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MMR vaccine ‘most effective’ way to stop measles spread

[ad_1] Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touted the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine as the “most effective” way to prevent the spread of measles during a visit to Texas with the family of an 8-year-old girl who died from the disease.“I came to­ Gaines County, Texas, today to comfort the Hildebrand family after the loss of their 8-year-old daughter Daisy,” Kennedy said in a post
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How Keir Starmer might tackle impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs

[ad_1] Simon JackBusiness editorEPAPrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on Sunday he was prepared to use industrial policy to "shelter British business from the storm" expected from US President Donald Trump's recent wave of tariffs.A 10% "baseline" tariff on all imports into the US and a 25% tariff on car imports have now come into effect.But what do the prime minister's words mean in practice?The BBC understands there are several
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CEOs had said they’d speak out against Trump if stocks sink 20%. After the latest meltdown, they’re still silent but may be ready to act

[ad_1] Corporate executives who gathered at last month's Yale CEO Caucus were surveyed on when they should collectively voice their concerns about President Donald Trump, and most said it would take a 20% drop in the stock market. The Nasdaq and Russell 2000 have already entered bear market territory, while the S&P 500 is getting closer. CEOs have largely avoided public criticism of President Donald Trump as he rolled out
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Hamas fires rockets at Israeli cities

[ad_1] JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian militant group Hamas said it fired a barrage of rockets at cities in Israel's south on Sunday in response to Israeli "massacres" of civilians in Gaza.Israel's military said about ten projectiles were fired, but most successfully intercepted. Israel's Channel 12 reported a direct hit in the southern city of Ashkelon.Israeli emergency services said they were treating one person for shrapnel injuries and teams were en
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BBC seeks more prominent credit in Apple and Google News

[ad_1] The British Broadcasting Corporation has filed a complaint with a UK antitrust regulator complaining that aggregators like Apple News and Google News minimize credit for the stories they feature. Apple Insider reports that the BBC is asking the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority to require Apple and Google to more prominently credit news sources. And while the CMA’s decision would theoretically apply only to UK publications, any change made
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US investors braced for more volatility, bumps ahead of Monday trading open

[ad_1] By Suzanne McGee (Reuters) - Investors were nervously awaiting the open of U.S. trading after Wall Street's selloff last week following the Trump administration's tariffs announcement, anticipating another week of turbulence as other nations react. In the two days following Trump's Wednesday tariff announcement, the benchmark S&P 500 index fell 10.5% and lost about $5 trillion in market value. It was the biggest two-day loss since March 2020. Thursday
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Drone Gives Aerial View of Homes Flattened by Tornado in Mississippi Neighborhood

[ad_1] A tornado flattened several homes in a neighborhood in Senatobia, Mississippi, on April 2, during storms that impacted northern parts of the state, as well as Tennessee, Arkansas, and Missouri.Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves said six people were injured in the state. No fatalities were reported.The City of Senatobia issued a press release confirming that warning sirens did not go off during the storms on Wednesday.“Efforts to activate the early
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‘Antidote’ Explores “Rock Star Journalist” Christo Grozev

[ad_1] How do you live when Vladimir Putin wants you dead?That’s the dilemma facing Christo Grozev, a man often described as a “rock star investigative journalist.” The story of how he became persona non grata — песона нон грата, if you prefer – with the Kremlin is told in the documentary Antidote, directed by James Jones, which just made its world premiere at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen.More from Deadline“Someone asked me
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OTD In Space – April 6: NASA Launches 1st Commercial Communication Satellite

[ad_1] On April 6, 1965, NASA launched the world's first commercial communications satellite into orbit. The satellite was named Intelsat 1 and nicknamed the "Early Bird." It was built by Hughes Aircraft Company for a telecommunications company called COMSAT. Early Bird could relay phone, TV, telegraph and fax communications, and it became the first satellite to provide direct and almost instantaneous communications between the U.S. and Europe. It also provided