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CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly said the Food and Drug Administration approved Ozempic for use in children in 2023. The drug the FDA approved for children was Wegovy, and it was authorized in 2022. Originally moved Feb. 17, 2025.- – -Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. President Donald Trump has instructed his administration to scrutinize the “threat” to children posed by antidepressants, stimulants and other common psychiatric drugs, targeting medication taken by millions in his latest challenge to long-standing medical practices.The directive came in an executive…

The city of San Francisco is investigating Scale AI over its labor practices, a Scale AI spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider.Scale AI, which is based in San Francisco, relies heavily on a vast army of people it considers contractors to train tech companies’ latest artificial intelligence models. Meta bought almost half of Scale AI for $14 billion in a blockbuster AI deal this summer.The city’s investigation is being led by its Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE), which oversees sick leave, minimum wage, overtime pay, and other regulations for San Francisco workers.Scale AI spokesperson Natalia Montalvo told Business Insider that…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Paul Skenes struck out eight in five two-hit innings to surpass 200 strikeouts before leaving after a season-low 64 pitches in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 2-1, 10-inning loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.The 23-year-old Skenes has a majors-best 1.92 ERA over 178 innings in his first full season, and could make as many as three more starts. He pushed the strikeout total to 203, getting Samuel Basallo looking and Dylan Carlson swinging to complete the fifth.Rookie Dylan Beavers hit a winning single — his first walk-off hit — off Kyle Nicolas (1-1) to give Baltimore its…

There’s been great interest in what Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab is building with its $2 billion in seed funding and the all-star team of former OpenAI researchers who have joined the lab. In a blog post published on Wednesday, Murati’s research lab gave the world its first look into one of its projects: creating AI models with reproducible responses. The research blog post, titled “Defeating Nondeterminism in LLM Inference,” tries to unpack the root cause of what introduces randomness in AI model responses. For example, ask ChatGPT the same question a few times over, and you’re likely to get…

Two decades after its founding, Klarna has gone public, and its investors are finally seeing a windfall.The Swedish “buy now, pay later” company listed on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. Its stock popped 30% on its debut, jumping above its $40-per-share IPO price to $52 a share.That IPO price gave Klarna a $15.1 billion valuation and netted Klarna $1.37 billion. Per Pitchbook, Klarna had raised $3.85 billion in its history before the public listing.Klarna’s IPO has been a long time coming. Founded in 2005, the consumer payments company first hinted at an IPO in 2019, telling Bloomberg it…

NEW YORK (AP) — West Nile virus infections are intense so far this year, with case counts running 40% higher than normal, health officials say.More than 770 cases, including about 490 severe cases, were reported as of early September, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data posted this week. About 550 cases — 350 of them severe — are usually reported by this time of year.Health officials are ramping up warnings to the public, because most cases of the mosquito-borne disease are reported in August and September.“West Nile virus can be a very serious disease and its presence…

A Florida woman and mom of three is speaking out and sharing a warning after she contracted and nearly died from a bacterial infection nearly two months ago.Genevieve Gallagher of Pensacola, Florida, told ABC News her ordeal since becoming infected in late July has left her traumatized, and she doesn’t wish her experience on anyone.”I do not want this to happen to anybody else. This is the most traumatic thing that has ever happened … not only to me [but also] to my family,” Gallagher said.Courtesy Genevieve Gallagher – PHOTO: Genevieve Gallagher with her daughter Mila.The 49-year-old said on July…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah college where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot Wednesday is the state’s largest public university after years of rapid enrollment growth, but is lesser known than other colleges in the state. Utah Valley University was founded under a different name in 1941 as a vocational school focused on providing war production training. It didn’t begin offering four-year degrees until the 1990s, a move that fueled a fivefold increase in enrollment over the next three decades. It now has nearly 47,000 students, according to the university website. Nearly nine out of 10 students…

David Ellison has been on a spending spree since he took over Paramount a few weeks ago: He has shelled out $7 billion for the rights to stream the UFC; struck a deal with the star producers behind “Stranger Things,” and secured the rights to a “Call of Duty” movie.That list doesn’t include the $1.5 billion deal Paramount did with the creators of “South Park,” which was finalized before Ellison took control, but made with his blessing. It also doesn’t include whatever he may or may not be paying to acquire Bari Weiss’ Free Press.The point is: David Ellison is…

The mortality rate in the United States declined by 3.8% in 2024, and COVID-19 was no longer among the 10 leading causes of death, according to a federal report released Wednesday.Using provisional death certificate data, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics estimates there were 3,072,039 deaths last year, which equates to about 722 deaths per 100,000 people compared to 750.5 per 100,000 in 2023. This is the lowest death rate since 2020, the authors of the report note.And for the first time since 2020, COVID-19 was not one of the 10 leading causes of…