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Local businesses team up for downtown flash event

Customers could get a free mini cheesecake for life by getting Arie's logo tattooed during the flash event.

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Oct 17 • 7:58 PM EDT • Business • wrdw.com
PS6 Price Tag Facing $1,000+ Nightmare as AI Data Centres Send Component Costs Soaring

And it could get worse yet

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Oct 17 • 7:00 PM EDT • Technology • pushsquare.com
Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) Could Be 39% Undervalued After Argus Cuts It To Sell

Argus cut its rating on Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) to SELL, citing weak scores for management, growth prospects, and value, a shift that appears to be influencing how investors view the stock. Recent trading has turned against Sphere Entertainment, with the share price falling 28.3% over the past month and 27.4% over the last quarter. This points to fading momentum even though the year-to-date share price return is 9.8% and the 1-year total shareholder return is 76.4%. Scan beyond Sphere...

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Oct 17 • 5:33 PM EDT • Entertainment • simplywall.st
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Disney signs company-wide partnership with Dude Perfect, but no park attraction announced yet

Disney Dude Perfect partnership covers entertainment, sports, products, and experiences. Here is what is confirmed and what could come.

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Oct 17 • 5:07 PM EDT • Entertainment • attractionsmagazine.com
SMH talks with United Healthcare on Medicare Advantage pact stall

Talks could affect 33,000 SMH and First Physicians Group patients in 2027 if a deal is not reached by Dec. 31

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Oct 17 • 3:59 PM EDT • Health • heraldtribune.com
Continuous glucose monitors help type 2 diabetes patients spend 5 more hours a day in healthy blood sugar range

Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) could transform diabetes management for millions of Americans with type 2 diabetes who don't take insulin, according to findings published in the New England Journal ...

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Oct 17 • 3:00 PM EDT • Health • medicalxpress.com
Ellen DeGeneres appears in rare TV interview 4 years after talk show’s end

Ellen DeGeneres stopped by ‘The Graham Norton Show’ on Friday to discuss her past and future in television, quipping that she could easily get a show in the U.K.

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Oct 17 • 2:59 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Baptist Health Hamburg hosts Breast Cancer Awareness Walk

A sea of pink could be seen outside Baptist Health Hamburg on Saturday morning, as the hospital held its third annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk.

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Oct 17 • 2:21 PM EDT • Health • wkyt.com
I left LA so my 3 kids could have an '80s-style childhood

Jen Podany moved her three kids from LA to a small Arizona town, where they can ride bikes, play outside, and enjoy more independence.

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Oct 17 • 1:56 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Twenty Hours a Week at an Amazon Warehouse for Health Insurance at 60? Here Is the Math a Retired Paralegal Will Run

A 60-year-old paralegal with $350,000 saved and five years until Medicare faces a decision that could quietly reshape her entire retirement, and the answer turns on a warehouse job that pays less than half what she used to earn.

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Oct 17 • 1:22 PM EDT • Health • 247wallst.com
Science Applications International (SAIC) Could Be 12% Overvalued On CFO And Leadership Changes

Science Applications International (SAIC) is reshaping its senior leadership after appointing Kenneth B. Crews as incoming Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, while existing CFO Prabu Natarajan transitions to lead the Civilian Business Group. The leadership reshuffle lands at a time when Science Applications International’s share price has climbed 15.2% over the past 90 days and 31.47% year to date, while the 1-year total shareholder return of 38.29% points to momentum that...

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Oct 17 • 12:28 PM EDT • Science • simplywall.st
Business Bulletin: Are those “Cloud storage is full” messages real?

If you receive an email warning appearing to be from a company you know and trust that states your online storage is full and your family photos, important documents and other files could soon be deleted ... would you click on the "fix" button?

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Oct 17 • 12:00 PM EDT • Business • timesfreepress.com
Salt crystals could hold clues to life beneath Enceladus's ice

The ocean beneath Saturn's moon Enceladus lies under kilometers of ice, but some of its contents do reach the surface. Jets near the south pole spray out water vapor and icy particles, offering a way ...

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Oct 17 • 11:40 AM EDT • Science • phys.org
‘Danger zone’: These 5 US states are about to be hit hardest by El Niño, experts warn

A powerful El Niño is underway. Here’s how the weather pattern could affect hurricanes, wildfires, flooding and extreme weather across the US.

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Oct 17 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencefocus.com
25+ Of The Best Discounted Games We Could Find From The Xbox Store Sales

Bargains for up to 90% off!

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Oct 17 • 9:30 AM EDT • Technology • purexbox.com
Samsung Leak Claims 6 Galaxy Z Foldables for 2027

A leak claims Samsung could launch 6 Galaxy Z foldables in 2027, including a rollable Z Slide and a 3-tier Fold 9 line. Here is what is confirmed.

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Oct 17 • 8:07 AM EDT • Technology • tech-insider.org
This Common, Preventable Condition Could Cost You Up to 6 Years of Good Health, Scientists Say

Your mental health may be at greatest risk.

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Oct 17 • 8:02 AM EDT • Health • prevention.com
Amazon just did what Google couldn't do in 15 years: Make a great everyday Android tablet

With Alexa Tablets, Amazon is making welcome changes to its tablet strategy, and proving that it knows how to make a great Android tablet.

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Oct 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
This bird flies thousands of miles, but its wings have a catch

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected trade-off in the wings of the European nightjar, a bird that migrates thousands of kilometers but sacrifices high-speed flight efficiency to hunt insects with remarkable agility. Even more surprisingly, it generates thrust on the upward wingbeat, a technique that could inspire new flying technologies.

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Oct 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
New drug reverses severe fatty liver disease by repairing the gut

Scientists have discovered that a potential new drug can reverse severe fatty liver disease in animal models by restoring gut health and blocking harmful substances from reaching the liver. The breakthrough could pave the way for new treatments for liver disease and potentially other serious conditions, including cardiovascular disease.

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Oct 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
SpaceX Dragon Delivers Groundbreaking Science and Solar Arrays to ISS

SpaceX has delivered tiny brain models, 3D heart tissue, and artificial retina technology to the space station in a mission that could open new doors for medical research on Earth. SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft successfully arrived at the International Space Station on October 15, docking at 10:27 a.m. EDT with the space-facing port of the station’s

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Oct 17 • 7:53 AM EDT • Science • scitechdaily.com
California redwoods are struggling in the heat — and it's not clear how much damage is being done

When temperatures rise, California redwoods slow down their rate of photosynthesis, a discovery that could have implications for the long-term survival of the iconic species.

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Oct 17 • 7:45 AM EDT • Science • livescience.com
Kings Conclude Preseason as Lone Winless Team in Road Loss

Domantas Sabonis and Zach LaVine couldn't overcome a rebounding deficit in San Antonio, leaving Sacramento to search for answers before their regular-season opener against the Clippers.

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Oct 17 • 7:24 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Campaigns already know a lot about voters. AI could change what they do with it.

Artificial intelligence is reshaping familiar campaign practices in Minnesota and beyond. Whether it can sway more votes is less certain.

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Oct 17 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • startribune.com
Seahawks Handed Blunt Sam Darnold Take Amid Turnover Concerns

Seattle Seahawks QB Sam Darnold is at the center of criticism as the Seahawks offense couldn’t get anything going against the Denver Broncos defense, resulting in a 17-14 Week 6 loss to the Denver Broncos on Oct. 15. Despite the defense limiting the Broncos’ offense to 17 points, that wasn’t enough to get the win. […] The post Seahawks Handed Blunt Sam Darnold Take Amid Turnover Concerns appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 17 • 6:38 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Health insurance is the sleeper midterms issue: Why premiums are spiking

Americans are bracing to pay significantly more for health insurance next month, whether they have Affordable Care Act plans or get insurance through work. Premiums for some people could be t…

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Oct 17 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • thehill.com
Health insurance is the sleeper midterms issue: Why premiums are spiking

Americans are bracing to pay significantly more for health insurance next month, whether they have Affordable Care Act plans or get insurance through work. Premiums for some people could be t…

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Oct 17 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • thehill.com
Bundesliga Heavyweights Collide: Bayern And Leipzig Unleash Their Attacking Stars

Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig are preparing for Saturday's Bundesliga showdown at the Allianz Arena, with the predicted lineups offering an early indication of how both teams could approach one of the biggest fixtures of the weekend.

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Oct 17 • 5:54 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
YouTube Gold: The Genius Of Red Auerbach

Even today, coaches could learn a tremendous amount from Red Auerbach

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Oct 17 • 5:44 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
For a Mere $2 Million, You Could Own Three Books That Unlocked the Universe

At Sotheby’s, a feast of rare science books includes volumes from Copernicus, Galileo and Newton that together revolutionized human understanding of the cosmos.

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Oct 17 • 5:01 AM EDT • Science • nytimes.com
Column: The Great Outdoors (Indoors Edition)

After a lifetime lived in the Montana/Wyoming area, I like to fancy myself a great outdoorsman — somebody who could, if necessary, go full Leonardo-DiCaprio-in-The-Revenant in order to survive.

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Oct 17 • 5:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • thesheridanpress.com
New 4,300-mile-long internet cable will shuttle data along the ocean floor at 1 million gigabits per second

Petal, the world's first petabit transoceanic fiber cable, could theoretically support simultaneous music streaming for 75% of the world's population.

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Oct 17 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • livescience.com
Big Week For Red Wings 40-Goal Scorers

Alex DeBrincat signed a contract extension with the Detroit Red Wings this week, and the Hockeytown faithful couldn’t be happier. […]

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Oct 17 • 4:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Are we alone? The science behind why intelligent life could be the rarest thing in the Universe | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

When we look across the Universe, we might come to the conclusion that intelligent life is really a very rare thing indeed.

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Oct 17 • 1:54 AM EDT • Science • skyatnightmagazine.com
Georgia Affordable Care Act health insurance premiums set to rise dramatically

Georgia marketplace health insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act could skyrocket as high as 29 percent next year.

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Oct 16 • 10:19 PM EDT • Health • fox5atlanta.com
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A $100,000 Science Prize Could Leave His Social Security Checks Intact, but Still Raise His Tax Bill

A $100,000 honorary science prize sounds like a clean windfall, but for a retiree on Social Security, the tax math that follows can turn a moment of recognition into a costly surprise.

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Oct 16 • 9:00 PM EDT • Science • finance.yahoo.com
A $100,000 Science Prize Could Leave His Social Security Checks Intact, but Still Raise His Tax Bill

A $100,000 honorary science prize sounds like a clean windfall, but for a retiree on Social Security, the tax math that follows can turn a moment of recognition into a costly surprise.

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Oct 16 • 9:00 PM EDT • Science • 247wallst.com
New Franciscan Health office could come to Marquette Mall in Michigan City

From a shopping mall to helping save lives.Part of the Marquette Mall in Michigan City could be on its way to becoming a new office for Franciscan Health.The he

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Oct 16 • 8:39 PM EDT • Health • wsbt.com
Raiders Could Capitalize On A Couple Of Buffalo Issues

The Las Vegas Raiders could capitalize on the inexperience of Bills coach Joe Brady, who made a questionable call.

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Oct 16 • 8:37 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Scientists discover how deep sleep builds muscle, burns fat, and boosts the brain

Scientists have discovered a surprising two-way relationship between sleep and growth hormone, revealing how the brain carefully balances physical recovery with wakefulness. The findings could help explain why poor sleep harms metabolism and brain health, potentially opening the door to new treatments for sleep and neurological disorders.

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Oct 16 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Proposed AI Governance Framework: Risk-Mitigation Recommendations for Health Plans

Senator Maria Cantwell has outlined a comprehensive AI governance framework intended to drive legislative and executive actions addressing potential AI risks — and for health plans, this framework could determine how AI can be used in prior authorization and other consequential clinical and administrative decisions. The framework explicitly calls out AI-assisted prior authorization — including CMS's WISeR model — as an area where meaningful human oversight is required. Read our alert for six risk-mitigation recommendations health plans should take now.

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Oct 16 • 7:51 PM EDT • Health • crowell.com
Some hope to see lawmakers create AI framework for education

Could Senate Republicans prevent Senate Democrats from achieving a veto-proof majority in the upper chamber this election?

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Oct 16 • 7:30 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Advocates prepare for the potential of ICE agents at polls in N.Y.

The New York Immigration Coalition says it’s “preparing for everything that could potentially be possible” this election season.

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Oct 16 • 6:46 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Advocates prepare for the potential of ICE agents at polls in N.Y.

The New York Immigration Coalition says it’s “preparing for everything that could potentially be possible” this election season.

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Oct 16 • 6:46 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Briefing Recap | What the midterms could change about U.S. health care

An election lookahead at what’s at stake for health policy

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Oct 16 • 6:23 PM EDT • Health • wpintelligence.washingtonpost.com
KJ Apa reveals where he stands on “Riverdale ”zombie sequel appearance (exclusive)

“It’d be cool if we could do some cameos,” Apa says.

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Oct 16 • 6:05 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Lobo football team treats paradise like a business trip

The real challenge Hawaii may pose could lie in the travel required to visit the islands.

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Oct 16 • 5:53 PM EDT • Business • santafenewmexican.com
The Moon Is Shrinking, and Scientists Say That Could Be a Problem for NASA

Researchers identified more than 10,000 lunar faults, raising concerns about moonquakes, landslides, and the safety of future lunar missions.

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Oct 16 • 5:51 PM EDT • Science • vice.com
WP Intelligence Briefing | What the midterms could change about U.S. health care

An election lookahead at what’s at stake for health policy

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Oct 16 • 4:32 PM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
North Carolina could play a key role in this year's midterm elections

Midterm election results in North Carolina could significantly influence the state and shape the national political landscape, says John Dinan, a Wake Forest University professor of political science. Dinan explains what North Carolinians will see on the ballot, the importance of key candidate contests and the potential ripple effects on the state and federal levels.…

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Oct 16 • 4:05 PM EDT • Politics • news.wfu.edu
AI chatbots could make healthcare more accessible, but some doctors are still wary

AI chatbots are everywhere these days, helping to write emails or draft resumes and answer users’ burning questions about everything from their love life to medical advice.

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Oct 16 • 4:00 PM EDT • Health • dentonrc.com
Yankees Named Top Landing Spot For Tarik Skubal Entering Offseason

The New York Yankees could look to make a big splash this offseason.

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Oct 16 • 3:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Meta updates business terms, sparking AI training fears among news outlets

Tech giant’s revised rules could allow automated scraping across entire websites, legal experts warn

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Oct 16 • 3:49 PM EDT • Business • mercurynews.com
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Historic Orlando hospital site could become affordable housing, health care hub
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Oct 16 • 1:50 PM EDT • Health • clickorlando.com
Official NVIDIA Marketplace Seemingly Removes GeForce RTX 5090

NVIDIA's official marketplace, where gamers across the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia could purchase GeForce RTX cards through NVIDIA's official channels, is showing more signs that the GeForce RTX 5090 might indeed be nearing its end of life. There are officially no more GeForce RTX...

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Oct 16 • 1:10 PM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com
College Football Playoff Expansion Could Change Everything For Texas A&M

A proposed 24-team College Football Playoff could give Texas A&M more postseason opportunities, but Mike Elko faces bigger problems with the Aggies struggling in 2026.

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Oct 16 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sell Rating Could Be A Turning Point For Sphere Entertainment Stock (SPHR)

Argus recently cut its view on Sphere Entertainment to a SELL rating, citing weaker scores on management quality, growth potential, and valuation, while assigning only medium marks to financial strength and the industry backdrop. The downgrade highlights a key tension in Sphere Entertainment’s story: an experience-heavy, capital-intensive model that faces questions about execution discipline and long-run profitability. This raises the question of how Sphere Entertainment's investment...

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Oct 16 • 12:28 PM EDT • Entertainment • simplywall.st
Greensboro bank makes rival bid for Durham's historic M&F

A rival offer could preserve the historic Black-owned bank's identity ahead of an Oct. 20 vote.

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Oct 16 • 12:17 PM EDT • Business • axios.com
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This new theory on how AI 'thinks' could impact whether it kills us

We may be closer to understanding how AI models think, giving researchers new tools to ensure they don't go rogue.

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Oct 16 • 12:05 PM EDT • Technology • businessinsider.com
Sylvester Stallone explains that shocking “Tulsa King” premiere twist: ‘I wanted people’s jaws to drop’

He believes that he went “as far as I could go” with the characters who met their end at the start of season 4.

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Oct 16 • 12:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Robots could boost US manufacturing as America races to keep pace with China, expert says

A Path Robotics executive told FOX Business that automation will be critical to expanding U.S. manufacturing as worker shortages persist and China moves faster to adopt robotics.

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Oct 16 • 11:13 AM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
Skubal Refused to Discuss Future After Dodgers Elimination

After a stunning NLCS sweep, Tarik Skubal faces a high-stakes free agency that could shatter records and ignite a bidding war between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets.

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Oct 16 • 10:36 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Can AI solve our mental health access problem?

Last week I asked you what worries you most about AI in health. It was close, but your top answer was “AI giving bad health advice.” Last week’s poll results: You’re in good company. This concern was top of mind at a conference I joined at Stanford last week, where researchers, clinicians, and people who build AI systems spent a day debating trust and safety in health AI. Stepping back, I’m also hearing your emerging concerns about AI’s impact on our well-being generally. I see this as a matter of public health, and we’ll take it in pieces as we learn together. Today we’ll focus on AI chatbots used for therapy for mental health. Early this month, Governor Newsom vetoed Senate Bill 903, California’s most ambitious attempt to regulate AI use for mental health. It’s at the center of active debate, and raises the questions patients, family members, citizens, and voters will face as AI moves deeper into health care. Let’s work through it. What is “AI-based therapy”? It’s really two things: purpose-built mental health apps designed to deliver structured support, and general chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini that people increasingly use for emotional support—even if they weren’t built for it. Spoiler alert: I don’t know whether the shift toward AI therapy is good or bad. The evidence isn’t there yet. But I do know it’s already happening, and I have some ideas about how we can roll it out with safety in mind. The therapy dilemma, in a nutshell Mental health challenges are common, and strain health and well-being across populations. Therapy (interactive dialogue with a trained, empathetic practitioner) helps many people heal. The demand for licensed therapists far exceeds the supply in California, and AI-based therapy can narrow that gap. AI-based therapy remains novel, unproven, and not well tested. Right off the bat, we can see we’re dealing with trade-offs here. Since the main driver of demand for therapy from a robot is lack of access to therapy from a human, we’ll start there. It’s too hard to find and afford a human therapist California is short roughly 55,000 licensed, non-prescribing therapists and counselors, about 40% of what we need. Psychiatrists, who rely on talk therapy as a complement to prescribed medications, are even more scarce. Eight counties have none, and density ranges from 1.7 per 100,000 residents in San Benito County, to 68.1 in Marin County. My wife is a psychiatrist in Marin, and even here access is tight. If it’s hard in the best-supplied county, imagine rural Sierra County, or the San Joaquin Valley. In 2024, more than half of Californians who tried to make a mental health appointment struggled to find a provider who took their insurance, compared with 14% for physical health care. When Senate staff posed as “secret shopper” patients and called 120 mental health providers in Medicare Advantage networks, they landed an appointment less than once for every five tries. Insurers pay behavioral health clinicians about 22% less than medical and surgical clinicians for comparable office visits. On top of that, billing denials and prior authorizations hit hardest at the solo and small practices common in mental health. Psychiatrists opt out of Medicare at the highest rate of any specialty. In many places, a cash practice for therapy fills quickly with patients paying $250 or more an hour, with no insurance paperwork at all. Families who can pay cash find providers more easily. Those who rely on insurance, including Medi-Cal enrollees, older adults, rural residents, and non-English speakers, compete for what’s left. So we can’t pretend the human system works, and we can’t blame people for turning to AI for support when they’re in distress. AI is filling the gap It’s estimated that roughly a quarter of AI users use it for mental health support. If you have internet, it’s available 24/7, it’s cheap, and it speaks your language. Uninsured adults are about twice as likely as insured adults to do it (30% vs. 14%). It feels anonymous in ways that may enable people to ask things they’re unsure or embarrassed about. The largely hidden, personal use makes it hard to study whether it’s actually helping people with their mental health issues, but researchers are trying. Does AI therapy work? A 2026 analysis of nearly 40 randomized trials found chatbots showed a real but small reduction in depression symptoms. But most of these trials were compared to an alternative of no therapy, not a human therapist. So the benefit of AI therapy is probably real, but modest, and mostly untested against the alternative of human contact. We need more studies. Serious concerns OpenAI’s own estimate is that more than a million ChatGPT users each week show signs of suicidal planning or intent. These are high stakes encounters, and AI doesn’t always get it right. That’s partly because a chatbot can sound like a therapist, but it has no license, no duty of care, and it’s not clear who to hold accountable when it gets things wrong. AI is also designed to help users in whatever task they’re seeking to accomplish. People may feel like they’re getting therapy, but they’re mainly getting a convincing conversation. It’s easy for an AI companion to wander into gray areas, like playing along with “creative writing” that may be about the user’s own suicidal intent. Courts are driving safety conversations A wave of lawsuits have been filed on behalf of families claiming that chatbots pushed people they loved toward self-harm, including teens who died by suicide. The first settlements came this year. OpenAI is headquartered in San Francisco, and dozens of cases alleging that ChatGPT drove users to suicide or self-harm are now before a San Francisco judge. Character.ai has filed for bankruptcy after several states brought lawsuits accusing the chatbot of pushing dangerous content to kids. But the technology seems to be improving. Last month, an independent evaluation found that newer AI models “almost never endorse suicide.” That’s progress, but our societal appetite for even one preventable death is very low. So how do we move forward? Finding a middle ground Earlier this month the governor vetoed Senate Bill 903, a bill designed to place guardrails on the use of AI for therapy. The bill would have prohibited any AI-based platform from being advertised as psychotherapy, and would have required a licensed professional to review and approve each encounter where AI was used to support therapeutic decisions. Newsom called it overly broad, since even routine screening questions would have needed clinician sign-off. Knowing we’re already short on mental health providers, requiring human review of AI encounters may not relieve our access problems. Still, the answer isn’t no oversight. Here’s one feasible short term solution. Rather than reviewing each encounter, a licensed clinician can design the guardrails: what counts as a crisis, what triggers an immediate handoff to a human, and what gets sampled for audit each month. The AI runs inside that structure. Conversations get checked, failures get reported, and a real clinician owns the framework. Medicine already has models to learn from. The FDA process for rolling out newly approved medications is an example. After a product reaches patients, we keep watching for adverse events. Patient-facing AI needs the same “digital pharmacovigilance”: systematic tracking of harms, near misses, and the types of groups that get hurt and why. It’s also critical that users know that they can reach a human if they’re in crisis. Most chatbots now include messages like these: Bottom line The rush to use unproven AI tools for mental health support is mostly a workaround, a sign of a health system people can’t get into. We need better access to proven care from licensed clinicians. That takes reimbursement that makes accepting insurance viable, and a bigger workforce. But, built and tested well, AI could be part of the answer. It could be the 2 a.m. check-in when no one else is awake, or a way for patients to practice skills their therapist taught them. It could be the first step to get someone the right level of care, and take paperwork off clinicians’ plates so they spend more time with patients. None of this is simple. The SB 903 veto doesn’t end the debate, and the legislature will be back. In the meantime, those of us using these tools need to stay informed, ask hard questions, and hold the companies building them accountable. I’ll try to do my part, and we’ll keep learning together. Love,Matt P.S. If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health challenges, emotional distress, substance use problems, or just needs to talk, call or text 988- you’ll reach a real person— or chat at 988lifeline.org 24/7. Dr. Matt Willis is the author of Your Local Epidemiologist in California. A California native, he’s served as a primary care physician, CDC epidemiologist, and public health officer for Marin County, where he guided the pandemic response. He lives in Marin with his family and their dogs, Teddy and Ramona. Thank you Cynthia He, MD, PhD, and Parnika Saxena, MD, for their guidance in preparing this article. Cynthia works in an outpatient mental health clinic, treating patients who have Medi-Cal or, sometimes, no insurance. Parnika works in an inpatient psychiatric unit, treating patients with public or private insurance or self-pay ability. All opinions are their own and do not represent their employers.

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Oct 16 • 10:32 AM EDT • Health • yourlocalepidemiologistca.substack.com
Giants Could Trade Lee for Savings and Outfield Opening

The San Francisco Giants must decide if Jung Hoo Lee’s inconsistent production warrants a massive salary as rising prospects and urgent pitching needs force a roster overhaul.

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Oct 16 • 10:25 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Pat McAfee Net Worth in 2026: ESPN Salary, NFL Earnings and Business Ventures

Pat McAfee has turned a seventh-round punting career with the Indianapolis Colts into a sports media fortune, and his next ESPN contract could double what he al

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Hornets Could Move on From Tidjane Salaün

Tidjane Salaün may not remain with the Charlotte Hornets.

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Oct 16 • 9:20 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Bucks Reportedly Exploring Trades Ahead of Regular Season

The Milwaukee Bucks could make roster moves before next week's regular-season curtain-raiser.

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Oct 16 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Drinking 'Very' Hot Tea or Coffee Could Triple Your Risk of This Cancer, Huge Study Finds

The largest study of its kind to date.

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Oct 16 • 8:59 AM EDT • Science • sciencealert.com
Plague is stoppable. The next health threat may not be.

The word plague is scary. Centuries ago, the Black Death killed tens of millions of people and changed the course of history. Plague still kills people around the world, and the word still evokes catastrophe. New fears of plague surfaced on October 2, when a lab worker in Irkutsk, Russia, died of pneumonia. Reports suggested that she may have contracted plague through a laboratory exposure. Understandably, people were alarmed. On October 7, the World Health Organization called for the Russian Federation to be transparent about what it knew. WHO issued an update on October 10. Russian authorities told WHO that testing did not identify plague and that investigations found no laboratory release. WHO said confidence in its risk assessment remained limited and that further clinical, epidemiological, and laboratory information was needed. The cause of the woman’s illness remains unknown, and WHO says a laboratory-associated exposure cannot be excluded. As I explained in a recent interview, this incident is very unlikely to lead to a pandemic. Plague is still active, including in the U.S., which sees a handful of cases each year. But it is a disease we can prevent and treat. Plague doesn’t spread readily, and it responds to antibiotics. The standard response—isolate the patient, trace contacts, and administer antibiotics and monitor for symptoms among contacts for seven days—works. We have even planned for antibiotic-resistant plague. At CDC, we developed a playbook for antibiotic-resistant plague and ran exercises on how to find and stop it. CDC guidance anticipates engineered resistance and recommends two different classes of antibiotics if there’s reason to suspect it. There is no evidence that resistance—or even confirmed plague—is involved in this incident. We have thought through how to address plague, but we’re not ready for the next major health threat that emerges from a lab or from animal spillover to humans. What should concern people is how little stands between the world and the next pathogen to get loose. Since peak COVID, epidemic preparedness has fallen off the political agenda, but the risk is greater than ever. More labs handle dangerous pathogens with more ways to make those pathogens deadlier, and more people live and work in close contact with animals. There are actions we can take now: We need better lab safety in every country. The number of labs that work with dangerous pathogens has increased worldwide over two decades, but there’s no enforceable international standard and no inspection regime; the Biological Weapons Convention, fifty years on, still has no verification mechanism. Labs that study dangerous germs need strong safety systems, training, and oversight. We need to reduce spillover events. Three in four emerging human infections start in animals, and there’s a lot we can do to reduce spillover risk, but the world is doing very little of it. Live-animal markets are one place to act. For instance, closing live-bird markets helped control H7N9 influenza in China. Reducing opportunities for people to encounter infected animals can prevent infections before they become outbreaks. In The Formula for Better Health, which is now out in paperback along with the hardcover, Kindle, and audiobook versions, I argue that labs do too many risky experiments with too many dangerous pathogens in too many institutions, and that every experiment should first answer one basic question: Is the likely benefit greater than the risk? Spillover risk can also be reduced: In the book, I discuss how Brazil cut its deforestation rate by 70% from 2004 to 2012 while increasing agricultural production and reducing risky contact between people and forest animals. We need faster detection and response. Delay costs lives. Strong surveillance, good labs, and trained responders can turn a single case into a small cluster of infections instead of an epidemic. Resolve to Save Lives has worked for nearly a decade to help countries find and stop outbreaks faster. The 7-1-7 target, which Resolve to Save Lives developed with partners in Uganda and elsewhere, provides a clear standard: detect within 7 days, notify within 1 day and complete all essential early response actions within 7 days. In Uganda’s Kasese district, for example, a review of a measles outbreak using 7-1-7 identified shortages of accessible funds, fuel, and vehicles that delayed the response. District leaders established funds they could access quickly. When, a few months later, the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever appeared, the district detected it in three days, notified authorities in one, and mounted an effective response in two. Only one case was confirmed, and the patient survived. Because funds were available before the emergency, authorities were prepared and able to act. This kind of preparation can’t wait until the next crisis begins. Plague is an old disease we that know how to stop. The next threat may be harder to recognize, harder to treat, and easier to spread. Safer labs, less risk of spillover, and faster outbreak detection and response need sustained investment now, while we still have time to prevent the next emergency. Share

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