3 ways parents can lower kids’ screentime

A majority, 83% of parents think U.S. kids’ mental health is getting worse, according to the National Poll on Children’s Health by the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital at the University of Michigan. And many blame screens: three-quarters of respondents identify both social media and general device use as major problems for U.S. youth, while 66%…

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119,000 added, jobless rate 4.4%

The U.S. economy added substantially more jobs than expected in September, according to a long-awaited report Thursday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 119,000 in the month, up from the 4,000 jobs lost in August following a downward revision. The Dow Jones consensus estimate for September was 50,000. The July total…

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Former FDA commissioner: Trump claims about hepatitis B transmission 'simply not true'

Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Sunday that President Trump’s claims on hepatitis B transmission are “absolutely not true.” Trump said earlier this week that the disease is “mostly” spread sexually or through dirty needles. “That’s the problem. That’s not true,” Gottlieb told host Margaret Brennan on CBS News’ “Faces…” Source…

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