How Misinformation and Partisan ‘New Media’ Changed a California Town
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How Misinformation and Partisan ‘New Media’ Changed a California Town

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines With its horse-trodden roads, endless fields of almond blossoms and cowboy heritage, the 20,000 person town of Oakdale, Calif., fits the American West of imagination. And for decades, its media diet was classically all-American, too. Nightly news broadcasts played on living room televisions….

Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals That Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters
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Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals That Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan that would require placebo-controlled studies for all new vaccines, surprising some experts who noted that such testing already routinely took place. In a statement, Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for the Department of Health and…

How Meta’s News Ban Could Disrupt Canada’s Election
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How Meta’s News Ban Could Disrupt Canada’s Election

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After Meta blocked news from its platforms in Canada, hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing Facebook pages such as Canada Proud have filled the gap. Our Canada bureau chief explains the effect on voters. Check out our Latest News and Follow us…

A Scientist Is Paid to Study Maple Syrup. He’s Also Paid to Promote It.
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A Scientist Is Paid to Study Maple Syrup. He’s Also Paid to Promote It.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For more than a decade, Navindra Seeram, a biomedical researcher, has praised maple syrup, calling it a “hero ingredient” and “champion food” that could have wide-ranging health benefits. Dr. Seeram, dean of the School of Pharmacy at the University of New England, has…

Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’
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Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public. “It has become clear…

Washington Bends to RFK Jr.’s ‘MAHA’ Agenda on Measles, Baby Formula and French Fries
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Washington Bends to RFK Jr.’s ‘MAHA’ Agenda on Measles, Baby Formula and French Fries

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Babies are not ordinarily a fixture of closed-door White House meetings. But when Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, convened a group of women this month for a discussion on nutrition and other topics, a healthy-eating activist who calls herself “the Food…

Kennedy Instructs Anti-Vaccine Group to Remove Fake C.D.C. Page
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Kennedy Instructs Anti-Vaccine Group to Remove Fake C.D.C. Page

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, on Saturday instructed leaders of the nonprofit he founded to take down a web page that mimicked the design of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s site but laid out a case that vaccines…

As Pope Francis Ails, Outlandish Rumors Run Wild
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As Pope Francis Ails, Outlandish Rumors Run Wild

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On Tuesday night, outside the Rome hospital where Pope Francis is being treated for a complex lung infection, the 8th King of Rome, a self-described “trash influencer” embarked on a secret mission. He wore a wig, hid his pink-and-blue-dyed beard behind a surgical…