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Operation Warp Speed was one of Trump's biggest achievements. Then came RFK Jr. and vaccine skeptics 09/05/2025 12:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump launched Operation Warp Speed in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, an effort he has credited with saving tens of millions of lives. During a Cabinet meeting last week, he likened it to “one of the greatest achievements ever.” Sitting at the table as The Latest: Trump holds dinner for tech and AI leaders 09/04/2025 10:22pm • President Donald Trump hosted a high-powered group of tech executives at the White House on Thursday as he showcased research on artificial intelligence and boasted of investments that companies are making around the United States. Trump has exulted in the attention from some of the world’s most s Kennedy tries to defend COVID-19 vaccine stance in raucous Senate hearing 09/04/2025 08:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., facing pointed bipartisan questioning at a rancorous three-hour Senate committee hearing on Thursday, tried to defend his efforts to pull back COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and explain the turmoil he has created at federal health ag Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s contentious hearing before Senate lawmakers 09/04/2025 06:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A contentious three-hour hearing between U.S. senators and Robert Kennedy Jr. devolved into multiple screaming matches on Thursday as the nation’s health secretary fended off accusations about sweeping changes he’s made to vaccines, health care policy and leadership. The over Florida's vaccine mandate removal: What it means for public health 09/04/2025 06:34pm • As the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis prepares to make Florida the first state to remove school vaccine mandates, deep concern is spreading among doctors, parents and public health workers for the safety of children and others who might be vulnerable in a disease outbreak. They fear that dreade FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by RFK Jr. during Senate hearing 09/04/2025 05:12pm • U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made myriad false and misleading claims on Thursday as he fielded questions examining his seven-month tenure leading the nation's health agencies at a contentious three-hour hearing. Kennedy ignored government data, twisted legislation and pointed to unsu Björn Borg tells the AP his prostate cancer is in remission after 2024 operation 09/04/2025 05:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Tennis great Björn Borg reveals in the last chapter of his upcoming memoir, “Heartbeats,” that he was diagnosed with an “extremely aggressive” prostate cancer, and he told The Associated Press that it is in remission after an operation in 2024. “I have nothing right now. Massachusetts state health insurers to be required to cover vaccines, regardless of CDC guidance 09/04/2025 04:57pm • BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts insurance carriers will be required to cover vaccinations recommended by the state’s department of public health, whether or not those vaccines continue to be recommended by the federal government, Gov. Maura Healey announced Thursday. The Democratic governor issued a Texas lawmakers approve letting private citizens sue abortion pill providers 09/04/2025 04:27pm • Texas lawmakers on Wednesday approved letting private citizens sue abortion pill manufacturers, doctors and anyone who mails the medication, setting the state up to be the first to try to crack down on the most common abortion method. The law would be the first of its kind in the U.S. and add anothe Giorgio Armani, who dressed the powerful and famous from boardroom to Hollywood, dies at 91 09/04/2025 01:59pm • MILAN (AP) — Giorgio Armani, the iconic Italian designer who turned the concept of understated elegance into a multibillion-dollar fashion empire, died Thursday, his fashion house confirmed. He was 91. Armani died at home, "peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones," the fashion house said. “Inde In their words: Skier Alex Hackel and 'Survivor' star Eva Erickson enrich neurodiverse narratives 09/04/2025 11:32am • People whose brains function differently have long felt the need to hide the traits associated with their conditions such as autism, dyslexia or ADHD. As The Neurodiversity Alliance empowers high school and college students to make themselves known and build more inclusive educational spaces, the no Land mines and tuberculosis are no match for Tanzanian ‘hero rats’ sniffing out danger and disease 09/04/2025 05:05am • MOROGORO, Tanzania (AP) — A man lies unmoving, slumped in the rubble of a simulated earthquake, as an unlikely rescuer approaches: a rat with a backpack. Whiskers waving, the rat breezes past garbage, toppled furniture and scattered clothes to find him and pull a trigger on its pack, alerting sear Navy reverses demotion of Rep. Ronny Jackson, former White House doctor 09/03/2025 10:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Ronny Jackson announced that the Navy has restored his retired rank of rear admiral, overturning a 2022 demotion that followed a scathing investigation that found major issues with his behavior while he was the top White House physician. The Texas Republican on Wednesday pos The Latest: Trump suggests sending National Guard troops to New Orleans next 09/03/2025 09:07pm • President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that New Orleans could be his next target for deploying the National Guard, potentially expanding the number of cities around the nation where he may send federal law enforcement. Trump says the escalation is necessary because New Orleans has a “crime pro What Is Lipedema? 09/03/2025 08:00pm • If you've ever struggled to get rid of the dimply fat in your legs, hips or arms -- despite how much you diet or exercise -- with no luck, it may not be from stubborn weight. 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