 13 years, Clayton Kershaw thought about participating in a division championship for the final time.“This is what I’m going to miss,” the left-hander said after Thursday’s 8-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. “Pitching is great and I love that, too, but getting to do this with a group of guys, all working for a collective goal, the camaraderie, that’s really special.“You don’t get that anywhere else. There’s no jobs where 37-year-olds get to do that. But I’m good, I had a great run.”An 11-time All-Star…