Brooke Shafer

Miami

Emmy-nominated, AP Award-Winning Reporter • @NewsNation • Florida born and raised • Former CBS Miami, WINK, and WCJB • Instagram: @BrookeShaferTV

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Smartphones may boost children’s mental health, study finds

1 week ago | thehill.com | Brooke Shafer

The question of when children should get smartphones and whether these devices are harmful has sparked debate for years, but new research from the University of South Florida challenges some long-held assumptions. Leading up to the study, researchers expected to find negative outcomes tied to smartphone use among children. Instead, they found the devices may not be as damaging to kids’ mental health as some believe and could, in fact, be beneficial.
Smartphones may boost children’s mental health, study finds

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Brooke Shafer

The question of when children should get smartphones and whether these devices are harmful has sparked debate for years, but new research from the University of South Florida challenges some long-held assumptions. Leading up to the study, researchers expected to find negative outcomes tied to smartphone use among children. Instead, they found the devices may not be as damaging to kids’ mental health as some believe and could, in fact, be beneficial.
RFK Jr. to address rising autism diagnosis data from CDC

1 week ago | newsnationnow.com | Brooke Shafer

RFK Jr. to hold news event on latest autism diagnosis data CDC data: 1 in 31 American kids diagnosed by age 8 Data comes amid 'massive' research effort into autism causes( NewsNation) - Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday will discuss the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest numbers on rising autism rates among American children.
RFK Jr. decries ‘epidemic denial’ amid increasing autism rates

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Brooke Shafer

(NewsNation) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discussed an “unrelenting upward trend” highlighted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest autism rates among American children on Wednesday. Kennedy called autism spectrum disorder a “preventable disease,” and asserted that “we know it’s an environmental exposure, it has to be.”The CDC’s report found that a record 1 in 31 children are diagnosed with autism by the age of 8 in the United States.
What to know as Social Security anti-fraud measures take effect

1 week ago | newsnationnow.com | Brooke Shafer

SSA launches phone claim fraud checks; flagged users must verify in person $16M anti-fraud software aims to cut in-person visits for most recipients Policy shift follows feedback to better serve vulnerable populations( NewsNation) - The Social Security Administration will perform anti-fraud checks on all telephone claims starting Monday. The White House has invested more than $16 million in new anti-fraud software that will allow employees to flag suspected fraud over the phone.
White House denies reports that Elon Musk is being pushed out

3 weeks ago | newsnationnow.com | Brooke Shafer

Politico: Musk will leave White House over officials' 'frustration' White House press secretary says article is 'BS' Musk's allotted 130-day work period will end next month( NewsNation) - Frustration with Elon Musk could lead to his White House departure sooner rather than later, according to Politico reporting that cites administration members who are aggravated with the Tesla billionaire.
Florida District 1 special election

3 weeks ago | newsnationnow.com | Anna Sommerfeld Kutz |Brooke Shafer |Cassie Buchman

By Anna Kutz,Brooke Shafer,Cassie Buchman Former Rep. Matt Gaetz stepped down after sex misconduct allegations Dem candidate Gay Valimont raised $6.5 million; GOP's Patronis got $2.1m Trump had endorsed Patronis, Florida state's chief financial officer Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) talks before President-elect Trump speaks during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.
Republicans bracing for close call in Florida's District 6 election

3 weeks ago | newsnationnow.com | Brooke Shafer

Randy Fine, Josh Weil face off for Mike Waltz's vacant seat Trump won Florida Congressional District 6 by 30 points in November But Democratic momentum is causing concern among GOP( NewsNation) - Republicans are bracing for a closer-than-expected race in Florida's Congressional District 6 special election on Tuesday. President Donald Trump won the district, located on the Florida's eastern coast, by 30 points last November.
Republicans bracing for close call in Florida’s District 6 election

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Brooke Shafer

(NewsNation) — Republicans are bracing for a closer-than-expected race in Florida’s Congressional District 6 special election on Tuesday. President Donald Trump won the district, located on Florida’s eastern coast, by 30 points last November. Michael Waltz also secured a majority win in the district before leaving the seat when he was tapped to be Trump’s national security adviser. But in the months leading up to Tuesday’s special election, Democrats have significantly outraised Republicans.
SpaceX, NASA Crew-10 mission set to launch to replace stuck astronauts

3 weeks ago | cenlanow.com | Brooke Shafer

(NewsNation) — NASA and SpaceX’s mission to relieve Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been in orbit for nine months,has officially launched. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying Crew-10 is expected to dock at the International Space Station on Saturday at 11:30 p.m. Once on board the ISS, there will be a handover period, which has been shortened due to concerns about commodities on the ISS after an upcoming supply mission experienced an issue.