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Yankees are 'woefully unprepared' for postseason after Max Fried injury
Fried's injury could come back to bite Yankees GM Brian Cashman.
Bill Rasmussen, sports TV visionary and founder of ESPN, dies at 93
Bill Rasmussen, whose vision and ambition fueled the 1979 launch of ESPN as the world's first 24-hour television network, died Tuesday. He was 93.
The Sinking City 2 ditches the thinky stuff for Resident Evil style horror, but I'm yet to decide if this expert mystery developer's latest is truly better for it
There's a bit, early on in The Sinking City 2, where you enter the waterlogged Miskatonic University. As you teeter aro…
Gamescom 2026 sets new record as number of country pavilions increases by 25%
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Morocco, and Nigeria join as new exhibitors this year
2026 APSA Theme Panel: The Politics of Opposition to Democratic Backsliding -
The Politics of Opposition to Democratic Backsliding Sunday, September 6, 10:00 am to 11:30 am 2026 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition — Boston, MA | Register here In-person | Full Paper Panel Participants: (Chair) Daniel L. Tavana, [...]
Are welfare cuts Reform’s stumbling block?
‘Extremely ambitious’ plans could risk damaging relationships with Europe, and Reform’s own voting base
Western Idaho Fair opens Friday at Expo Idaho
The Western Idaho Fair opens Friday, Aug. 21, at Expo Idaho with concerts, 4-H and FFA exhibits, local food, rides and family-friendly attractions.
Bruno Fernandes contract twist as Manchester United transfer stance revealed
Galatasaray have targeted an ambitious swoop for the Red Devils captain this summer
Voters weigh a DeSantis successor and other key races to watch in Florida, Alaska and Wyoming
Florida Republicans are set to choose their nominee in the race to replace term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday in a contest that has in some ways turned into a bitter intra-party feud — even though there is little drama about its likely outcome.
How Brookhaven National Laboratory’s CFO finances big science
Dr. Susan McKeon explains why the financial decisions behind some of the world's most ambitious scientific research requires a different type of CFO approach.
Antitrust attacks start to bite into Apple’s $100bn services business
Court rulings and new App Store rules are beginning to weigh on one of the iPhone maker’s profitable growth engines
Business tidbits: ICCU opens two Yakima Valley branches
Idaho Central Credit Union expanded to Yakima and Moxee in June through its merger with CALCOE Federal Credit Union.
Scientists put tiny backpacks on crayfish
However, keeping tabs on these four-inch-long freshwater creatures can get a bit sticky.
Why Similar Consumer Businesses Sell For Very Different Prices
Consumer business valuation depends on more than EBITDA. See why similar earnings can produce different prices and what buyers examine before making an offer.
Sports Jawn brings Philly sports treasures to the National Liberty Museum
Sports fans can now check out the new pop-up exhibit inside the National Liberty Museum in Old City called Sports Jawn. The collection features about 100 pieces of memorabilia, including Mike Schmidt's locker, jerseys worn by Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarb.
Russia: Anti-war politician Lev Shlosberg sentenced to 11 years and one month in prison amid mounting pressure on his Yabloko party
His arbitrary prosecution and sentencing are blatant reprisals for exercising his right to freedom of expression to call for peace.
Better Business Bureau shares what to do after debit card surcharges following recent ban
Jo Ann Deal with the Better Business Bureau of Monroe joined Good Morning ArkLaMiss to talk about the recent ban on debit card surcharges.
Better Business Bureau shares what to do after debit card surcharges following recent ban
Jo Ann Deal with the Better Business Bureau of Monroe joined Good Morning ArkLaMiss to talk about the recent ban on debit card surcharges.
Better Business Bureau shares what to do after debit card surcharges following recent ban
Jo Ann Deal with the Better Business Bureau of Monroe joined Good Morning ArkLaMiss to talk about the recent ban on debit card surcharges.
Business split over whether SBTi’s new net-zero standard will boost action or dilute ambition
Five years since its initial launch, the Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) flagship Net Zero Standard has undergone its first major update, prompting a mixed response from the climate community.
In Idaho, an insurer says health care costs may rise after hospital taps Congress’s billing tool
Blue Cross argues that Post Falls ER & Hospital is out-of-network for insurers and relies on an arbitration process created by Congress.
Lankshear outlines Premier League dream with Boro
Middlesbrough's new goalscoring hero Will Lankshear says his dream is "to play in the Premier League" and that his team-mates share that ambition.
We tracked how much 3 young startup founders actually sleep
Business Insider tracked the sleep schedules of some young tech founders. Their sleep habits were wildly different.
Workplace habit changes can improve your overall health
From ergonomic workstations to better hydration and recovery habits, small daily changes can help employees stay healthier, safer and more energized on the job.
New petrified wood exhibit intersects art, history, science at Whatcom Museum
Painted Forest will be on display in Old City Hall until April 2027
Hayden Panettiere, who starred in the television series ‘Heroes’ and ‘Nashville,’ dies at 36
Hayden Panettiere has died at age 36 | WBBM Newsradio 780 AM & 105.9 FM
Discovering science through art exhibition
An innovative exhibition that aims to present complicated science in a simple-to-understand and artistic way hosted by UWA as part of National Science Week.
Scientists led by UCLA found that permanently shaded parts of pits on the Moon stay near a constant 17°C while the exposed surface swings between 127°C and −173°C — meaning humanity's first permanent lunar address may be underground.
LRO thermal data and UCLA-led modelling show why permanent shade in certain lunar pits can remain near 17°C, while cave habitability still depends on access, structure, air and power.
Pixel 11 series, Honor Robot Phone, Redmi 17 official, Week 33 in review
Sony says that Xperia 1 VIII sales are strong, praises microSD slot and 3.5mm jack as integral features. Tech news started picking up a bit, especially in...
Who will champion science in Congress?
In public academic institutions there’s a bit of wisdom that to get anything done, you need a champion. Not just a good idea that you forward to administrators in an email, but a person who’s going to…
"Marvel's Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing" reaches last day at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
Sunday was the last chance for visitors to see the "Marvel's Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing" exhibition at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry.
Final day for Spider-Man exhibit at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
Now It Will Be Sonic's Turn To Have A Gun In New Fortnite Update
Mega Man, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro and Jazz Jackrabbit join Fortnite’s ever growing IP pit in ‘Gaming Legends’ trailer
5 bizarre ways space experts want to clean up Earth’s orbit
Sticky satellites? Space harpoons? Robotic tentacles? Laser cannons? Space lassos? The fight against space junk continues
Age slower without dieting: this cultural habit stuns scientists worldwide - Futura-Sciences
Savoring Culture: A Surprising Health Ally Picture this: according to a British study involving more than 3,500 adults, a weekly dose of culture—be it through visiting museums, browsing in a library, humming along in a choir, or wielding a paintbrush—was linked to knocking one year off participants’ biological age, and...
Hollywood duo underline Premier League ambition for Wrexham
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, the Hollywood owners of English second-tier side Wrexham, have restated their ambition for the club to win the Championship title and so complete a remarkable journey from National League to the Premier League.Deadpool star Reynolds said he felt "obscene pride" at Wrexham's league finish and co-owner McElhenney has underlined their determination to reach the top flight after playing in the fifth tier of English football as recently as 2023.
Bou Meng, a Cambodian artist and survivor of a Khmer Rouge torture center, has died at 85
Cambodian artist Bou Meng, one of only seven people known to have survived a notorious Khmer Rouge torture center, has died at 85.
When we bring back forests and wetlands, some tinier species may be missing
A regrown forest can look tall, lush and green. Restored wetlands can buzz with insects and flutter with birds. But scientists looking more closely are finding that some of their smallest inhabitants — mosses, lichens and algae — are still missing.
Waymo is taking a bite out of rideshare. Driver impact is hard to see.
Waymo's share of gross bookings in SF, LA, and Phoenix are in the high teens, data showed. Experts say the impact on drivers is still murky.
Dritwood Outdoors: Wildlife science demands effective communication
Wildlife management has come a long way from the days of Aldo Leopold traversing the New Mexico mountains on horseback and the Wisconsin River Valley by canoe. Back then, most decisions were based primarily on observation and experience. Today, highly trained wildlife biologists use sophisticated research, technology and mountains of data to understand everything from population dynamics and habitat needs to disease transmission and predator-prey relationships.
Wildlife science demands effective communication
Wildlife management has come a long way from the days of Aldo Leopold traversing the New Mexico mountains on horseback and the Wisconsin River Valley by canoe. Back then, most decisions were based primarily on observation and experience. Today, highly trained wildlife biologists use sophisticated research, technology and mountains of data to understand everything from population dynamics and habitat needs to disease transmission and predator-prey relationships.
Phillies 9, Twins 1: Yield of Dreams
In a game that definitely needed to be consumed, and then recapped, the Philadelphia Phillies continued their late-summer dominance of the Twins with a decisive 9-1 victory, headlined by Philly’s seven-run, fifth-inning explosion. As we were reminded in the pregame, the American League Wild Card situation is a bit of a cluster, especially with midgame […]
State health officials confirm rare swine flu case in Ionia County resident
A rare human case of Swine Flu has been confirmed in a west Michigan resident who was reportedly a swine exhibitor at the Kent County Youth Fair at the start of August.
Big Pivots: Ambition, affordability and the nexus of climate change politics
In Crested Butte, Republican voter registration barely breaks 5%. Given this political makeup, Crested Butte might seem like a strange venue for dissecting American polarization over climate change. The national pace of climate action, however,...
Disney's Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is getting his own TV miniseries
Oswald is older than Mickey Mouse.
Clemson QB Christopher Vizzina Turns Heads in Latest Update
Clemson Tigers quarterback Christopher Vizzina is apparently impressing his teammates quite a bit.
Matthew McConaughey teases political ambitions after meeting the Pope
Matthew McConaughey tells USA TODAY about his recent meeting with the Pope and whether that changed his perspective on running for political office.
Pixel 11 ads show a mysterious screen-equipped tracker that’s not Pixel Watch 5 or Fitbit Air [Gallery]
Google might have another fitness tracker in the works, as a pair of new ads online show off a mysterious...
Mark Mitchell Update
Mitchell will have to wait a bit longer to know how his hearing will turn out.
Scientists who narrowly missed out on an NIH grant were 6.1% more likely to produce a top-5%-cited paper over the following decade than equally promising scientists who just got funded — a Kellogg-led study suggesting that an early setback can have surprisingly long-lasting effects.
A natural experiment around an NIH funding cutoff found higher-impact work among near-miss scientists who stayed active, alongside substantial attrition from the system.
NICK STROBEL: Lunar eclipse on tap for Aug. 27
Venus now begins its slow descent back toward the sun as it catches up to Earth in its faster inner orbit. Because Venus' orbit is so close to Earth's, Venus'
Ionia County resident has swine flu after exhibiting at youth fair
An Ionia County resident who exhibited pigs at the Kent County Youth Fair now has a confirmed case of swine flu, Michigan health leaders said Aug. 14.
Kent County Youth Fair exhibitor tests positive for swine flu, health officials say
A person who was a swine exhibitor at the Kent County Youth Fair at the beginning of August has since tested positive for swine flu.
Wildlife science demands effective communication
Wildlife management has come a long way from the days of Aldo Leopold traversing the New Mexico mountains on horseback and the Wisconsin River Valley by canoe. Back then, most decisions were based primarily on observation and experience. Today, highly trained wildlife biologists use sophisticated research, technology and mountains of data to understand everything from population dynamics and habitat needs to disease transmission and predator-prey relationships.
Brandon Butler column: Wildlife science demands effective communication
Wildlife management has come a long way from the days of Aldo Leopold traversing the New Mexico mountains on horseback and the Wisconsin River Valley by canoe. Back then, most decisions were based primarily on observation and experience. Today, highly trained wildlife biologists use sophisticated research, technology and mountains of data to understand everything from population dynamics and habitat needs to disease transmission and predator-prey relationships.
Matthew McConaughey teases political ambitions after meeting the Pope
NEW YORK – For Matthew McConaughey, meeting the Pope was a bit like going to the Oscars.
Post office photography exhibit removed for ‘political content’
The exhibit in the Morristown post office lobby featured photographs of protesters at the four-way village intersection, some of whom have been gathering there nearly every Friday since the death of George Floyd in 2020.
Erie County receives small number of responses to biometric law disclosure
The law prohibits businesses from collecting, using or selling people's data.
'Yesteryear' and the tradwife trend hold a message
It turns out keeping chickens and growing vegetables don’t just drive social-media clicks: They’re also habits associated with better long-term health.
Google Health Update Lets You Get Rid of the Coach
Google Health was supposed to deliver us into the future of health and fitness tracking. With a refreshed app, Apple Health syncing, and a bundle of other new features, including a Google Health...
The new Flachbau RS is a one-off Porsche 911 GT2 RS built to look (a bit) like Moby Dick
Porsche’s means are indeed sane, but the finished object? Mad
Engineering Exploration encourages families to have fun with science
Tracy Earth Project teamed up with Quest Science Center of Livermore to bring “Engineering Exploration,” a hands-on science and engineering exhibit, to the Tracy Community Center on Friday.
Scientists hope to shed light on young universe by using dark side of the moon
UK team seeking to put suitcase-sized satellite in orbit around moon in search for 21cm line radio frequency signal
Pixel 11 tidbits: The key details you should know about Google’s latest phones
While not as major of a release as most years, Google’s Pixel 11 devices bring a lot of new things...
2. Bundesliga preview: Hertha BSC vs. 1. FC Heidenheim
After both sides began their respective campaigns with victories, albeit with seemingly different ambitions for the season ahead, Hertha BSC and Heidenheim will lock horns at the Olympiastadion on Sat...
8BitDo just turned your iPhone into a perfect retro handheld with this clever controller
Your phone is now a Game Boy.
The Wild Lower West: Sustainability vs Ambition
In his first column of the new season, Dixey focuses on Rob Couhig’s recent sit-down with BBC Berkshire.
Wellness Wednesday provides guidance on developing healthy habits for online and social media activi
2026 APSA Theme Panel: Multinational Firms and National Politics -
Multinational Firms and National Politics Sunday, September 6, 10:00 am to 11:30 am 2026 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition — Boston, MA | Register here In-person | Full Paper Panel Participants: (Chair) Calvin Thrall, Columbia University (Discussant) [...]
PFT's 2026 preseason power rankings
As the full exhibition slate starts, here's how the 32 teams stack up.
Edinburgh international film festival showcases a Scottish industry in rude health
This year’s festival is superpowered by a strong year for Scottish cinema, showing it can thrive under the ‘four dimensional perpetual catch-22’ of global ambitions
AI needs science’s search history
“Actually, that’s where the gold is,” said Alasdair Russell, my graduate school friend who leads a pre-clinical genome editing group at Cambridge. He was talking about the winding road of science that is omitted from published papers. “When you’re discussing how to do the experiment, and why this way is better than another way, and what does the data really mean? I know what it shows, but what does it mean?” At RAAIS 2026, he described how his group has begun logging the twisting path of discovery as it happens, recording the verbal and written exchanges that normally disappear. Ideas become nodes in a living graph: they branch when a meeting produces two plausible experiments, merge when separate lines of evidence converge, and go dark when someone quietly stops pursuing them. In his implementation, one agent scores novelty, while another tries to learn “how scientists think and how they navigate through a complex world of data,” so that high-potential nodes can trigger deeper investigation. As frontier AI labs deploy agents toward scientific discovery, giving AI authentic scientific taste remains a trillion-dollar dilemma. The bottleneck is that the record we have kept for centuries of science might be insufficient to get us there. The experiments that never make the paper Peter Medawar, 1960 Nobel laureate and “father of transplantation,” asked in 1963 whether the scientific paper was a fraud, and answered yes: the form of the paper misrepresents the thinking that produced it. Sixty years on, the diagnosis is unchanged. A paper presents a clean progression from hypothesis to result to conclusion. Lost along the way are the unconventional theories, the abandoned or unaffordable methods, and the underwhelming and inconclusive data. It reads like a browser history with every dead end deleted: the ten open tabs, the four rephrased queries, the wrong turn down a subforum. All scrubbed, leaving one clean path from question to answer as the canonical path. What has changed since then is that the discarded material is now worth something. No high-impact journal wants these artifacts, but raw trial and error is the most likely source of the training data required to develop scientific intuition, or what researchers call taste. Earlier attempts to capture the discards were motivated by scientific integrity. The Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine launched in 2002 to publish rigorous studies that disputed established models or exposed ineffective treatments. Its archive preserved negative conclusions after they had become papers, rather than the live alternatives and arguments that produced them. BioMed Central closed it in 2017, saying the mission had been served now that other journals publish null results. A less generous reading is that in fifteen years it published around 200 papers because almost nobody wants to read a negative result, let alone write one up when it will not count toward academic tenure. AI models are different. Even an uninteresting negative result can be useful, provided it is labeled. Earlier this year, Anthropic put a version of this to the test. The company pulled 129 decision points from real Claude Code sessions between January and March 2026, showed models the work up to a human detour, and asked what should happen next. Claude Mythos Preview beat the human choice 64% of the time, while Opus 4.5 managed 51%. The comparison was tilted toward the models because Anthropic deliberately chose moments where the human decision had room for improvement. On 127 further scenarios where the human action was already strong, the models improved on it only about 20% of the time. The study was possible because Anthropic’s researchers work inside a tool that logs by default. The reasoning, detours and outcome are produced in the same working environment. Biology has no equivalent. Its reasoning happens in hallways, at benches, in Slack threads and on whiteboards, while the outcome arrives weeks later somewhere else. The record has to emerge from the work itself. Ask scientists to reconstruct it afterwards and we’ll create another polished account. Subscribe A log is not a label Before any of this becomes training data, a negative result has to say what failed. The first paper published in the Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine examined 234 negative studies across five leading medical journals. Only 30% discussed statistical power, and half clearly defined a primary outcome. Tell a model an experiment failed, without telling it whether the assay was underpowered, a reagent had degraded, or the hypothesis was simply wrong, and it will learn noise with confidence. Decision histories have a second missing label too. When a lab considers five experiments and runs one, only the chosen branch returns an outcome. The other four are experimental counterfactuals. Researchers call this the selective labels problem: the data reveal results only for the actions someone chose to take. Such a record can teach a model to imitate a lab’s taste, but it cannot establish that the taste was good. It also smuggles local constraints into general lessons. A lab that never ran cryo-EM because it did not own a microscope teaches a model that cryo-EM is rarely the right call. Alasdair’s nodes preserve the candidate set, which is the necessary first step. To be useful, each decision record needs six fields: The evidence available at that moment, and nothing that arrived later. The candidates considered, including the ones dismissed in a sentence. For each candidate: the expected result, the confidence attached to it, and the cost in time and money. The route chosen, and the reason. What happened next. How the evidence changed the scientist’s view. These must be timestamped before the outcome, because hindsight turns uncertainty into inevitability. Disagreement also has to survive. Averaging three scientists into one clean rationale reproduces exactly the information loss we are trying to fix. But there is an obvious failure mode here. Once decisions are logged and scored, people log for the record post-facto. Anyone who has watched an electronic lab notebook fill up with retrospective tidying knows how quickly a research tool becomes a compliance exercise. A record that costs a scientist ten minutes of honest reflection per decision is worth far more than one that costs an hour of performance. A publication initiative called Registered Reports offers a useful starting point. Here, researchers submit their rationale, methods and analysis plan for peer review before the data exist, and the journal commits in principle to publish if they follow the approved plan. Nature has now expanded the format across every field it covers. This approach to paper writing timestamps intent before the outcome, but it freezes one plan. A useful search history must also preserve how the plan changed, which alternatives were rejected, when, and on what evidence. Subscribe Run the runner-up Autonomous labs show what happens when decisions and outcomes are connected in a loop. Liverpool’s mobile robotic chemist ran 688 experiments over eight days in a ten-variable formulation space. A batched Bayesian search used each result to choose the next experiments and found photocatalyst mixtures six times more active than the starting formulations. Every completed experiment changed what the system did next. The robot optimized within a goal and search space that humans had already chosen. It did not decide which scientific question mattered. So what this work demonstrates is narrower, but still useful: a search history pays off when the options return standardized outcomes quickly. Open-ended biology is harder because branches can take weeks and the discarded alternatives may never be run. Some exploration therefore has to be bought. Where two branches are plausible and the stakes justify the cost, a lab should sometimes run the runner-up. Otherwise the record captures what today’s scientists usually chose and stays silent on what they systematically overlooked. A funder could ring-fence a small fraction of a grant for the branch not taken, provided that the decision record and the outcome are both deposited. That costs money, but so does having every lab rediscover the same abandoned path. Test whether taste transfers When it comes time to evaluate if our new AI system exhibits taste, the comparison should run across laboratories and fields. At selected decision points in a live research campaign, we should freeze the six fields: the evidence, the candidates, expected results, confidence, costs and the choice made. Experts then rank the options before the outcomes are known, and those outcomes are checked independently later. We could give models one of two diets - papers alone, or papers plus decision histories - and ask them to rank the next experiment on unfamiliar projects. Then, we score information gained per dollar and week, calibration, and how quickly weak branches are abandoned. If histories improve choices only inside the lab that produced them, they amount to useful organizational memory. If they improve choices on unfamiliar problems elsewhere, Alasdair’s group will have captured something science has never managed to write down: a transferable record of taste. Until that happens, a scientific search history is a promising record, not yet a training set.
More than words: The political power of print at the Haggerty Museum of Art
Nearly 5,000 visitors viewed the Haggerty Museum of Art’s exhibitions, engaged in classroom conversations and discussed cross-cultural issues inspired by the semester’s focus on the political power of print.
DJI Mic Mini 2S review: The best tiny mic now offers a pro experience
DJI’s Mic Mini 2S offers high-quality audio and ease of use, and it’s now better for pros due to the new internal 32-bit float recording.
20 hours in, I cannot believe the scale, complexity, and ambition of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
Nintendo's next big release is a true return to form for one of the best strategy RPG series out there.
Gorge Amphitheatre founders plan intimate, ambitious new venues
Renderings show the project, dubbed The Hilltop. It will feature a 1,000- to 1,200-seat indoor theater and a 2,000-seat outdoor venue.
Sporting KC co-founder Cliff Illig to headline KC Sports Impact Panel at KU exhibition closing event
The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design’s “Shaping the Future of Football” exhibition concludes Aug. 21 at Keystone CoLAB in Kansas City with the KC Sports Impact Panel. Featured speaker Cliff Illig, principal owner and co-founder of Sporting Kansas City, will discuss Kansas City’s 2026 FIFA World Cup opportunity, the fan experience, and the future of sports, entertainment and economic growth in the region.
College football championship contenders: Favorites, long shots, and playoff candidates
College football preview season rolls on today at SB Nation. While we previously released our own Top 25 ahead of the campaign, we are diving into those rankings a bit more today, breaking them down by what teams can truly be considered title contenders. Some are longshots, others need a break or two to make […]
77th Genesee County Fair announces biggest entertainment lineup in years
MOUNT MORRIS — The 177th Genesee County Fair returns Aug. 24-30, with an exciting lineup of nationally recognized entertainers, brand-new attractions, championship motorsports, rodeo action, carnival rides, agricultural exhibits, and family entertainment designed to make this year's Fair one of its biggest ever. Headlining the Fair are two nights of live concerts featuring some of
Karoline Leavitt is leaving her role as Trump's White House press secretary
Leavitt called it a “bittersweet decision" in a social media post Wednesday shortly after President Donald Trump announced she would be stepping down. She recently returned to the White House podium after the birth of her second child, a daughter named Viviana, in May.
Asia-Pacific parliamentarians urge bolder action for universal health coverage, climate resilience and responsible AI
Parliamentarians representing 16 countries from across the Asia-Pacific region concluded the Ninth Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health (APPFGH) today, reaffirming their key role in advancing universal health coverage (UHC) amid the risks and opportunities posed by AI and climate change. In adopting the Phnom Penh Communiqué, parliamentarians urged fellow legislators regionwide to strengthen sustainable financing for UHC to widen access to health for all, including the most vulnerable populations; promote responsible governance of AI amid ethical concerns over this fast-evolving technology; and build climate-resilient health systems to anticipate and respond to mounting pressures ranging from rising sea levels in coastal areas to air pollution and other environmental degradation.The National Assembly of Cambodia, with support from Cambodia’s Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO), hosted the Forum in Phnom Penh from 11 to 13 August 2026 – the first time the Forum has convened in a Mekong country.Parliamentarians urge action to close gaps in accessIn the Communiqué, parliamentarians recognized that at-risk and marginalized groups are the ones most severely affected by gaps in access to health services. These groups include people living in poverty, women and children, persons with disabilities, older people, migrants, refugees, and those in rural, remote or island communities. The Communiqué urges fellow parliamentarians and policy-makers to advocate for laws and policies that support sustainable financing to protect people from financial hardship, with a focus on primary health care, prevention and equity. "The Communiqué is a call to action. It sets out ambitious, concrete measures that deliver meaningful impact on the ground. We are all accountable for advancing universal health coverage and translating our commitments into tangible results. Cambodia is fully committed to advancing UHC, including the promotion of ‘healthy people, prosperous country’ campaign,” said Samdech Maha Rathsapheathika Thipadei Khuon Sudary, President of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia.His Excellency Professor Chheang Ra, Minister of Health of the Kingdom of Cambodia, highlighted the need for collaboration beyond the health sector. “Universal health coverage cannot be achieved by the Ministry of Health alone. It requires support, particularly from parliamentarians, across political, legislative, financial, social protection, education, infrastructure, and environmental domains. While each country follows its own path, one factor is universally critical for success: strong governance and leadership. We all believe in this principle, and in our respective political roles, we remain committed to strengthening these key success factors to ensure that no one is left behind.”Promoting responsible AI adoption Parliamentarians acknowledged that, while AI has already demonstrated its ability to improve access to health services and support delivery, careful and ethical governance is necessary to safeguard quality, safety, privacy and public trust. This underscores the importance of parliamentarians in promoting legal and regulatory frameworks addressing liability, records ownership and data governance, while embracing innovation that protects ethical practice.“Without strong governance, safeguards for privacy and data security, sustainable financing, and attention to those most at risk of exclusion, new technologies may widen existing gaps instead of closing them. This is why parliamentarians matter. We pass laws. We approve budgets. We scrutinize government action. We represent communities. We can ask whether health services are reaching rural, remote, ageing, poor, and marginalized populations. We can ask whether innovation is being guided by equity, evidence, and ethics,” said Hon. Man Hee Lee, President of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health.Building climate-resilient health systemsParliamentarians also reiterated that the climate crisis is a direct threat to people’s health and to achieving UHC more broadly, deepening the same gaps in access already faced by at-risk and marginalized communities. They recognized the need for WHO Member States to ensure sufficient national appropriations and oversight, and for parliamentarians to raise awareness in their constituencies and mobilize local action in building climate-resilient and sustainable health systems.“Universal health coverage, climate change and AI cannot be addressed in isolation. The same communities struggling to access health services today are often the ones most exposed to climate shocks, and most in need of the opportunities AI can offer if this technology is governed responsibly,” said Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific. “Having served previously in this Forum myself as a parliamentarian from Tonga, I recognize how the Phnom Penh Communiqué reflects the shared resolve of legislators across the Asia-Pacific region: the laws parliamentarians pass and the budgets they approve help ensure this progress reaches the people who need it most.”As the Forum drew to a close, delegates reflected on what they would carry back to their own parliaments and constituencies.“I wish to share three points here worth carrying home from Phnom Penh: we need to invest in primary health care as the foundation of coverage; we need to remove the barriers that keep people from care, whether financial, geographic or social; and we need to build systems that are inclusive by design, protecting those most at risk of being left behind,” added Hon. Ouch Borith, First Vice-President of the Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia.###Notes for editors:The Asia-Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health (APPFGH) is a platform for parliamentarians to exchange ideas, build political will, strengthen capacity and foster collaboration towards sustainable health action. This was the ninth meeting of the APPFGH, with the theme “Universal Health Coverage in the era of Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence”. Target 3.8 of the Sustainable Development Goals calls on countries to achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health services, and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all. In the Western Pacific, UHC service coverage index (SDG 3.8.1) rose from 63 in 2000 to 81 in 2023 (figures include Indonesia), and roughly one in four people in the Western Pacific have experienced financial hardship (SDG 3.8.2). Progress towards UHC in the Asia-Pacific region remains uneven, with hundreds of millions of people still lacking access to essential health services or facing financial hardship due to health-related expenses. Strengthening the role of parliaments – through legislation, financing and oversight – is central to closing this gap and accelerating progress towards UHC across the region.Parliamentarians participating in APPFGH in Cambodia this week include: Hon. Pehin Dato Adanan YUSOF, Brunei Darussalam; Hon. Rosmawatty ABDUL MUMIN, Brunei Darussalam; Hon. LORK Kheng, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. YOS Phanita, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. KHOUN Khundy, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. HENG Halim, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. KHOENG Noupheap, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. SENG Nhak, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. LY Sukry, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. NHOEURN Raden, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. Dr Ratu Atonio LALABALAVU, Republic of Fiji; Hon. Vijay NATH, Republic of Fiji; Hon. Man Hee LEE, Republic of Korea; Hon. Dr Jiho CHA, Republic of Korea; Hon. Jonghun BAEK, Republic of Korea; Hon. Youngsuk SEO, Republic of Korea; Hon. Dr Phayvanh KEOPASEUTH, Lao People’s Democratic Republic; Hon. Suhaizan Bin KAIAT, Malaysia; Hon. Dr Perpetua KONMAN, Federated States of Micronesia; Hon. Ganmaa DAVAASAMBUU, Mongolia; Hon. Charmaine SCOTTY, Republic of Naoero; Hon. Vincent Ambance KUMURA, Papua New Guinea; Hon. Dr Edwin CRUZADO, Republic of the Philippines; Hon. AUUAPAAU Mulipola Aloitafua Mulipola, Samoa; Hon. ASIATA TAVUI Tafu Salevao, Samoa; Hon. Dr Alani Petelo TANGITAU, Tonga; Hon. Paul PAOLO, Republic of Vanuatu; Hon. Franklyn Ezra WILLIAM, Republic of Vanuatu.For more information, contact: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific: wprocom@who.int National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia (International Relations Department): ir.nacambodia@gmail.com
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