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Review: It’s alright, Ma — Dylan biopic works better than many fearedStephanie Armour, Julie Rovner | (TNS) KFF Health News Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s candidates for federal health agencies have promoted policies and goals that put them at odds with one another or with Trump’s choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., setting the stage for internal friction over public health initiatives. 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The Trump transition team and the designated nominees mentioned in this article did not respond to requests for comment. It’s a potential “team of opponents” at the government’s health agencies, said Michael Cannon, director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute, a libertarian policy organization. Kennedy, he said, is known for rejecting opposing views when confronted with science. “The heads of the FDA and NIH will be spending all their time explaining to their boss what a confidence interval is,” Cannon said, referring to a statistical term used in medical studies. Those whose views prevail will have significant power in shaping policy, from who is appointed to sit on federal vaccine advisory committees to federal authorization for COVID vaccines to restrictions on abortion medications. If confirmed as HHS secretary, Kennedy is expected to set much of the agenda. “If President Trump’s nomination of RFK Jr. to be secretary is confirmed, if you don’t subscribe to his views, it will be very hard to rise in that department,” said Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease specialist and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. “They will need to suppress their views to fit with RFK Jr’s. In this administration, and any administration, independent public disagreement isn’t welcome.” Kennedy is chair of Children’s Health Defense , an anti-vaccine nonprofit. He has vowed to curb the country’s appetite for ultra-processed food and its incidence of chronic disease. He helped select Trump’s choices to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and the National Institutes of Health. If confirmed, he would lead them from the helm of HHS, with its more than $1.7 trillion budget. Clashes are likely. Kennedy has supported access to abortion until a fetus is viable. That puts him at odds with Dave Weldon, the former Florida congressman whom Trump has chosen to run the CDC. Weldon, a physician, is an abortion opponent who wrote one of the major laws allowing health professionals to opt out of participating in the procedure. Weldon would head an agency that’s been in the crosshairs of conservatives since the COVID pandemic began. He has touted his “100% pro-life voting record” on his campaign website. (He unsuccessfully ran earlier this year for a seat in Florida’s House of Representatives.) Trump has said he would leave decisions about abortion to the states, but the CDC under Weldon could, for example, fund studies on abortion risks. The agency could require states to provide information about abortions performed within their borders to the federal government or risk the loss of federal funds. Weldon, like Kennedy, has questioned the safety of vaccines and has said he believes they can cause autism. That’s at odds with the views of Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon whom Trump plans to nominate for FDA commissioner. The British American said on the “Brian Kilmeade Show” on Fox News Radio that vaccines “save lives,” although he added that it’s good to question the U.S. vaccine schedule for children. The American Academy of Pediatricians encourages parents and their children’s doctors to stick to the recommended schedule of childhood vaccines. “Nonstandard schedules that spread out vaccines or start when a child is older put entire communities at risk of serious illnesses, including infants and young children,” the group says in guidance for its members. Jay Bhattacharya, a doctor and economist who is Trump’s selection to lead NIH, has also supported vaccines. Kennedy has said on NPR that federal authorities under his leadership wouldn’t “take vaccines away from anybody.” But the FDA oversees approval of vaccines, and, under his leadership, the agency could put vaccine skeptics on advisory panels or could make changes to a program that largely protects vaccine makers from consumer injury lawsuits. “I do believe that autism does come from vaccines,” Kennedy said in 2023 on Fox News . Many scientific studies have discredited the claim that vaccines cause autism. Ashish Jha, a doctor who served as the White House COVID response coordinator from 2022 to 2023, noted that Bhattacharya and Makary have had long and distinguished careers in medicine and research and would bring decades of experience to these top jobs. But, he said, it “is going to be a lot more difficult than they think” to stand up for their views in the new administration. It’s hard “to do things that displease your boss, and if [Kennedy] gets confirmed, he will be their boss,” Jha said. “They have their work cut out for them if they’re going to stand up for their opinions on science. If they don’t, it will just demoralize the staff.” Most of Trump’s picks share the view that federal health agencies bungled the pandemic response, a stance that resonated with many of the president-elect’s voters and supporters — even though Trump led that response until Joe Biden took office in 2021. Kennedy said in a 2021 Louisiana House oversight meeting that the COVID vaccine was the “deadliest” ever made. He has cited no evidence to back the claim. Federal health officials say the vaccines have saved millions of lives around the globe and offer important protection against COVID. Protection lasts even though their effectiveness wanes over time. The vaccines’ effectiveness against infection stood at 52% after four weeks, according to a May study in The New England Journal of Medicine, and their effectiveness against hospitalization was about 67% after four weeks. The vaccines were produced through Operation Warp Speed, a public-private partnership Trump launched in his first term to fast-track the shots as well as other treatments. Makary criticized COVID vaccine guidance that called for giving young children the shots. He argued that, for many people, natural immunity from infections could substitute for the vaccine. Bhattacharya opposed measures used to curb the spread of COVID in 2020 and advised that everyone except the most vulnerable go about their lives as usual. The World Health Organization warned that such an approach would overwhelm hospitals. Mehmet Oz, Trump’s choice to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, an agency within HHS, has said the vaccines were oversold. He promoted the use of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment. The FDA in 2020 revoked emergency authorization of hydroxychloroquine for COVID, saying that it was unlikely to be effective against the virus and that the risk of dangerous side effects was too high. Janette Nesheiwat, meanwhile, a former Fox News contributor and Trump’s pick for surgeon general, has taken a different stance. The doctor described COVID vaccines as a gift from God in a Fox News opinion piece . Kennedy’s qualms about vaccines are likely to be a central issue early in the administration. He has said he wants federal health agencies to shift their focus from preparing for and combating infectious disease to addressing chronic disease. The shifting focus and questioning of vaccines concern some public health leaders amid the spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus among dairy cattle. There have been 60 human infections reported in the U.S. this year, all but two of them linked to exposure to cattle or poultry. “Early on, they’re going to have to have a discussion about vaccinating people and animals” against bird flu, said Georges C. Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association. “We all bring opinions to the table. A department’s cohesive policy is driven by the secretary.” ©2024 KFF Health News. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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Hyderabad: The schedule for JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) Advanced, which is set to be conducted on May 18, 2025, has been released on its website, https://jeeadv.ac.in/ . Candidates who have secured the top 2.5 lakh rank in JEE Mains 2025 paper – I for BE/BTech are eligible for the exam. This applies across all categories. In Telangana, 13 centers have been provided for writing the JEE advance examination. These include Adilabad, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kodad, Kothagudem, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Sathupally, Siddipet, Suryapet and Warangal. The organising institute, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur will commence the registration process from April 23 to May 2. Eligible candidates should pay the exam fees by May 5 till 5 pm. The registration fee for females, Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and persons with disabilities (PwD) candidates is Rs 1600. For other candidates, it is Rs 3200. The entrance exam for admission into the IITs will be conducted in two sessions. Paper 1 will be conducted from 9 am to 12 noon, and Paper 2 from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm. Eligible candidates can download admit cards from May 11 to May 18 between 10:00 am and 2:30 pm. The age criteria for the exam include candidates born on or after October 1, 2000. However, candidates from SC, ST, and PwD categories have a five-year relaxation, born on October 1, 1995.The best business books picked by CEOs
Seattle Times staffers teamed up to choose their favorite shows from this year — all of which premiered, had a new season or debuted in the U.S. in 2024 — with picks ranging from the sublime "Shōgun" ( one of Google's Top 10 most-searched TV shows of the year ) to the eye-wateringly expensive (and worth every penny) "Arcane," along with new seasons of "From," "Industry" and more. Here are the shows that had us talking, in alphabetical order. Where to watch: Streaming on Netflix I’m still grieving the end of “Arcane,” the $250 million , 18-episode animated two-season Netflix series based on the lore from Riot Games’ League of Legends video game franchise. This Shakespearean tragedy makes you feel for estranged sisters Vi (Hailee Steinfeld) and Jinx (Ella Purnell), lovers Caitlyn (Katie Leung) and Vi, mother Ambessa (Ellen Thomas) and daughter Mel (Toks Olagundoye), childhood friends Ekko (Reed Shannon) and Jinx, and best friends Jayce (Kevin Alejandro) and Viktor (Harry Lloyd) — foils who sometimes find each other on opposite sides of a war. Season 2 also begins with grief. After Jinx’s cannon blew up a Piltover tower, the city is in mourning. Caitlyn is mourning her mother, who died in the blast. Vi is mourning her sister, who forsook her name Powder for Jinx. And Jinx is mourning her surrogate father, Silco (Jason Spisak). “Arcane” excels in the way it humanizes both heroes and villains, balancing the threads of more than half a dozen characters and storylines with equal weight. I want to rewind time like Ekko does — to live with these characters a little longer and to watch them grow. But to move forward, sometimes we have to leave something behind. — Qina Liu, senior news producer Where to watch: Streaming on Hulu An uproarious, tenderhearted blend of "Heartstopper" and "Sex Education," the 2022 British sitcom "Big Boys" is everything a coming-of-age show should be: witty, relatable and honest. The first two seasons, which became available on this side of the pond this month via Hulu, center on 19-year-old Jack (a semi-fictional version of series creator and writer Jack Rooke and played by Dylan Llewellyn), who's dealing with the death of his father, contending with his sexuality and leaving home for the first time as he heads to university. But for all the heavy topics "Big Boys" smartly grapples with — grief, loss, sex, family, mental health — the heart of "Big Boys" is a dazzlingly endearing and crudely humorous friendship between two young men (one gay, one straight; a platonic relationship you rarely see in media) who you desperately hope remain friends for the rest of their lives. I may have understood about only 50% of the jokes — the show is very, very British — but I do know that Season 3 can't get here soon enough . — Dominic Baez, features desk editor Where to watch: Streaming on Netflix Say "yes, and ..." to martial arts sequences interspersed with clips of "The Great British Bake Off." And yes to knife fights featuring adults dressed in inflatable dinosaur costumes at a children's party. And yes to hideouts inside John Cho's mansion, Buldak noodles, Asian water monitors, "Gymkata" and Fall Out Men (the fictional Filipino Fall Out Boy cover band). "The Brothers Sun" feels like an improv sketch — full of surprises and defying expectations. At its core, this Emmy-nominated show is about family — what happens after Bruce Sun's (Sam Song Li) life as a Los Angeles college student and aspiring improv actor gets interrupted by a reunion with his assassin brother Charles "Chairleg" Sun (Justin Chien), who clues him into his family's secret. Their father, Big Sun (Johnny Kou), is the head of the Jade Dragons, one of eight Taiwanese crime bosses — and the rival gangs may be after their mother (Michelle Yeoh). How much of yourself and your humanity will you sacrifice to honor and protect your family? This is an Asian American story for anyone who knows it's a crime to wear outside shoes inside the house. — Qina Liu Where to watch: Streaming on Netflix In May, all I could think about was food. I dreamed of dim sum and piping hot pizza, and craved lemony Caesar salad. In reality, my post-tonsillectomy world was frozen fruit pops and lukewarm boxed soup grumpily eaten on my couch. So was it a touch masochistic to start "Delicious in Dungeon" when it physically hurt to eat? Maybe. And yet I followed adventurers Laios, Marcille and Chilchuck as they found allies and battled their way through an endless dungeon crawling with monsters. "Delicious in Dungeon" — a dubbed anime based on writer and illustrator Ryoko Kui's manga series of the same name — is ostensibly about the group's efforts to rescue Falin, Laios' sister, and uncover the mystery of the Mad Mage. But if you're hangry and your throat is on fire, this show becomes an envy-watch about how monster-eating-curious Laios and Senshi, a friendly wok-toting dwarf, cook drool-worthy meals out of defeated foes for their often-horrified comrades. (I don't know who gave anime the right to make cartoon-ified foods look even better than their real-world counterparts, but Hippogriff soup dumplings, Man-eating Plant tarts and Walking Mushroom hot pot sound really good when your main food group is Popsicles, OK??) While episodes can occasionally blend together, the charm of "Delicious in Dungeon" is in the repetition of its ingredients — action, emotional moments and silly high jinks. Because what sick kid wouldn't want a second helping of that (perhaps with a side of Sky Fish and chips)? — Ana Sofia, assistant features editor Where to watch: Streaming on Hulu I’m not entirely proud of my 2024 TV habits, but I will say they’ve been focused — focused on finding the most wholesome, uplifting reality dating show around. Sure, some spicy “Too Hot Too Handle” or “FBoy Island” can be fun now and again, but the pointless drama among gorgeous humans chasing influencer status gets tiring. I’m looking for genuine contestants I can root for wholeheartedly, 100% believing they’re there for the right reasons (to find true and lasting love, of course). The winner as of yet is ... “Farmer Wants a Wife”! The premise is simple: Farmers who lack opportunities to meet women due to being busy with, well, farming, get the chance to date from a pool of ladies brought in from different cities. Meanwhile, the women get a taste of farm life (dates have included castrating a bull and building a fence) to determine if they could thrive as a farmer’s wife. Even though my favorite couple ultimately split up because the woman didn't want to drop everything to move to a ranch in Georgia (understandable, I suppose), the show’s earnest-feeling characters and sentimental moments balanced out the expected, dating-show drama delightfully. — Sarah-Mae McCullough, features producer Where to watch: Streaming on MGM+ Three seasons into this genuinely scary, intricate puzzle of a show and I’m only more committed to seeing where it goes. Scary monsters! Equally scary interpersonal dramas! Strange kids and creepy dolls and resurfacing memories, oh my. The setting: a small town where people mysteriously arrive from all over the country after whatever road they were driving on somehow redirects them to this hamlet of horrors. At night, ghastly creatures stalk the streets in human form, knocking at windows and luring the living to grisly deaths. In the third season, which wrapped in November, we’re seeing more of the monsters behind their grinning faces, but the mystery only gets more mysterious and more emotional as time goes on. What’s causing this nightmare? Why are these people trapped here, and how can they ever get home? Harold Perrineau delivers an expert performance as the town’s de facto sheriff, a standout in an all-around excellent ensemble cast. — Gemma Wilson, arts and culture writer Where to watch: Streaming on Max Since its premiere four years ago, “Industry” has been the best HBO show you’ve likely never heard of. After Season 3, its best season yet, aired over the summer, you’re officially late to the (cocaine-fueled) party. In the simplest terms, “Industry” is about sex, drugs and unfathomable sums of money. The financial drama is centered on a group of young investment bankers — Harper (Myha’la), Yasmin (Marisa Abela) and Rob (Harry Lawtey) — and longtime manager Eric (Ken Leung) as they work on the trading floor of a fictional London bank called Pierpoint and deal with the risks and rewards associated with such a relentless (and entertaining) lifestyle. By the third season, “Industry” has very much leaned into the fact that these are some of the most selfish people on television, unafraid to backstab, name-call and undercut anyone they work with for personal gain. But the moral ambiguity is “Industry’s” most engaging feature. Class — the economic and social statuses at which these characters started and ultimately aspire to be — is behind every decision the characters make, and their complexities are the show’s driving force. It makes for quite a ride. And given its willingness to constantly reinvent itself, especially with the end of Season 3 seemingly hitting a reset button, I cannot wait to see where “Industry” takes us next. — Chris Cole, sports producer Where to watch: Streaming on Hulu My hell is filled with TVs showing early 2000s blockbuster comedies, slapstick humor and other physical gags. (The cringe! I can’t take it!) But I love murder mysteries, which is why I gave this comedic, star-studded whodunit a chance when it first aired in 2021. Now in its fourth and best season, I’ve come to love the show’s central, ersatz detective trio, consisting of a deadpan millennial (Selena Gomez), washed-up actor (Steve Martin) and Broadway director-slash-flailing diva (Martin Short). The plot twist: Sure, "Only Murders" is a genuine mystery, but the reason you keep coming back? It’s plain old fun . The actors are having a palpable blast as larger-than-life characters: Paul Rudd as an unhinged stunt double with — for some reason — an Irish accent; the suave, delightful Jane Lynch; the fast-talking Molly Shannon as a zinger-prone movie exec; plus Eva Longoria, Eugene Levy and Zach Galifianakis gleefully portraying some version of themselves. And then there’s Melissa McCarthy, who is fantastic as a suburban, doll-collecting, wigged-out Long Islander who throws Meryl Streep (!) over a couch in a farcical fight. You almost forget there’s also a murder being solved. Few shows remain worth watching beyond a first season — but much like its characters, this show grows better with age. — Margo Vansynghel, arts economy reporter Where to watch: Streaming on Hulu Historical dramas in general, and historical fiction in particular, have never really been my cup of tea; the lavish, transfixing “Shōgun” has me reconsidering that stance. Based on the 1975 novel by James Clavell (but separate from the 1980 miniseries of the same name), “Shōgun” is a showstopper full of superb acting, pitch-perfect writing, stellar pacing and lush visuals. The 10-episodes series, set in Japan in 1600, is at its core a story about entwining fates; of two men, so foreign to each other at first, becoming inextricably linked to one another as the world seemingly conspires against them. A grand epic in scale, “Shōgun” still revels in the details; the attention to authenticity throughout — particularly its Japanese elements, from the music to the clothes — is marvelous, and it elevates the show as a whole. Originally a limited series, we’ve already been told that “Shōgun” will continue for at least two more seasons. Though we don’t know exactly what those new seasons will entail just yet, I do know this: I’m eager for another (fictional) history lesson. — Dominic Baez Where to watch: Streaming on cwtv.com I’m going to miss Smallville. Over four seasons, The CW’s “Superman & Lois” has consistently been one of the best superhero shows on TV: punchy with its action, engaging with its story arcs and charming with its leads. But what made it more than your typically enjoyable but ultimately derivative CW superhero show was that it never really felt like a superhero show at all; it’s about family and loss, love and regret, maturity and naiveté, all those oh-so-relatable trials we all go through (and yes, maybe some world-saving along the way). And that’s never been truer than in the fourth, final and fantastic season of the series, which wraps up the story of Clark Kent/Superman (Tyler Hoechlin), Lois Lane (Elizabeth Tulloch), their children and the town of Smallville as they face their greatest challenge yet in the form of the sadistic Lex Luthor (Michael Cudlitz). Despite its truncated, 10-episode run, Season 4 delivers a powerhouse send-off for the Man of Steel, shining a glorious light on the last son of Krypton’s humanity and reminding us once again that Superman flies highest when his feet are planted firmly on the ground. I’m a bit melancholic that “it went by so fast” (if you know, you know), but I’m glad I got to experience the journey nonetheless. Truth, justice and a better tomorrow, indeed. — Dominic Baez
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