CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook speaks at length with former CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky about the hepatitis B vaccine and last week’s vote by the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel to change the recommendation for when children should get their first dose of the vaccine. Source link
The head of the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday praised a plan announced by the White House earlier this week that President Trump said is designed to lower the cost of prescription drugs, calling it a “major step” toward making medication more affordable for Americans. On Tuesday, the president announced that drug giant Pfizer…
London — A CBS News investigation has found that the Grok AI tool on Elon Musk’s X platform is still allowing users to digitally undress people without their consent. The tool still worked Monday on both the standalone Grok app, and for verified X users in the U.K, the U.S. and European Union, despite public pledges…
Noah Wyle, who stars in HBO’s “The Pitt,” joins “CBS Mornings” with Dr. Elisabeth Potter to discuss their push to improve mental health and quality of life for healthcare workers. Source link
SpaceX on Tuesday launched its Super Heavy-Starship, the most powerful rocket in the world, for a test flight after three other flights failed earlier this year. NASA hired SpaceX to build a lunar lander version of Starship to carry astronauts to the moon. Despite the successful launch, there is rising concern that China’s space program…
The State Department on Tuesday strongly urged Americans to avoid travel to Congo, Uganda and South Sudan because of the Ebola outbreak there. More than 130 people have already died. Mark Strassmann has more. Source link
The head of the World Health Organization said Friday that the Ebola outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of Congo is “spreading rapidly” and now poses a “very high” risk at the national level. Authorities in northeastern Congo on Friday also banned funeral wakes and gatherings of more than 50 people. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom…
YouTube is updating its policies to more clearly identify when a realistic-seeming video was made using artificial intelligence. The change comes as social media platforms are flooded with AI-generated videos, images and music. In response, Alphabet-owned YouTube said Wednesday it will more prominently feature an existing label on videos that discloses if they have been…
Police near San Francisco say a self-driving Waymo vehicle made an illegal U-turn, raising questions about accountability when driverless cars break the law. With more autonomous vehicles hitting the road, CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports on why there is still room for improvement. Source link
An FBI memo warning that Iran may try to launch drones at California in a seaborne “surprise attack” raised concern Wednesday — but law enforcement officials and homeland security experts have cautioned that it may not point to an immediate threat. Multiple U.S. and California law enforcement and intelligence officials tell CBS News there is…
