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California to consider requiring mental health warnings on social media sites

Dec. 09, 2024 17:46 PM EST

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California, home to some of the largest technology companies in the world, would be the first U.S. state to require mental health warning labels on social media sites if lawmakers pass a bill introduced Monday. The legislation sponsored by state Attorney...

Australia is banning social media for people under 16. Could this work elsewhere — or even there?

Dec. 04, 2024 16:26 PM EST

It is an ambitious social experiment of our moment in history — one that experts say could accomplish something that parents, schools and other governments have attempted with varying degrees of success: keeping kids off social media until they turn 16. Australia's new law,...

Winfrey announces new book club pick and launches 'The Oprah Podcast'

Dec. 03, 2024 08:49 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey has a new book club pick and a new platform to talk books and other topics of the day. On Tuesday, Winfrey launched “The Oprah Podcast,” a weekly series airing on her YouTube channel that will feature book club authors and guests ranging from...

Meet the medical contrarians picked to lead health agencies under Trump and Kennedy

Nov. 27, 2024 15:20 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a team of medical contrarians and health care critics to fulfill an agenda aimed at remaking how the federal government oversees medicines, health programs and nutrition. On Tuesday night, Trump nominated Dr. Jay...