SCROLL NEWS / DISCOVERY

Search headlines

Find the stories shaping the conversation.

Search mode
Refine results
Active filters Keyword All time

Results for " wide " 5,159 found 🔀 AI-powered Shuffle

Exclusive: ICE agents told to ramp up daily immigration arrests despite GOP unease as midterms near

Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership told agents nationwide on Tuesday to increase immigration arrests by 1,000 more people daily, returning to a previous goal of 3,000 daily arrests, according to two sources familiar with the verbal directive.

cnn.com logo
Oct 8 • 12:01 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Jane Goodall Portrait Goes on Display at the Science Museum

The Science Museum in London unveiled a stunning portrait of pioneering conservationist Dr Jane Goodall on the first anniversary of her death, honouring a scientist whose discoveries transformed our understanding of chimpanzees and the natural world. Now on free display, the portrait has been donated to the museum and joins the Science Museum Group Collection., , , , Widely regarded as one of the world’s most influential conservationists, Dr Jane Goodall was celebrated around the world for her...

webwire.com logo
Oct 7 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • webwire.com
Arch Manning and mother sign NIL for heart health supplements

University of Texas Quarterback, Arch Manning commits to a NIL nationwide brand-deal alongside his mother, Ellen Manning, to Humann.

kxan.com logo
Oct 7 • 7:48 PM EDT • Health • kxan.com
Google's SynthID AI Detector is Now Available to Everyone

Google today said it is making its SynthID Detector available to everyone for identifying content created using AI. SynthID Detector first rolled out to members of the media last year, and it is now available worldwide in English. SynthID Detector is a website that lets users upload a photo, video, or audio file to determine whether it has a SynthID watermark that identifies it as AI-generated.

macrumors.com logo
Oct 7 • 7:42 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Rising gas prices could influence some North Carolinians before Election Day

AAA reports the statewide average for regular gas was about $4.12 per gallon Wednesday

spectrumlocalnews.com logo
Oct 7 • 7:37 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Eagles bring back wide receiver on the practice squad

More WR depth.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 7 • 5:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The WHO seeks more details on the death of a plague research lab employee in Russia

The World Health Organization says it wants more information on what caused the death of an employee at a Russian plague research lab. Russia says the woman died of pneumonia of unknown origin.

npr.org logo
Oct 7 • 5:53 PM EDT • Health • npr.org
High-Signal Publisher
Former NFL HC Takes Blame For Antonio Brown Fallout

A former NFL head coach shares why he's to blame for ex-Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Browns fallout.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 7 • 5:37 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Florida Hosts 4-Star WR in Attempt to Flip Commitment

Jon Sumrall and the Florida Gators are working to flip the commitment of a four-star wide receiver and have him join their 2027 class.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 7 • 5:32 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dolphins Injury Report: Caleb Douglas Remains Out

The initial injury report for the Miami Dolphins' Week 5 matchup is out, and wide receiver Caleb Douglas is among those who did not practice.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 7 • 4:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Science on Target: Q3 Research We Enable

Read on for updates across the Research we Enable Postmortem Tissue (PMT) Core The Target ALS Postmortem Core has now collected brain and spinal cord tissue from over 650 cases, making it the largest and most comprehensive ALS tissue repository worldwide that is accessible with no-strings-attached to the global research community. This robust and expanding […]

targetals.org logo
Oct 7 • 4:12 PM EDT • Science • targetals.org
Lansing’s crown boxing athletes train hard to learn the sweet science

The popular facility hosts a wide range of boxers, from young beginners to adults looking to improve. All find a space to learn and grow.

wkar.org logo
Oct 7 • 3:41 PM EDT • Science • wkar.org
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (21%)
love
47%
wow
27%
ahah
26%
Scientists in Vienna and Beijing create world's first nuclear clocks

Scientific teams working separately in Vienna and Beijing have developed the world's first two operating nuclear clocks in ​what they are calling an important advance in timekeeping that promises wide-ranging practical applications and offers a new tool to investigate fundamental physics.

reuters.com logo
Oct 7 • 11:02 AM EDT • Science • reuters.com
Multinationals eye higher risk spending to combat multiple threats

More than two-thirds of multinational companies worldwide expect to increase risk management spending over the next 12 months, yet many doubt their ability to manage increasingly interconnected risks…

businessinsurance.com logo
Oct 7 • 10:18 AM EDT • Business • businessinsurance.com
Measles cases near 3,900 nationwide

Pennsylvania's outbreak has topped 1,000 cases, and New York has declared a state of emergency.

spectrumlocalnews.com logo
Oct 7 • 10:15 AM EDT • Health • spectrumlocalnews.com
Measles cases near 3,900 nationwide

Pennsylvania's outbreak has topped 1,000 cases, and New York has declared a state of emergency.

spectrumlocalnews.com logo
Oct 7 • 10:15 AM EDT • Health • spectrumlocalnews.com
Former Steelers WR Rejoins NFC Foe

Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Scotty Miller re-signed with the Chicago Bears practice squad. The post Former Steelers WR Rejoins NFC Foe appeared first on HEAVY.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 7 • 10:06 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Most Texas Republicans ignore Democratic calls to debate in statewide races

The last U.S. Senate race in Texas to go without a debate was in 2000. Gov. Greg Abbott, meanwhile, debated his Democratic opponents in each of his last three campaigns.

houstonpublicmedia.org logo
Oct 7 • 10:01 AM EDT • Politics • houstonpublicmedia.org
Improve your health habits with Wellness Wednesday

Coming up tomorrow at 9 a.m., MPR News host Angela Davis revisits Wellness Wednesday conversations about oral health, the potential benefits of fermented foods and how to prevent and detect colorectal cancers.

mprnews.org logo
Oct 7 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • mprnews.org
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (5%)
love
100%
Giants' Marvin Harrison Jr. Rumors Make Sense Under One Condition

Could the New York Giants actually trade for wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr.?

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 7 • 9:55 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kakao Entertainment strikes K-pop partnership with Warner’s Atlantic Music Group to develop artists ‘from the

The two companies will work together on global strategy, music production, distribution, marketing, and promotion for K-pop artists.

musicbusinessworldwide.com logo
Oct 7 • 9:18 AM EDT • Entertainment • musicbusinessworldwide.com
Movie Review: ‘The Social Reckoning’ is classic Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Sorkin revisits a familiar subject, Mark Zuckerberg, in “The Social Reckoning,” which opens in theaters nationwide Friday. Sixteen years after “The Social Network,” Zuckerberg is now portrayed by Jeremy

messenger-inquirer.com logo
Oct 7 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • messenger-inquirer.com
AP Chiefs Mailbag: How could the Chiefs address wide receiver?

Arrowhead Pride staff writer Jared Sapp answers your questions with Kansas City on the bye.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 7 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Business Council tours Southern Tier manufacturer during National Manufacturing Week

Universal Instruments in Conklin was the fourth stop on an 11-site statewide tour

wbng.com logo
Oct 7 • 8:54 AM EDT • Business • wbng.com
CVS Health® reminds New Yorkers that MMR vaccines are available statewide amid measles outbreak

Eligible patients can receive MMR vaccinations at more than 530 CVS Pharmacy® locations across New York and at MinuteClinic® locations WOONSOCKET, R.I., Oct....

prnewswire.com logo
Oct 7 • 8:10 AM EDT • Health • prnewswire.com
Colts Sign Former Super Bowl Receiver to Practice Squad

The Indianapolis Colts have signed wide receiver Quez Watkins to the practice squad. They also worked out five other free agents.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 7 • 6:48 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
India's 2036 Games bid fuels sporting superpower dreams but hurdles, heavyweight rivals remain

India's bid for the 2036 Olympics sits at the heart of a wider effort to transform the country into a sporting superpower and the Indian Olympic Association is convinced it can come out on top in a fiercely competitive process, its chief executive officer Raghuram Iyer told Reuters on Wednesday.

reuters.com logo
Oct 7 • 6:25 AM EDT • Sports • reuters.com
A highly infectious disease is spreading. See in which US states

Cases of this disease surpassed 1,000 in one state this week as numbers continue to swell nationwide.

usatoday.com logo
Oct 7 • 6:05 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
Bengals News: Chad Johnson believes in the backup wide receivers

Your daily dose of Bengals news.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 7 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Leslie's Pool Supplies, in bankruptcy, shutters many California stores

Leslie's Pool Supplies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and closed 76 stores nationwide as part of its restructuring plan.

latimes.com logo
Oct 7 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • latimes.com
Hope Network awarded $600K grant to expand mental health training

Hope Network has been awarded a $600,000 federal grant to expand mental health and suicide prevention training statewide over the next three years.

wsmv.com logo
Oct 7 • 5:47 AM EDT • Health • wsmv.com
Hope Network awarded $600K grant to expand mental health training

Hope Network has been awarded a $600,000 federal grant to expand mental health and suicide prevention training statewide over the next three years.

fox5vegas.com logo
Oct 7 • 5:47 AM EDT • Health • fox5vegas.com
Hope Network awarded $600K grant to expand mental health training

Hope Network has been awarded a $600,000 federal grant to expand mental health and suicide prevention training statewide over the next three years.

1011now.com logo
Oct 7 • 5:47 AM EDT • Health • 1011now.com
Hope Network awarded $600K grant to expand mental health training

Hope Network has been awarded a $600,000 federal grant to expand mental health and suicide prevention training statewide over the next three years.

kttc.com logo
Oct 7 • 5:47 AM EDT • Health • kttc.com
Hope Network awarded $600K grant to expand mental health training

Hope Network has been awarded a $600,000 federal grant to expand mental health and suicide prevention training statewide over the next three years.

wect.com logo
Oct 7 • 5:47 AM EDT • Health • wect.com
Hope Network awarded $600K grant to expand mental health training

Hope Network has been awarded a $600,000 federal grant to expand mental health and suicide prevention training statewide over the next three years.

wafb.com logo
Oct 7 • 5:47 AM EDT • Health • wafb.com
Market Logic's DeepSights MCP scales market insights reach and business impact through enterprise-wide AI workflows

/PRNewswire/ -- Market Logic Software, the company behind DeepSights. the leading AI market intelligence platform, today announced the general availability of...

prnewswire.com logo
Oct 7 • 2:00 AM EDT • Business • prnewswire.com
Indiana BMV offices ranked nation’s best in analysis of reviews

Indiana’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles offices came out on top of a nationwide analysis of more than 1.2 million Google reviews of public vehicle registration and driver’s license offices.

ibj.com logo
Oct 6 • 10:41 PM EDT • Business • ibj.com
Justin Garza High School students bring mental health project to statewide NAMI conference

A group of students from Justin Garza High School is taking its message of mental health awareness to a statewide audience this week.

abc30.com logo
Oct 6 • 8:32 PM EDT • Health • abc30.com
😐 Neutral (14%)
Braxton Berrios out for season

New York Giants wide receiver/kick returner Braxton Berrios announced on his personal Instagram account that he is out for the remainder of 2026.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 6 • 8:04 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mental health group wraps statewide tour in Parkersburg

The National Alliance on Mental Illness in West Virginia hosted an hour-long listening session Tuesday afternoon at West Virginia University Parkersburg.

wtap.com logo
Oct 6 • 7:53 PM EDT • Health • wtap.com
Vikings Coach Explains Why Offense Is Taking Different Approach

Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell went on the Pat McAfee Show and discussed a variety of things. From discussing injuries to key players, including Justin Jefferson, to strategy, it was a wide-ranging interview. One particular nugget revealed a bit of his offensive strategy.The Vikings have had a roller-coaster offensive attack. Sunday’s win against the […] The post Vikings Coach Explains Why Offense Is Taking Different Approach appeared first on HEAVY.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 6 • 7:31 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Discussions underway to create a statewide census office

The state could lose more after the 2030 census under new rules proposed by the Trump administration.

spectrumlocalnews.com logo
Oct 6 • 7:30 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Cam Ross signed after workouts

The Denver Broncos worked out wide receiver Cam Ross, and eventually signed him, on Tuesday

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 6 • 7:29 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
😐 Neutral (0%)
Californians are in a sour mood but don’t want to change the political status quo

All of the statewide offices, including the governorship, will remain in Democratic hands.

ocregister.com logo
Oct 6 • 6:44 PM EDT • Politics • ocregister.com
Pixar exhibit brings movie magic to Frost Science

Discover The Science Behind Pixar at Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Miami — interactive exhibits that explain animation, rigging, simulations and STEM.

miamiherald.com logo
Oct 6 • 6:27 PM EDT • Science • miamiherald.com
Focus Features Takes Global To Ice Cube & Tommy Lee Jones ‘Outside Man’ From Brian Helgeland

EXCLUSIVE: Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights to Oscar-winning filmmaker Brian Helgeland’s Outside Man. Deadline first told you about the Teton Ridge Entertainment production back in April w...

yahoo.com logo
Oct 6 • 4:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Minneapolis shops invite customers for Latino business week as many recover from ICE surge

Minneapolis celebrates its third annual Latino Business Week this week, as many Latino-owned shops around the city continue recovering from losses during the federal immigration enforcement surge.

mprnews.org logo
Oct 6 • 3:08 PM EDT • Business • mprnews.org
Scotty Miller signs with the Bears

The Bears added wide receiver depth on Tuesday, Oct. 6.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 6 • 1:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Tyreek Hill receives warning about going back to Kansas City

The Kansas City Chiefs saw wide receivers Tyquan Thornton and Rashee Ric go down in Sunday’s win over the Las Vegas Aces, leading to heavy speculation that former franchise superstar Tyreek Hill, who is working his way back from a knee injury, could be a prime candidate to replace Thornton and Hill’s production as he…

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 6 • 1:03 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Moody’s changes Nationwide’s P&C business outlook to “positive”

Moody’s Ratings announced today that it has changed its outlook for Nationwide’s P&C business to “positive” from “stable.” The global ratings agency also affirmed its A1 rating for Nationwide’s financial services (NFS) business, and A2 rating for Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and Nationwide’s P&C affiliates. “Moody’s p...

news.nationwide.com logo
Oct 6 • 12:34 PM EDT • Business • news.nationwide.com
Week 5 fantasy wide receiver rankings: Top WR streamers, starts

After missing two games with a strained hamsting, Houston's Nico Collins returned with a bang (and two TDs). Where does he rank among WRs this week?

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 6 • 12:05 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Gears of War: E-Day - Surviving the First Night of Emergence

Today marks the worldwide launch of Gears of War: E-Day, now available on XBOX Series X|S, XBOX on PC, Game Pass and Steam. One of XBOX’s most iconic sagas returns to where it all began, taking players back to the opening hours of Emergence Day and the catastrophic event that changed the world of Sera […]

news.xbox.com logo
Oct 6 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
The Harvard Crimson (@theharvardcrimson)

83 likes, 0 comments - theharvardcrimson on October 6, 2026: "Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences is launching 25 tenure-track faculty searches, FAS Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra announced in a Monday email to faculty, further loosening a University-wide hiring freeze instituted last spring as the school draws an influx of philanthropic support. The searches, which include positions across the FAS’ three divisions and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, come less than a week after Hoekstra announced the school would also be upping Ph.D. admissions for the upcoming admissions cycle — and as the University continues soliciting support from donors for its academic programming. Full story linked in bio. 🖋: Abigail S. Gerstein and Amann S. Mahajan 📷: Mae T. Weir".

instagram.com logo
Oct 6 • 10:42 AM EDT • Science • instagram.com
Ochsner uses AI to widen clinical trial screening

The health system reports 41% greater screening capacity, 3.6 times as many patients followed for future eligibility and approximately 75% less manual screening work. The vice chief scientific officer tells the tale.

healthcareitnews.com logo
Oct 6 • 10:30 AM EDT • Health • healthcareitnews.com
Childhood obesity less common under new health-based definition

A new global definition of clinical obesity classifies far fewer children as obese than widely used body mass index (BMI) thresholds, according to a large international study. The findings could lead ...

medicalxpress.com logo
Oct 6 • 10:10 AM EDT • Health • medicalxpress.com
Brazil: Lessons from a Disaster

By Antonio Martins (Outras Palavras) Defeats become deeper and more prolonged when we misunderstand what caused them, avoid correcting course, and embrace “solutions” that only compound our mistakes. Lula’s government and the Brazilian left suffered a disaster in Sunday’s election. Contrary to every poll, the president finished the first round 2.2 million votes behind Flávio Bolsonaro—and, more significantly, 3.4 million votes below his total four years ago, when the machinery of the state was working against him and in favor of his opponent. His vote share declined in 98 percent of Brazil’s municipalities. The PL, the main party of the far right, elected 121 deputies and 28 senators, becoming the largest caucus in both houses of Congress. The parties aligned with the Centrão—Brazil’s bloc of transactional center-right parties—were somewhat diminished, but will still hold roughly 250 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 35 in the Senate. That will make it easier to assemble the majorities needed to amend the Constitution or impeach Supreme Federal Court justices. If elected, Flávio Bolsonaro could appoint four members of the Court, substantially altering its internal balance of power. What produced these results? How can the far right be prevented from consolidating them into a prolonged political hegemony? And what is the essential change of direction the left now needs? Explaining the Disaster Across the commercial media and the exuberant chaos of digital platforms, interpretations are multiplying. Some focus on specific episodes: Lula’s absence from the Globo debate, his very close relationship with Alexandre de Moraes, or his emphasis on issues supposedly remote from most people’s everyday concerns, such as rare earth minerals. Among the more systemic interpretations, three seem especially questionable. One argues that the principal defeat was not the left’s, since its congressional representation declined only slightly. The decisive movement captured at the ballot box, according to this view, was a shift within the right itself—from the more moderate and transactional forces of the Centrão toward the more ideological and radicalized forces of the PL and Novo. A second interpretation holds that the nature of electoral and political processes has changed. The material interests and aspirations of society, it argues, no longer play the central role they once did; they have given way to forms of subjective self-identification that the left has yet to understand. And a third concludes that, because of these two developments, we should expect a political winter: a prolonged period in which the far right and the broader right dominate Brazilian political life. There are important elements in all three interpretations. The problem lies in what they deny or leave out: Lula’s third government was a small-bore government. It offered the majorities that elected it neither a clearly better life nor reasons to believe again in politics and its power to transform society. These failures flowed from two fatal accommodations, which I will examine below. As a result, the government suffered a slow but steady erosion of support. And, as has happened in so many Western countries, it gave the far right the opportunity to present itself as anti-system and to benefit from popular frustration and distress. The interpretation that emphasizes the migration of votes from the center-right and traditional right toward the far right has been advanced, among others, by the courageous journalist Leonardo Sakamoto. In his UOL column on Monday, October 5, he highlights the miserable behavior of the traditional conservative parties. Over the past four years, they repeatedly joined forces with the “neo”-fascists, helping to “normalize” them—a criticism that could equally be directed at almost the entire corporate media. Believing they could use the far right as a stepping stone, they instead ended up partly devoured by it. This was especially true in the Senate, where the PL’s gain of 13 senators and Novo’s gain of two came at the expense of the PSD, which lost nine; the MDB, which lost two; the PSDB, which lost two; and the PP, which lost one. Sakamoto’s observation is accurate and necessary, but it leaves uncomfortable questions unanswered. Why did the erosion of the Centrão benefit the far right rather than, for example, producing growth for the left—as has happened so many times before, both in Brazil and elsewhere? The answer is not difficult. Throughout its four years in office, Lula’s third government was almost invariably associated with the Centrão. Here lies its first accommodation: accepting the limits imposed by conservative institutions; avoiding, as much as possible, any attempt to strain those limits through popular pressure; and believing only in the modest changes that could be squeezed through openings in Congress. The failure of the campaign to end the six-day workweek is emblematic. Lula could have electrified the presidential race by pairing it with a popular campaign for passage of the measure. Instead, he chose to place his hopes in the hands of Senate president Rodrigo Alcolumbre. He generated no mass mobilization, did not force his opponents onto an uncomfortable defensive, and won no victory. In September 2025, the government squandered the greatest of its many opportunities to shake up conservative power in Congress. Popular opposition to the so-called Shielding Amendment—which, if approved, would have restricted criminal proceedings against members of Congress—brought crowds into the streets, mobilized primarily by artists and social movements. This opened the possibility for a broader political education: a campaign that could begin exposing the limits and dysfunctions of Brazil’s political system while putting Bolsonaro’s movement on the defensive for its predictable support of political privilege. The amendment was defeated. But the executive branch then backed away from the fight. It remained associated with an institutional world widely seen as corrupt, elitist, and indifferent to ordinary people’s struggles. In doing so, it forfeited its credibility as a vehicle for the protest vote. On Sunday, it reaped the bitter fruits. Are We Doomed? Taking a different approach from Sakamoto, the philosopher Moysés Pinto Neto and other writers have drawn attention, in their first analyses of October 4, to the fragmentation of the public sphere produced by Big Tech platforms. Through their algorithms, these platforms present each person with a different view of social reality. As a consequence, it becomes much harder to identify common material problems and demands—for example, the fight for labor rights or for a properly funded public health system. Voters no longer embrace such demands, these authors argue, because they no longer see themselves as part of a collective. Instead, they tend to value the identities assigned to them by neoliberal subjectivity—the role of the entrepreneur, for example. On this interpretation, the left’s possible error lies in clinging to outdated illusions. Moysés’s warning is highly relevant and resonates with arguments such as Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor’s “Apocalyptic Fascism and the Billionaires’ Bet.” Unlike a century ago, the far right no longer promises a radiant future. It concentrates instead on resentment—especially that of young men. “They belong to a generation that fears it may never own a home, but compensates with the pleasure it gets from constantly provoking progressives online. Convinced their future has been stolen, they share memes romanticizing historical authoritarian regimes,” the authors write. But Moysés seems to confuse this danger with inevitability. He fails to see that the left’s answer cannot be adaptation. On the contrary, it must strengthen the possibility of politics as collective action. Nor does he recognize that precisely such a reversal is already becoming possible in some of the most promising mobilizations of the twenty-first century: the election, at the end of 2025, of the young Muslim Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York, on a platform centered on the intensely material fight for an affordable city; the Left Party’s victory in Berlin two weeks ago, built around the demand to expropriate private real-estate corporations; and the very recent wave of demonstrations in Spain—including an occupation of Madrid’s Puerta del Sol—in which tens of thousands of young people mobilized by the Tenants’ Union have demanded limits on rents. By putting itself in the straitjacket of the “fiscal framework” in the first months of 2022, Lula’s third government adopted the second fatal accommodation of its term. Faced with conservative institutions and a country devastated by four years of Bolsonaro, increased public investment was the government’s remaining weapon for offering a more dignified life to the majority and forging an anti-conservative pact with them. The same state that disburses 1 trillion reais a year to enrich a small class of rentiers could instead spend money to extend the Family Health Strategy to every Brazilian, at a cost of 30 billion reais; provide full-day public schooling and childcare to all adolescents and children—and, especially, relief to their mothers; achieve universal sanitation while cleaning up polluted urban rivers; multiply metro systems; begin transforming the urban peripheries; and undertake many other urgently needed projects. In April 2023, an article in Outras Palavras warned that the fiscal framework could “shrink the Lula government and preserve the forces that condemn the country to inequality and regression.” A year later, another article showed that restraints on public spending were strangling policies vital to ordinary people and undermining the president’s popularity. In November 2024 came a reality check, in the form of the government’s humiliating defeat in the municipal elections. Even then, the fiscal lock was neither removed nor loosened. On the contrary: throughout the government’s four years, fiscal restraint remained central to its political narrative. The administration proudly proclaimed that it had “put the state’s accounts in order,” without grasping either how misleading that phrase was—given the payment of 1 trillion reais in interest—or how badly the message was hurting it politically. Lula finally woke up in September 2026. The increase in Bolsa Família benefits, after four years of being frozen; the announcement that anti-obesity drugs would be offered through Brazil’s public health system; and the ban on online betting showed that the state has the power to act decisively on behalf of the majority when those in government are willing to confront obstacles. The huge marches that closed the campaign in Fortaleza, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo on the eve of October 4 showed how such initiatives can mobilize activists and the broader public. But it was too late—and too little to change the outcome of the first round. History has not ended The possibility of a turnaround in the three weeks leading up to November 25 cannot be ruled out. It will not be simple or easy. Lula must not only make up a deficit of 2.2 million votes; he must also offset the movement of voters who backed other right-wing candidates in the first round, most of whom are likely to move toward Flávio Bolsonaro. Pulling that off will require a broad, grassroots effort to win over voters, potentially reinforced by new initiatives from Lula. The coming hours and days will be decisive. If Bolsonaro’s movement also wins the presidency, the result will create a high-risk situation for Brazilian sovereignty and democracy. The enormous challenges posed by such an outcome would require the left to reexamine, in depth and with a genuine willingness to engage in self-criticism, its political projects—or its lack of them—and its practices. But would that mean we are condemned to the long winter of far-right hegemony that some analyses are beginning to forecast? It is far too early to say, suggests a recent text by Álvaro García Linera, the thinker who served as vice president of Bolivia under Evo Morales. His central hypothesis is that this political current will prove short-lived. At a moment when the entire world is once again talking about sovereignty and protecting national economies, the far right offers a stale, recolonizing neoliberalism. Its submission to the United States is as blatant and pathetic as Flávio and Eduardo Bolsonaro’s overtures to Donald Trump. Its project amounts to something like every man for himself: greater inequality, capitalism without limits, devastation, and supremacism. Will it work? In the United States, just two years into his second term, Trump himself is reaching record levels of unpopularity and may be on the verge of losing Republican control of both the House and Senate in November. Every new beginning is difficult. Whatever the outcome of the second round, the defeats of October 4 show how profoundly the Brazilian left will have to rethink and rebuild. But just as it would be foolish to underestimate the seriousness of its mistakes, it would be equally foolish to conclude that rebuilding a political project is no longer possible. History has not ended. The times are moving faster than ever. Originally published in Portuguese by Outras Palavras. English translation by Eric Blanc; I’ve added the subtitles. More We can’t stop the far right at home or abroad without a revitalized labor movement, which is yet another reason why you should become a sustaining supporter of the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) — one of US labor’s pivotal bright spots. Relatedly, Jacobin published a short piece of mine reflecting on a decade of Bernie Sanders inspiring a whole new generation of young worker organizers.

laborpolitics.com logo
Oct 6 • 10:08 AM EDT • Politics • laborpolitics.com
Windham business leaders sound off on townwide issues

The event, hosted by the Windham Economic Development Corp., featured wide-ranging discussion.

pressherald.com logo
Oct 6 • 10:08 AM EDT • Business • pressherald.com
US trade deficit widens in August amid strong imports

The US trade deficit rose to $105.6 billion in August due to a surge in imports, reflecting strong domestic demand and impacting economic growth.

virginiabusiness.com logo
Oct 6 • 9:42 AM EDT • Business • virginiabusiness.com
Politics & Power: From cyberattacks to job losses, what AI means for security & livelihoods worldwide

Nick Allard, dean of the Jacksonville University College of Law, joins News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton on this week’s episode of “Politics & Power” to discuss the double-edged sword of AI as both threat and solution and what world leaders must do now.

news4jax.com logo
Oct 6 • 9:23 AM EDT • Politics • news4jax.com
Broncos have 4 wide receivers available on the practice squad

The Broncos have four wide receivers available on their practice squad as they consider their depth at the position.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 6 • 8:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Going International: How Global South Journalists Can Elevate Local Science Stories

For journalists in the Global South, access to local science presents an opportunity to bring this knowledge to a wider audience via international outlets. Regional studies and perspectives can inform broader conversations about science, highlight multinational patterns, and elevate research conducted outside of traditional scientific centers. This story offers strategies to find stories, connect with international editors, and meet the needs of audiences that may know little about the place where a story is unfolding.

theopennotebook.com logo
Oct 6 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • theopennotebook.com
Chris Olave Injury Update: Saints WR’s Status Revealed

Chris Olave left the Saints Week 4 loss late after taking a shot to the knees, but it appears as though the wide receiver will be ok and dodged a long-term injury. Originally selected in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft, the Ohio State product quickly established himself as the team's go-to option …

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 6 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Here's the difference the wider aperture of the iPhone 18 Pro makes

Alongside a variable aperture lens, the main camera of the iPhone 18 Pro also opens up to a wider aperture...

9to5mac.com logo
Oct 6 • 7:51 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
As Taiwan expands Arizona chip plant, China warns against developing political ties

The world's biggest chipmaker now manufactures at scale in Phoenix, as well as Taiwan. China is warning political leaders in Arizona to not get too friendly.

npr.org logo
Oct 6 • 6:52 AM EDT • Politics • npr.org
High-Signal Publisher
Voters Trust Democrats On Healthcare Costs By Wide Margin Over GOP

By a margin of nearly two-to-one, voters trust Democrats over Republicans when it comes to the issue of healthcare costs, a new KFF poll shows.

yahoo.com logo
Oct 6 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Sony Music Publishing to administer El Reino Infantil’s music catalog worldwide in Leader Entertainment

The partnership aims to expand the reach of El Reino Infantil across new audiences, formats, and markets, the companies said.

musicbusinessworldwide.com logo
Oct 6 • 2:14 AM EDT • Entertainment • musicbusinessworldwide.com
Northern Essex’s McCarthy Joins New Small Business Advisory Council

Michael McCarthy, executive vice president and chief financial and operating officer at Northern Essex Community College, was recently appointed to the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center statewide Advisory Council, a new group of business, government, economic development and community leaders helping guide the future of small business support in the state. The Advisory Council was

whav.net logo
Oct 5 • 11:00 PM EDT • Business • whav.net
Global experts call for coordinated action on digital health risks

The way digital technologies are currently built and governed creates real risks to health worldwide, alongside genuine benefits, according to a new three paper Series authored by 13 global experts, published in The Lancet.

news-medical.net logo
Oct 5 • 10:34 PM EDT • Health • news-medical.net
😐 Neutral (0%)
love
100%
Selma Blair breaks silence on fallout after Islamophobic comment apology

More than two years after Selma Blair posted a comment widely criticized as Islamophobic, for which she later apologized, the actress has revealed the alleged repercussions she experienced in her

centraloregondaily.com logo
Oct 5 • 10:24 PM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
'Somebody messed up, right?' Texas Senate ads appeared during NFL games nationwide. Here's why.
kare11.com logo
Oct 5 • 8:41 PM EDT • Politics • kare11.com
Chiefs' Wide Receiver Tyquan Thornton's Recovery Timeline Revealed

In this past Sunday's win against the Las Vegas Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyquan Thornton suffered a gruesome leg injury. His timetable for return has finally been revealed.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 5 • 8:26 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Selma Blair breaks silence on being 'erased' after Islamophobic comment

More than two years after Selma Blair posted a comment widely criticized as Islamophobic, for which she later apologized, the actress has revealed the alleged repercussions she experienced in her

centraloregondaily.com logo
Oct 5 • 6:55 PM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
New York declares first US measles disaster emergency since 2025 surge

New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a statewide disaster emergency on Monday over a measles outbreak, the first such declaration by a U.S. state since cases ​began surging in 2025.

cnn.com logo
Oct 5 • 6:05 PM EDT • Health • cnn.com
macOS 27.2 reveals new clues about Apple’s touchscreen MacBook Pro

Apple is widely expected to release a new touchscreen MacBook Pro as soon as this month. This will mark the...

9to5mac.com logo
Oct 5 • 5:34 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Japan's entertainment robots diversify with AI, offer comfort

The range of home entertainment robots is becoming increasingly diverse in Japan, with some providing emotional comfort like pets, and others serving as fashion accessories due to their cute appearance. The growing use of artificial intelligence is also helping to expand the market, widely seen as having taken off with…

japantoday.com logo
Oct 5 • 5:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • japantoday.com
Teen Corner: Minnesota’s new K-12 health standards

For the first time, Minnesota has statewide K-12 health education standards, covering everything from mental health and nutrition to sexual health and substance use. In another Teen Corner, pediatrician Dr. Maddie Gagnon from Gillette Children’s and founder of Pulse Parenting joins us to break down what’s changing and what it could mean for kids and parents.

fox9.com logo
Oct 5 • 4:51 PM EDT • Health • fox9.com
CMS student among top 30 finalists nationwide in science competition

Isabella Garry is being honored for a project exploring whether natural materials can remove microplastics from simulated stomach fluid.

eplocalnews.org logo
Oct 5 • 4:22 PM EDT • Science • eplocalnews.org
Chip City closes all locations amid economic challenges

Chip City, a New York City-based gourmet cookie chain, has closed all 22 remaining locations nationwide due to tough consumer spending and evolving preferences.

libn.com logo
Oct 5 • 3:47 PM EDT • Business • libn.com
Arizona WR Tre Spivey out for season with foot injury

At least one of the trio of starting wide receivers injured in Arizona’s last game won’t be back on the field this season. UA coach Brent Brennan confirmed Monday that junior Tre Spivey will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a foot injury in Saturday’s 34-7 win over Cincinnati. Brennan said Spivey will […]

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 5 • 3:34 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
NFL Star Tyreek Hill Gets Big Update After Eagles Suggestion

A top NFL free-agent wide receiver, Tyreek Hill, is expected to find a new team soon, according to ESPN. As Hill fully recovers from the setback he suffered last season, the speedy wide receiver’s agent made it clear that he will likely find a new team in the coming days. Recently, the Eagles were pegged […] The post NFL Star Tyreek Hill Gets Big Update After Eagles Suggestion appeared first on HEAVY.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 5 • 3:10 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull Marks Simulation Week with Hospital-Wide Training to Advance Patient Safety and Clinical Readiness

NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull celebrated Simulation Week on September 25 with an interdisciplinary simulation event designed to strengthen

nychealthandhospitals.org logo
Oct 5 • 2:25 PM EDT • Health • nychealthandhospitals.org
Northeastern Pennsylvania schools embrace the Science of Reading

Amid a nationwide decline in literacy, teachers across Pennsylvania — including educators in Northeastern Pennsylvania — are rewriting the rules on reading.

citizensvoice.com logo
Oct 5 • 2:11 PM EDT • Science • citizensvoice.com
Northeastern Pennsylvania schools embrace the Science of Reading

Amid a nationwide decline in literacy, teachers across Pennsylvania — including educators in Northeastern Pennsylvania — are rewriting the rules on reading.

thetimes-tribune.com logo
Oct 5 • 2:11 PM EDT • Science • thetimes-tribune.com
How a controversial camera system is monitoring mental health patients

The Lampard Inquiry started back in September 2024 and I remember going to the first hearing in Chelmsford. Subscribe The bereaved families made placards of their loved ones, they stood outside in silence and then laid flowers to mark the moment. Now, two years on, in a process meant to last another two years, there’s been a development. Last week, we were told the chair, Baroness Lampard, pictured below, could be looking at making interim recommendations. Throughout the process, she has remarked that although this inquiry is looking at almost 2,000 people who were under the care of Essex mental health services from 2000-2023 when they died, the findings could have national implications for other trusts. ‘Records 24 hours a day in patient’s bedroom’ So why has this happened? One system that the inquiry is going to take a closer look at is a controversial monitoring system called Oxevision. It monitors some vital signs of patients remotely by using a camera placed in a room. It’s used by 40% of NHS mental health trusts. But campaigners, particularly the group Stop Oxevision, have asked for this technology to be removed from mental health wards as soon as possible. I spoke to a member, Hat Porter, today and they described to me what they thought this technology did and explained their concerns: “It records 24 hours a day and it’s located in a patient’s bedroom, which is obviously somewhere you’d usually expect to be a private place. “Our concerns are that the use of the technology has been has been kind of implemented as a substitute for proper in-person support, that it’s kind of over relied on and that there’s a lot of misunderstandings and that the presence of a camera, which has often been used without people’s consent, sometimes without even their knowledge, that that has a really big impact on privacy, dignity and human rights.” ‘Not sufficient’ I put it to them that the company behind Oxevision would dispute their claims about consent and in videos I’ve seen online from NHS trusts, they make it clear that the technology is complementary to trained staff and not a replacement. [ ](https://channel4news.substack.com/p/the-nottingham-inquiry-what-lessons) [ How the Nottingham inquiry shines a spotlight on other key mental health care failings ](https://channel4news.substack.com/p/the-nottingham-inquiry-what-lessons) Victoria Macdonald · Feb 12 [ Read full story ](https://channel4news.substack.com/p/the-nottingham-inquiry-what-lessons) A team of lawyers has been working on the inquiry and with bereaved family members who have concerns about this technology. I spoke to solicitor Priya Singh, from Hodge Jones & Allen, who made the point that questions usually asked by nurses would be missing from using devices like this. “It’s not sufficient to say, oh, the patient is moving around. Somebody must go in and say, are you okay? Are you distressed? Do you want help? Is there anything I can do? Share Channel 4 News “How are you spending your time? So I think a lot of our families cannot see the function of it when ultimately the patient should only really be observed when they’ve been prescribed to be observed, they can be observed more, but that more should really be happening face to face.” The Chair will hear evidence over the next two weeks and then a decision made after that, which could have national impact if she does decide this technology should be investigated or even removed. The Department of Health and Social Care said: “The Government is committed to ensuring that lessons are learned from the Lampard Inquiry to improve patient safety. “We are confident that the Inquiry will play an important role in identifying wider learnings for the health system following the tragic events in Essex and will contribute to improvements in patient safety.” We approached LIO Health, which runs Oxevision, for comment. Subscribe Share Channel 4 News Leave a comment

channel4news.substack.com logo
Oct 5 • 2:03 PM EDT • Health • channel4news.substack.com
Bills player dismisses Patriots hero as ‘practice squad player’

After a 0-3 start to the season, the New England Patriots were able to bounce back in a big way on Sunday afternoon, pulling off an upset win over the Buffalo Bills on the road after Patriots wide receiver Efton Chism III made a ridiculous catch to give the Patriots the lead with under two…

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 5 • 1:48 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Northwell Health lays off 'limited number' of workers across the organization

The health system, which employs over 100,000 statewide, did not specify where cuts were made.

newsday.com logo
Oct 5 • 12:25 PM EDT • Health • newsday.com
ASU designs a statewide pipeline for Arizona's anesthesia workforce

Every surgery, C-section, trauma case and cancer operation in Arizona depends on a clinician administering anesthesia and keeping the patient safe while the surgeon works. The state needs more of these clinicians.As of September, the Arizona State Board of Nursing lists 1,759 certified registered nurse anesthetists, or CRNAs, in the state. In 2023, Arizona was short 732 nurse anesthetists, and the shortage is projected to reach 868 by 2033.

news.asu.edu logo
Oct 5 • 12:04 PM EDT • Health • news.asu.edu
Ninja Theory developers announce they are facing redundancy, as the studio starts laying off staff following widespread Xbox cuts

Ninja Theory staff on LinkedIn have shared either farewell messages or sombre posts on the ongoing redundancy process happening at Ninja Theory.

eurogamer.net logo
Oct 5 • 10:53 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Seedy K’s Pigskin Palaver: House of Cards & Much Mo’

Ah yes, October; the pigskin campaign is morphing more fully developed. And, fully enveloping. This week, there’s a football game on every single night. Not just the more traditional Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Because Draft Kings and Fan Duel and The World Wide Leader need content, we get Southern Miss and Troy on Tuesday, […]

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 5 • 10:11 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Pixel 12 series leak allegedly reveals model numbers, display specs, no wide Fold

A new leak allegedly reveals Pixel 12 display specs, model numbers, and helps confirm Google isn't launching a wide Fold.

9to5google.com logo
Oct 5 • 9:45 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Windber institute's data tracking system used by scientists far and wide

Developed by a member of the Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine at Windber, a system for using data to solve real-world problems caused by cancer is making a mark

ncnewsonline.com logo
Oct 5 • 8:30 AM EDT • Science • ncnewsonline.com
Delta Health Center Receives Funding

Delta Health Center, Inc. has received four awards totaling $4,660,331.59 through the Mississippi Rural Health Transformation Program, a state initiative funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Governor Tate Reeves announced the four RHTP awards on September 14, as part of 167 awards totaling more than $104 million statewide. The awards announced will […]

deltabusinessjournal.com logo
Oct 5 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • deltabusinessjournal.com
Delta Health Center Receives Funding

Delta Health Center, Inc. has received four awards totaling $4,660,331.59 through the Mississippi Rural Health Transformation Program, a state initiative funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Governor Tate Reeves announced the four RHTP awards on September 14, as part of 167 awards totaling more than $104 million statewide. The awards announced will […]

deltabusinessjournal.com logo
Oct 5 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • deltabusinessjournal.com
Lexology Index Recognizes Five Hecker Fink Partners in 2026 Business Crime Defence Guide

Hecker Fink Partners Shawn Crowley, Jenna Dabbs, Mike Ferrara, Sean Hecker, and Amy Jeffress have been recognized in the Lexology Index guide for Business Crime Defence. The 2026 guide honors leading lawyers worldwide who “stand out among peers for their exceptional work representing companies, corporate officers, and individuals in criminal litigation arising from their business activities.”

heckerfink.com logo
Oct 5 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • heckerfink.com
Building something with your hands — and a career

MakerSpace NYC is one of at least 2,000 community workshops across the country.

marketplace.org logo
Oct 5 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • marketplace.org
'Clearly not working': Sam Altman hits AI industry over political spending

In a wide-ranging interview, the OpenAI CEO criticized the flood of AI dollars swamping the midterm elections and suggested a new liability framework is needed for autonomous hacks.

yahoo.com logo
Oct 5 • 6:56 AM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
‘Clearly not working’: Sam Altman hits AI industry over political spending

In a wide-ranging interview, the OpenAI CEO criticized the flood of AI dollars swamping the midterm elections and suggested a new liability framework is needed for autonomous hacks.

politico.com logo
Oct 5 • 6:56 AM EDT • Politics • politico.com
Yale School of Medicine On the Science of Childhood Anxiety, Say, Anxiety Disorders Are the Most Common Mental Health Challenges In Youth

Credit: Matt Bradbury October 5, 2026 - By Isabella Backman - Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health challenges in youth. Left untreated, they can disrupt the lives of both children and their families. The good news is that with intervention, most children will overcome these conditions. Across Yale School of Medicine, scientists are working to understand anxiety at every level, from common anxious behaviors to molecular biomarkers in the brain. They are using their findings to develop and disseminate new evidence-based treatments for childhood anxiety. Today, the go-to treatment for childhood anxiety disorders is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This is a form of psychotherapy that teaches children skills for confronting anxious thoughts and helps them practice managing situations that cause anxiety. While it is the gold-standard treatment backed by considerable scientific evidence, up to 50% of children will not see sufficient benefit from CBT alone. Wendy Silverman, PhD, Alfred A. Messer Professor in the Child Study Center, co-directs the Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program alongside Eli Lebowitz, PhD, associate professor in the Child Study Center. One of their main interests is learning how to improve outcomes beyond CBT. “We’re developing cutting-edge, research-based knowledge that can reduce the suffering that anxiety causes children and their families,” says Silverman. Changing parent behavior YSM experts are investigating how to improve CBT outcomes for children by involving the parents. Silverman’s research has uncovered two main components of parent intervention that improve childhood anxiety: not enabling children to completely avoid the things that make them anxious and taking steps to enhance their autonomy. Parents may unintentionally reinforce their child’s anxiety by allowing them to avoid what makes them anxious. They also may unintentionally limit the children’s sense of autonomy by being overly intrusive. “One of the things that we take pride in is that we’ve focused on trying to understand what parents need to do, and to test our ideas and see if changing the parents’ behaviors is enhancing the effects of CBT,” Silverman says. “Our findings thus far suggest that they do." As much as CBT can be helpful, it can also be challenging to get one’s child to do the necessary steps for CBT to work. This is one important reason why Lebowitz created a novel intervention program for parents named Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE). Existing intervention programs often teach parents to act as therapists for their child, such as training them on how to practice breathing exercises. “It makes sense, but this doesn’t work very well in practice,” says Lebowitz. “And part of the reason, I think, is that it’s not easy to get your kid to do things, especially if they’re not excited about doing it.” SPACE is unique because it focuses entirely on parent involvement and changing parental behavior—children are not involved in the sessions. For example, parents learn how to use supportive messages that convey confidence that their child can tolerate and manage distress. “It might sound like a parent saying to a child, ‘I get that this is really hard for you, but I know that you can handle it,’” Lebowitz says. The program also works with parents to identify the ways in which they are accommodating anxious behaviors. “We’ll pick one thing that parents are doing that is an accommodation and help them make a detailed plan for how they’re going to change that,” Lebowitz explains. Treating Anxiety in Children and Adolescents Much of the existing research on SPACE has focused on parents of children under age 14. Ongoing studies are now exploring its use with parents of older teens. “Both anxiety and accommodation can interfere with normative developmental shifts during the teen years, including increased autonomy and individuation from parents,” says Rebecca Etkin, PhD, associate research scientist in the Child Study Center. “In this sense, SPACE may be particularly well-suited for anxious teens and their parents. We want to see whether it is effective during this distinct developmental window.” Unfortunately, many families in need of CBT face barriers, including limited availability of services and geographic constraints. One way to improve access is digital interventions. Silverman and her team are developing an evidence-based digitized intervention program for parents that they can access directly from their computer or smart phone. “The work we’re doing will be one of the very few parent interventions that is digitized and importantly tested for effectiveness,” she says. Creating interventions for anxiety-related challenges Silverman and Lebowitz recently received a generous gift to develop and test other interventions that help parents reduce other child anxiety-related behavioral and emotional difficulties, such as restrictive eating and unexplained somatic symptoms. One of these projects in particular focuses on understanding the risks of social media and its potential benefits, including offering a sense of connection. “A lot of research has focused on the idea that social media is harmful and the less of it the better,” says Lebowitz. “But we actually see is that this is not quite right—there are negatives, but there are also positives. So, we’re trying to get a little bit more nuanced of a picture.” The team is working with teens with social anxiety and their parents over an extended period to better understand their social media habits and how their anxiety levels affect engagement with different platforms. The teens will answer questions sent to an app on their phones about mood and social media usage in an effort to capture emotional responses as they unfold. “We hope to develop interventions that can help make the best of social media while protecting against the more problematic effects,” Lebowitz says. The brain’s role in anxiety Researchers are also testing therapies to address anxiety at the neurological and molecular levels. In collaboration with Dylan Gee, PhD, professor of psychology in Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Hilary Blumberg, MD, John and Hope Furth Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience at Yale School of Medicine, Lebowitz and Silverman are using brain imaging to identify changes in a child’s brain before and after parents enroll in SPACE. In one study, children viewed anxiety-inducing images while undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); the researchers conducted scans with and without the children’s parents nearby. Before SPACE, children’s brains were better able to activate the regulatory circuitry needed to turn off an anxious response when their parents were nearby. But after SPACE, children could activate this circuitry even without the parent around. “As parents work on gradually reducing some of their accommodations, you can see a child get better at regulating their own fear system in the brain,” Lebowitz says. “It’s remarkable.” Research into the molecular underpinnings of anxiety can also inform new childhood anxiety treatments. In a recent study, Lebowitz, Silverman, and Flora Vaccarino, MD, Harris Professor in the Child Study Center, discovered that a protein known as fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) could be protective from the toxic effects of stress. FGF2 levels in children and their parents were linked to the children’s risk of developing anxiety and depression, the study showed. The findings could help explain why some children who are exposed to early life trauma such as poverty or abuse are more prone to developing mental health disorders. And FGF2 could be a target for treatment. “This is very novel because it starts to give a clue to what is the molecular chain that connects those lived experiences to the actual psychological outcomes,” Lebowitz says. New ways to study and treat childhood anxiety Michael Crowley, PhD, associate professor in the Child Study Center, collaborates with Silverman and Lebowitz to study the role that attention plays in development and maintenance of childhood anxiety. There is a large body of research that shows that anxious children, like anxious adults, are prone to focus on threatening stimuli such as angry faces compared with neutral faces. This has led to innovative interventions that involve attention retraining. The idea is that if experts train children to look away from threatening stimuli, it may reduce their anxiety—especially children with social anxiety who are most prone to attend to threats. The researchers have just completed a clinical trial for attention retraining with 10- to 14-year-olds with social anxiety disorders and are currently analyzing the findings. Besides this innovative attention retraining research, as Crowly notes, “I like to design tasks that are engaging to kids,” Crowley says. “My goal is to assess something without the kids knowing what we are assessing.” With this goal in mind, Crowley has created a virtual game, named Boom, to study threat processing in children with anxiety disorders. The game is similar to that of hot potato—the child and three digital players take turns virtually passing a ball to each other’s gloves. At some point, the ball turns into a bomb, and as the bomb lands in each player’s glove, the outline of the glove turns yellow. The goal is to avoid having the bomb go off in your glove. What isn’t obvious is that the game is designed to measure different types of threatening stimuli, both ambiguous and direct. In the game, the direct threat occurs as the bomb is traveling towards your glove. The ambiguous threat is the yellow outlined glove as it is unknown where the bomb will travel next. While children play the game, Crowley’s team measures their brain activity using electroencephalography (EEG). The researchers have discovered that in kids with anxiety, the brain reacts more strongly to ambiguous threats than it does in their peers, but less strongly to direct threats. They believe that the initial abnormally large brain response to not knowing where the bomb is going impairs the brain's ability to properly respond when the threat is actually traveling the child’s way. “The brains of children with anxiety are unable to differentiate between threats you need to do something about and those that are not your problem.” Michael Crowley, PhD, develops innovative games for studying anxiety in children and adolescents.Credit: Matt Bradbury Based on these insights, Crowley hopes to study whether interventions like attention training could restore appropriate threat processing. Crowley’s team is also working on a test called the Balloon Risk Avoidance Task, which evaluates risk-taking and avoidance behaviors. It features a digital balloon that is full of air and about to burst. Kids have six seconds to let air out of the balloon. The more air they let out, the less risk they face that the balloon will pop. But at the same time, the balloon becomes less valuable as it deflates. “The more air you keep in the balloon, the more points you get,” Crowley explains. So far, the researchers have found that when the balloons pop unexpectedly, teens with social anxiety show distinct brain responses. Studying these responses can help psychologists understand the underlying pathways driving the various manifestations of anxiety. The genetics of anxiety When Thomas Fernandez, MD, associate professor in the Child Study Center and of psychiatry, was still in training, there was a lot of excitement about understanding the genetics associated with autism spectrum disorder. Since then, scientists have identified around 250 genes associated with autism. The genetic contribution to anxiety disorders, on the other hand, has historically received less attention. Anxiety is less heritable than autism, but the genetic contribution for anxiety disorders that emerge in childhood may be higher than for anxiety disorders overall. While scientists estimate the heritability of anxiety disorders in general to be around 30% to 50%, some studies suggest higher heritability for certain childhood-onset anxiety presentations. “I saw firsthand how researchers in the field went about finding vulnerability genes for autism,” Fernandez says. “So, we’re using a very similar playbook for childhood anxiety.” “I saw firsthand how researchers in the field went about finding vulnerability genes for autism. So, we’re using a very similar playbook for childhood anxiety.” Thomas Fernandez, MD Associate Professor In the Child Study Center and in Psychiatry Now, Fernandez and Emily Olfson, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Child Study Center, are studying children and their parents to identify genetic changes that are present in the child but not the parents, known as “de novo mutations.” “All of us have some de novo mutations—maybe about 50 to 100 sprinkled throughout the genome,” Olfson says. “But when they occur within the coding regions of genes, they can be really disruptive.” Previous research shows that people with autism have higher rates of damaging de novo mutations than the general population. In 2022, Olfson, Lebowitz, Silverman, and Fernandez published a study on 68 children and their families that found that children with anxiety had similarly high levels of these mutations. Studying de novo mutations can help point the researchers to where they should be looking for genes associated with anxiety. “The end game is using the genes to steer us toward the right part of biology that we can then target to come up with better treatments,” Fernandez says. Building on those findings, the team is now studying more families to better understand how these de novo mutations, along with other genetic and environmental factors, shape pediatric anxiety disorders. They recently received a National Institutes of Health grant to enroll 750 new families over the next five years. Olfson is the principal investigator, with co-investigators Lebowitz, Fernandez, Silverman, and Shuangge Steven Ma, PhD, department chair and professor of biostatistics at Yale School of Public Health. Neurodevelopment, Risk Genes, and Mental Health Conditions - The Olfson Lab Joel Gelernter, MD, Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry, is interested in how different anxiety disorders differ genomically. “We are studying social phobia, panic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder, working to understand why people differ in their risk to these specific anxiety disorders and evaluating various risk factors,” he says. Gelernter was recently involved in one of the largest studies to date of the genomics underlying anxiety disorder. The study included around 122,000 people with anxiety disorders and around 730,000 without. It found that some genetic differences associated with anxiety were linked to signaling that helps reduce overactivity in the nervous system. Many anxiety medications available today work by targeting this process. “It’s nice when the biology that you get out of a large genome-wide study ratifies things that we already know because that can help increase confidence in further findings from the study,” Gelernter says. Uncovering the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders John Krystal, MD, Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Professor of Translational Research and chair of the Department of Psychiatry, is interested in the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), of which anxiety is a major symptom. In the late 1980s, Krystal’s team discovered that the drug yohimbine activated symptoms in patients with PTSD. “This was the first time we could link a specific biological mechanism to the symptoms of PTSD,” Krystal says. At the time, he adds, this finding was highly controversial. “A lot of people felt that PTSD was a purely psychological syndrome that didn’t have an underlying biology.” Since then, Krystal has dived deep into understanding the neurobiology of PTSD to learn how to better treat it. His team is evaluating the use of ketamine and psychedelics. These would be among the first treatments to be developed specifically for PTSD. They may also be applicable for other disorders including anxiety disorders, Krystal adds. An important gap in PTSD treatment is the absence of biological tests that inform how to best help patients manage their PTSD symptoms. A doctor doesn’t diagnose cancer based on how they feel. Rather, they use tests of the biology of the cancer to determine the best course of treatment. “And we can’t do that in any psychiatric disorder other than Alzheimer’s disease,” Krystal says. “But now we are building a foundation for this approach to the treatment of anxiety disorders for the first time.” Source: Yale School of Medicine

goldrushcam.com logo
Oct 5 • 6:44 AM EDT • Science • goldrushcam.com
Mr Bean Brand Expands with New Global Licensing Partnerships

Banijay Kids & Family announces expanded Mr Bean licensing deals including Royal Stacks burgers, apparel, watches, toys, and arcade games worldwide.

licenseglobal.com logo
Oct 5 • 6:37 AM EDT • Entertainment • licenseglobal.com