President Trump's "Make America Healthy Again Commission" blamed childhood chronic illnesses on a range of factors in its highly anticipated report out today, Axios' Maya Goldman reports.

• 👶 The 68-page document, from a panel led by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., seeks to lay out a unifying theory around youth obesity, autoimmune issues and behavioral disorders.

💉 The report blends mainstream ideas with highly controversial elements, including doubts about the childhood vaccine schedule.

• It covers ultra-processed foods, chemical exposure, "overmedicalization," corporate influence in medicine and more.

🌾 The document seeks to strike a balance between protecting consumers and promoting economic interests — especially involving pesticides and other agricultural chemicals.

• 🧑‍🌾 "This is not, in any way, an attack on the American farmers or industry," NIH director and commission member Jay Bhattacharya told reporters.
• "What this is is a commitment to get excellent answers, excellent science, so that we can enable people to do the right thing."

🗓️ What's next: The commission has about 80 days to suggest a federal response to its findings.

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We're in for a particularly active Atlantic hurricane season, per NOAA's predictions out today.

• ⛈️ There's a 60% chance of an above-normal season, the agency says, with 6–10 hurricanes and 3–5 major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher).

🌡️ Warmer-than-average ocean temperatures, weak wind shear and weather activity in West Africa all suggest lots of hurricane potential, NOAA says.

• Warm water is essentially hurricane fuel, while wind shear discourages their formation.

🤷 NOAA's forecast comes amid uncertainty at FEMA, which appears "understaffed, underfunded and underprepared" approaching hurricane season's June 1 start date, Axios' Natalie Daher reports.

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1. 🗳️ The House passed President Trump's massive fiscal package he calls a "big, beautiful bill," after weeks of Republican infighting. Go deeper.
2. 🚫 The Trump administration is blocking Harvard from enrolling international students amid a political dispute. Go deeper.
3. ☢️ Iran is threatening to move its nuclear material to undeclared sites ahead of a potential Israeli military strike. Go deeper.
4. 🤖 OpenAI is partnering with the UAE to build a massive new Middle East AI data center. Go deeper.

Men are far more likely than women to "buy the dip" — meaning, risk investing in stocks when prices are sinking, Axios' Emily Peck writes from a new survey.

• 💵 BlackRock polled 1,000 registered U.S. voters April 17–22, asking if stock market drops make them more likely to invest because shares are cheaper.

• 63% of men agreed, compared to just 33% of women.

Why it matters: The findings illustrate an investing and retirement gender gap that leaves women at a disadvantage.

• 💰"Buy low, sell high" is a classic strategy for maximizing returns.

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