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Will you chip in to support our nonprofit newsroom with a donation today? An eight-year-old child receives a second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Northwest Community Church in Chicago, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. File photo: AP/Nam Y. Huh Editors’ note: This story first appeared on KQED. Breaking with national public health policy, California officials are recommending that children …

More importantly, he said, those states are adhering to the evidence. “Whereas what is happening at HHS is … a lot of opinions, particularly from RFK Jr. himself, on unproven therapeutics, on risks that are not borne out by the data. And then he’s sort of just hand-waving and doing whatever he wants,” Karan said. In June, Kennedy removed all …

Data source We used the food purchase data from the Nielsen Homescan Consumer Panel dataset as a proxy of food consumption of the households in the sample. The dataset tracks the product purchase records from 40,000–60,000 US households, with sample sizes varying by year. The same households are tracked for multiple years before replacement and thus constitute a longitudinal panel. …

Despite Tom Hanks‘ career of supporting veterans and depicting their stories on screen, President Donald Trump has deemed him “destructive” and “woke.” On Truth Social on Monday, Trump praised the decision by West Point‘s alumni association to cancel a planned award ceremony for the actor, who was to be recognized for his “service and accomplishments in the national interest.” Trump …

Hundreds of actors, directors and other film industry professionals have signed a new pledge vowing not to work with Israeli film institutions they say are “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people”. “As film-makers, actors, film industry workers, and institutions, we recognise the power of cinema to shape perceptions” the pledge reads. “In this urgent moment of crisis, …

‘Blatantly unconstitutional’: Second Amendment groups slam floated gun ban for transgender Americans  Politico Justice Department talks about banning transgender gun owners spark fury across political spectrum  AP News Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns, sources say  CNN DOJ discusses a potential ban on transgender people owning firearms  The Washington Post America’s largest gun lobby speaks out as …

Gun rights groups took aim Friday at the Trump administration’s reported consideration of a plan to restrict transgender Americans from owning firearms — claiming such a proposal is a nonstarter. The National Rifle Association insists the Second Amendment “isn’t up for debate” as senior Justice Department officials have reportedly held internal deliberations about issuing regulations restricting transgender individuals from possessing …

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the US will “blow up” foreign crime groups if needed, possibly in collaboration with other countries. “Now they’re gonna help us find these people and blow them up, if that’s what it takes,” Rubio said during a visit to Ecuador. He also announced the US will designate two of Ecuador’s largest criminal gangs, …

After Boat Strike, Rubio Says U.S. Will Help Other Nations “Blow Up” Crime Groups  The New York Times US designates 2 more gangs in Latin America as foreign terrorist groups  AP News ‘It’s a war’: Marco Rubio labels Ecuadorian cartels ‘foreign terrorists’  Al Jazeera Rubio says U.S. is designating 2 Ecuador gangs as foreign terrorist groups: “Vicious animals”  CBS News US gives Ecuador nearly …

Medical groups call on US Health Secretary Kennedy to step down  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News Source link