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Is acetaminophen being blamed for rising autism rates?
Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. The Trump administration is blaming the common drug acetaminophen for increased cases of autism. Medical groups say there is no clear evidence showing any causal length. NPR's Nell Greenfield Boyce reports at the National Institute of Health recently awarded more than $50 million to explore the roots of autism.
NIH Director Jay Badacharya said the 13 new grants will help scientists consider the effect of environmental and medical factors, everything from nutrition to pollutants.
For too long, it's been taboo to ask some questions for fear the scientific work might reveal a politically incorrect answer.
He said past NIH research on autism has not given families the answers they wanted. The NIH did, however, fund one very large study looking at acetaminophin use in pregnancy and the risk of autism.
What did the Swedish study find about prenatal acetaminophen and autism risk?
It analyzed data from more than two million children in Sweden and found no connection. Nell Greenfield Boyce, NPR News.
The US Supreme Court has issued an emergency order allowing President Trump to fire the last remaining democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission. Details from MPR Cena Totenberg.
The court's action is technically temporary since the justices will hear arguments in the case in December. But by allowing the firing of Rebecca Slaughter from the Federal Trade Commission, the court seems all but certain to overturn a nearly century-old precedent that barred presidents from firing members of bipartisan regulatory agencies. Except for bad conduct. Dissenting for the court's three liberals, Justice Elena Kagan noted that Congress enacted the bipartisan agency framework.
Why did Justice Kagan criticize the emergency order to fire an FTC member?
She said the emergency docket should not be used as it was here to transfer government authority from Congress to the president and thus to reshape the nation's separation of powers. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.
Following a groundswell of public support, Jimmy Kimmel Live returns to the airwaves Tuesday night. ABC's parent Disney says it temporarily suspended Kimmel's late night show because the comedian made ill-timed remarks about the suspect in the murder of Charlie Kirk. As NPR's Mandalete Del Barco reports, Kimmel's peers in the entertainment industry took a stand on ABC's actions.
More than four hundred entertainers announced they had signed an open letter condemning Disney's decision to suspend the show. That included actors Pedro Pascal, Selena Gomez, Lynn Manuel Miranda, singer Olivia Rodrigo, all of them have worked with Disney. Well, that letter was issued in collaboration with the ACLU and it said that regardless of their political affiliation or whether they engage in politics or not, quote, we all love our country, we also share the belief that our voices should never be silenced by those in power, because if it happens to one of us, it happens to all of us.
Which celebrities and the ACLU condemned Disney's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel?
Mandalite Del Barco, you're listening to NPR. The US now recognizes various anti fascist groups collectively known as Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization. President Trump has signed an executive order accusing Antifa of organizing political violence and attacks on law enforcement. The order directs the administration to investigate and dismantle individuals and groups aligned to the with Antifa ideology. A twenty eighteen report from the nonpartisan congressional research service. Cited literature encouraging Antifa followers to monitor and expose white supremacist groups. A category four hurricane is expected to continue causing swells along coastal areas of Bermuda and the US Mid Atlantic over the next few days.
What are the current threats and forecasts for Hurricane Gabrielle?
As NPR's Giles Snyder reports Hurricane Gabrielle is now packing top winds of 140 miles per hour.
Although swells began affecting Bermuda on Sunday, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say Hurricane Gabrielle does not pose a direct threat to land. However, the latest advisory warns that Gabrielle is likely to kick up life threatening surf and rip currents from North Carolina northward to Canada's Atlantic coast. Gabrielle gains strength over the warm waters of the Atlantic, but while the Hurricane Center expects the storm to gradually weaken, forecasters are advising people in the Azores archipelago to
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Chapters
5 chapters
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Is acetaminophen being blamed for rising autism rates?
0:01–0:56
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What did the Swedish study find about prenatal acetaminophen and autism risk?
0:56–1:47
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Why did Justice Kagan criticize the emergency order to fire an FTC member?
1:47–2:55
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Which celebrities and the ACLU condemned Disney's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel?
2:55–3:44
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What are the current threats and forecasts for Hurricane Gabrielle?
3:44–4:39