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GRAND BLANC TWP., MI — It was a weeknight like any other. The regular crowd gathered inside the Red Baron to sip a pint of their favorite craft beer. Some at the popular Burton bar hovered over the pool table, while others grabbed chicken wings or watched TV at a barstool while catching up with the barkeep. That’s what Davison …

President Trump’s suggestion last week that combination childhood vaccines, including the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, shot, should be separated marks a sharp break from decades of immunization practice in the United States. “I was shocked,” said Dr. William Moss, executive director of the International Vaccine Access Center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “Those vaccines …

Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was defined by bigger and bigger brains. Via a process called encephalization, human brains evolved to be relatively more massive than would be expected based on corresponding body size. This proportionally bigger brain is what anthropologists argued enabled us and our relatives to perform more complex …

Summary: A large international study shows that the accumulation of social hardships across life—known as the social exposome—has lasting effects on the brain. Adverse exposures, including low education, food insecurity, and limited healthcare, were linked to cognitive decline, mental health issues, and altered brain structure and function. These associations held true both for healthy aging and in people with dementia, …

EAGAN, Minn. — In late August, Zach Wentz received the news. His younger brother, Carson, had worked out with the Minnesota Vikings, and the team was going to sign him as a backup to quarterback J.J. McCarthy. Zach’s first order of business? Sending Carson a GIF of a purple-clad crowd doing the Vikings’ “Skol” chant. They had dreamed of this. …

Some children have compromised immune systems or illnesses that prevent them from getting vaccines. Increasingly, however, families are citing “religious” or “personal” reasons for forgoing vaccination. That kind of excuse has been repeatedly encouraged by Kennedy, who says vaccination is a “personal choice.” HHS has notified schools and clinics that receive federal money from the Vaccines for Children Program, which …

Fear over RFK Jr. vaccine panel’s looming decisions on childhood shots  Politico RFK Jr. weighs adding critics of coronavirus shots to key vaccine panel  The Washington Post CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to Meet September 18-19  HHS.gov Urge Congress to reverse harmful changes to federal vaccines policies and guidelines [letter]  LancasterOnline Article | HHS schedules next vaccine panel meeting after CDC director ousted  POLITICO …

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Connelly Early was racing through the Denver airport trying to catch a tight connection when he got the news he would make his first major league start Tuesday night against the Athletics. About 24 hours later, the 23-year-old lefty put his name in the Red Sox record books. Early’s mad dash out west that included two …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans say kids should be vaccinated to attend school. But as Florida plans to become the first state to eliminate childhood vaccine mandates, U.S. adults are also less likely to think these immunizations are important than they were several decades ago. Routine childhood vaccine rates are falling, and fewer Americans – particularly Republicans – now say …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans say kids should be vaccinated to attend school. But as Florida plans to become the first state to eliminate childhood vaccine mandates, U.S. adults are also less likely to think these immunizations are important than they were several decades ago. Routine childhood vaccine rates are falling, and fewer Americans – particularly Republicans – now say …