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Chuck Lorre says Roseanne Barr ‘fundamentally hated’ her show’s writers: ‘It was malice’

Chuck Lorre, who got his start writing on ‘Roseanne’ in the ’80s, says Roseanne Barr ‘fundamentally hated’ her sitcom’s writers, because as a stand-up, ‘she made herself a superstar based on her words.’

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Oct 7 • 12:05 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Apple Harvest Festival promises a bushel of fall fun

Fall harvest season is here — which means it’s time for the return of the annual Apple Harvest Festival in downtown Waynesville from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17.

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Oct 7 • 12:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • themountaineer.com
Islamic Development Bank and Global Fund Strengthen Partnership to Advance Sustainable Health Financing

GENEVA/JEDDAH – The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) signed on 6 October a new Partnership Agreement to strengthen collaboration and accelerate investments in health across low- and middle-income countries. The agreement, which marks a new chapter in a long-standing relationship, establishes a framework for aligning investments and coordinating financing, mobilizing additional resources, and supporting country-led efforts to build…

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Oct 6 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • isdb.org
Thom Tillis takes jabs at Trump’s cabinet

Retiring Republican Senator Thom Tillis says he stands by his book’s blunt criticism of Trump’s cabinet. ‘They didn’t pass their annual reviews,’ he says to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. He also urges the president to repay $10 million for taxpayer-funded ads.

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Oct 6 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Washington County voters to decide on behavioral health levy renewal

Washington County voters will decide this November whether to renew a 0.5 mill levy that funds behavioral health resources in the community.

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Oct 6 • 7:52 PM EDT • Health • wtap.com
Why being scared can be fun, according to science

Why do people enjoy being scared? Psychiatry expert Dr. Arash Javanbakht says fear and excitement activate overlapping brain circuits, creating feelings of focus and energy. Horror movies and haunted houses

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Oct 6 • 6:45 PM EDT • Science • fox21online.com
Small Business Insider: Policy Update, Tips & Intelligence, More - Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council

SMALL BUSINESS INSIDER NEW REPORT: Bayh-Dole Is an American Innovation and Entrepreneurship Success Story POLICY & LEGISLATIVE UPDATE ● SBE Council Files Comments on FTC’s “Personalized Pricing” Proposal ● SBE Council Supports FCC Action to Modernize Permitting and Accelerate Digital Infrastructure ● Comments Filed with SEC in Favor of Raising the Regulation Crowdfunding Offering Limit […]

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Oct 6 • 6:14 PM EDT • Business • sbecouncil.org
naoo Expands Social Media Platform With Professional Entertainment

Eight Microdramas and Short Series Mark the Start – New Streaming Functionality Already Integrated and Currently Being Tested ZUG and ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - October 6, 2026 (NEWMEDIAWIRE) - naoo AG (Dusseldorf: Ticker: NAO; ISIN: CH1323306329), ...

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Oct 6 • 5:28 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Former CIA official accused of stealing $40M in gold bars pleads guilty

A former senior CIA official pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Virginia to a charge that he abused his position and government funds to enrich himself by acquiring Florida real estate and hundreds of gold bars worth over $40 million, according to court records.

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Oct 6 • 5:13 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Trump doesn't commit to repaying federal funds already spent on ads

Nearly $12 million worth of ads have already aired, according to AdImpact

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Oct 6 • 4:52 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads

A day after the president said his super PAC would pay for the ads, which had drawn bipartisan backlash, officials said that he meant moving forward. A new taxpayer-funded ad aired Tuesday.

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Oct 6 • 3:36 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Thune presses Trump for more funding toward battleground races red

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Monday revealed he is pressing President Donald Trump for more funding toward battleground races in the midterm elections, as Republicans fight to stave off losses in November. Thune said that he’s been emphasizing the question of resources for candidates during conversations with Trump and the president’s advisers, in […]

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Oct 6 • 3:35 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
UMaine study explores whether music can help older adults maintain brain health

University of Maine researchers are studying whether listening to music or learning to play an instrument could help older adults maintain cognitive function as they age. The three-year study, led by Rebecca MacAulay, an associate professor of psychology at UMaine, is funded by the National Institute on Aging and will…

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Oct 6 • 3:32 PM EDT • Health • umaine.edu
Mainers to walk 76 miles to protest Susan Collins

The walk from Biddeford to Augusta will take a group of at least 15 Mainers five days. The destination is Sen. Susan Collins’ office in Augusta, where protesters intend to demand she stop voting to fund ICE.

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Oct 6 • 3:17 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
YouTube And Google.org Commit $2.5 Million To Expand Free Class CrunchLabs Science Curriculum

YouTube and Google.org have committed a $2.5 million grant to Class CrunchLabs, providing additional funding to expand the free STEM curriculum founded by Mark Rober.

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Oct 6 • 2:55 PM EDT • Science • pulse2.com
The Guardian view on the French school protests: the political class needs to heed the voice of students

Editorial: A generation facing unprecedented challenges deserves better than an underfunded education system

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Oct 6 • 2:31 PM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
'If Abdul can win in Michigan, anyone can win anywhere': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outlines stakes for progressives at NYC fundraiser

Ocasio-Cortez is traveling across the country as she considers her political future and potential bids for higher office in 2028.

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Oct 6 • 1:55 PM EDT • Politics • abcnews.com
EU launches network to harness health data and AI for cardiovascular care

A new EU-funded flagship initiative to harness the power of health data and artificial intelligence (AI) across the continuum of cardiovascular care has been launched, with funding from the EU4Health Program.

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Oct 6 • 1:30 PM EDT • Health • news-medical.net
After taxpayer-funded ads glorifying Trump sparked backlash, he says his super PAC will pay instead

In a post on his social media site, President Donald Trump defended the ads, which cost at least $1.5 million in federal funds and have drawn intense criticism.

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Oct 6 • 1:20 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
AI founders for hire: Startup hub Foundations launches service to connect businesses with builders

Foundations Design and Engineering is meant in part to give founders a new way to fund their companies as early-stage investment gets harder to raise. Prices and the share of each contract that Foundations will keep are still being worked out.

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Oct 6 • 12:22 PM EDT • Business • geekwire.com
Pacers' Tyrese Haliburton Already 'Enjoying Playing' With Ivica Zubac

Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton is already having fun playing with center Ivica Zubac.

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Oct 6 • 12:04 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Spooky science fun with dry ice experiments from Mad Science
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Oct 6 • 11:31 AM EDT • Science • ksat.com
In Texas governor’s race, Abbott spends big to try to stay in office

Democratic challenger Gina Hinojosa has ramped up her fundraising.

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Oct 6 • 11:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Van Andel Institute’s Dr. Derek Janssens receives a New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health Common Fund

Read about Van Andel Institute’s Dr. Derek Janssens receives a New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health Common Fund on Van Andel Institute – Stay updated on the latest research and groundbreaking discoveries in science and health.

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Oct 6 • 10:57 AM EDT • Health • vai.org
Apple TV 4K Rumored to Support Four HomePods for Surround Sound

Last month, a proven leaker revealed that Apple has tested the ability to connect four HomePods to an Apple TV 4K for surround sound, with the HomePods intended to be arranged in front-left, front-right, rear-left, and rear-right positions. Now further evidence of this functionality has surfaced ahead of an announcement from Apple.

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Oct 6 • 10:40 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Biological aging offers clues to long-term health after Fontan surgery

Our birthdays tell us how long we have lived, but not necessarily how our bodies are aging. Biological age reflects the condition and function of our cells and tissues, shaped by genetics, lifestyle, ...

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Oct 6 • 10:40 AM EDT • Health • medicalxpress.com
LIV Golf New Investor Shares Business, Golfer Recruitment Strategy

After losing PIF funding and filing for bankruptcy, LIV Golf has a new investor and plans to retain top golfers for global play. Here's their vision.

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Oct 6 • 10:39 AM EDT • Business • sportico.com
Students Use Forensic Science Skills in Escape Room

Hundreds of students from across the region put their problem-solving skills to the test this week during the Regional Science Consortium’s annual Forensic Science Escape Room. Elementary school students had just a few hours to figure out how someone died as part of a forensic science escape room activity. The Regional Science Consortium partnered with Mercyhurst University for the 10th year of the event, which is taking place at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center. It began Monday and runs through Thursday.Throughout the week, more than 250 students are working to solve murder mysteries using real forensic science techniques. Students must analyze the evidence, piece together clues and solve the crime before time runs out.Organizers said the event gives students interested in pursuing forensic science in college a firsthand look at what a career in the field could entail.Sarah Skelton, Special Gifts Coordinator at Iroquois, said the activity provides students with an opportunity to develop skills that can sometimes be difficult to practice in a traditional classroom. "It really helps them to work in teams and on critical thinking skills. Which, not that they don't get these opportunities, but it's hard sometimes in the classroom to develop those higher-level thinking skills”, said Skelton.Students also get a chance to learn how forensic science is used in real-life investigations. As Skelton explained, "What are the real-life applications? What would you actually see in a crime scene? How would you handle these types of forensic investigations? So it's really cool our kids get to see what opportunities are out there and possibly a career field one day."The popular event has grown over the years, with some students returning year after year. Organizers said watching those students grow and develop their interests is one of the highlights of the program.Jeanette Schnars, the Executive Director of the Regional Science Consortium said it's rewarding to see how students' interests evolve as they get older. According to Schnars, "How they have grown and matured and where their interests are going and maybe they aren't going into forensics, but if they are going into sciences or different disciplines, so it's really fulfilling to see how they have matured."One student who continues to enjoy the event is sixth-grader Mia Harvey of Iroquois. Harvey hopes to pursue a career in medicine and says the forensic science activities are helping her explore her interests, "One day I want to become a neurologist, and learning about the bones is probably going to help me."Harvey said her favorite part of the event is the real-life application of what she's learning. "While you are trying to find the clues, they teach real stuff that you would need to know”, said Harvey.Event organizers said if students are learning while having fun, then the program is accomplishing its goal. "Not only are they learning the science, but they are having fun with it too”, said Schnars.Adults will also have a chance to take part in the experience this Saturday during an adult version of the escape room, which will feature food, drinks and entertainment. For more information, click here.The Forensic Science Escape Room has become one of the Regional Science Consortium’s most popular events, with teachers signing up their students as soon as registration opens in August.

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Oct 6 • 10:34 AM EDT • Science • erienewsnow.com
The Weather Channel dunks on Titans-Texans matchup

How bad do you have to be as an NFL franchise to get made fun of by The Weather Channel of all things? That’s a question that fans of the Tennessee Titans and Houston Texans are unfortunately now made to ponder. Both AFC South teams are 0-4 to start the season, but both arrive at…

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Oct 6 • 10:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Top Republican super PAC pledges $5 million for South Carolina Senate race

The Senate Leadership Fund’s commitment comes amid a tight contest between GOP Sen. Darline Graham and Democratic challenger Annie Andrews.

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Oct 6 • 10:12 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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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.

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Oct 6 • 10:08 AM EDT • Politics • laborpolitics.com
“Boy Meets World” star Matthew Lawrence recalls ‘dysfunction’ on “Girl Meets World ”set: ‘It was very weird’

Lawrence spoke to EW about reprising the role of Jack on a 2015 episode of the Disney Channel spinoff.

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Oct 6 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
‘Boy Meets World’ star Matthew Lawrence recalls ‘dysfunction’ on ‘Girl Meets World’

‘Boy Meets World’ star Matthew Lawrence spoke to EW about the ‘dysfunction’ on the ‘Girl Meets World’ set, and his ‘strange’ experience guest-starring on the spinoff.

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Oct 6 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Snap investor pushes company to sell stake in eyewear business

Hedge fund Blue Duck Capital Partners wants Snap Inc. to raise capital by selling a stake in its nascent Specs unit, putting additional investor pressure on the social media app to deliver on its big investment in augmented reality glasses.

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Oct 6 • 9:25 AM EDT • Business • latimes.com
Compass Datacenters Funds New Community Wellness Space at Hoffman Estates Health and Human Services

$50,000 investment will create the department's first purpose-built room for group therapy, workshops and community programming Compass Datacenters is funding...

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Oct 6 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • prnewswire.com
Block Club Chicago’s Free South Side Health & Wellness Fest Is Coming to Chatham

Join Block Club and community partners on Nov. 7 for activities and resources to help address health equity gaps. Join a fun run with Joabe Barbosa, get a free meal and more.

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Oct 6 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • blockclubchicago.org
Goodbye joint replacements? Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and stop arthritis

Scientists have found a surprising way to regrow damaged knee cartilage by blocking a protein that becomes more abundant with age. In old mice, the treatment restored naturally lost cartilage and also helped prevent osteoarthritis after ACL-like knee injuries, while human cartilage taken from knee replacement patients began producing new, functional joint cartilage after exposure to the same inhibitor.

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Oct 6 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Letter: Utah schools need dedicated funding for student mental health

Letter: Utah schools need dedicated funding for student mental health

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Oct 6 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • sltrib.com
Trump defends ad, says MAGA Inc. will cover cost instead of taxpayers

Trump defended a federally funded ad as patriotic but said Monday that MAGA Inc. would cover the cost after complaints from critics.

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Oct 6 • 7:35 AM EDT • Politics • scrippsnews.com
Trump defends ad, says MAGA Inc. will cover cost instead of taxpayers

Trump defended a federally funded ad as patriotic but said Monday that MAGA Inc. would cover the cost after complaints from critics.

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Oct 6 • 7:35 AM EDT • Politics • wtvr.com
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PRIO awarded funding for new research on the future of peaceful politics

PRIO Research Professor Håvard Hegre has been awarded a prestigious Hernes-CAS Mobility Grant to develop a new research project exploring whether the l ...

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Oct 6 • 6:52 AM EDT • Politics • prio.org
Trump says he will stop using taxpayer funds for self-promoting ads after backlash

President claims commercials were ‘positive promotion for our Great USA’ but says he will now cover their cost

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Oct 6 • 6:20 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Dave McCormick dreams of strengthening science, but Trump is researchers’ worst nightmare

The Pennsylvania senator’s gentle advocacy for NIH funding has had little apparent impact on the president he wholeheartedly supports.

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Oct 6 • 5:50 AM EDT • Science • inquirer.com
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WHO sounds alarm on critical funding gap for health response in Yemen

Dr Syed Jaffar Hussain greets children outside their family tent at Al-Firdous camp. Photo credits: WHO YemenAden, Yemen — 6 October 2026: As the conflict in Yemen escalates and needs continue to grow, the World...

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Oct 6 • 5:39 AM EDT • Health • emro.who.int
7 fun date night ideas this weekend in Fort Myers, Cape Coral

Looking for something fun to do this weekend with your sweetie? Here are seven date night ideas in Fort Myers, Cape Coral and the rest of Lee County.

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Oct 6 • 5:02 AM EDT • Entertainment • news-press.com
Gears of War: E-Day Is Nostalgic With Rich Visuals

In Gears of War: E-Day, it’s fun to see the origins of beloved characters in grand scale, even if its play feels conservative.

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Oct 6 • 5:01 AM EDT • Technology • nytimes.com
Ken Paxton’s secret weapon: Ted Cruz

Cruz is boosting Paxton with fundraising and advice as he mulls his own political future.

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Oct 6 • 4:45 AM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
Business Buzz: Platinum Fitness Performance & Wellness Center

Business: Platinum Fitness Performance & Wellness Center Address: 8 Pecks Lane Owner: Randy Lockwood What is your business background? “I’ve had [a place] in Milford … and then D...

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Oct 6 • 3:00 AM EDT • Business • newtownbee.com
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE:FUN) Stock Has Average Target Price of $21.50

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE:FUN - Get Free Report) has earned a consensus rating of "Hold" from the sixteen ratings firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have issued a hold recomme

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Oct 6 • 2:14 AM EDT • Entertainment • marketbeat.com
As federal grant cuts hit social sciences, McInnis ‘worried’ about funds

Yale’s federal funding declined by 1.5 percent in the last fiscal year, with cuts affecting social science fields — which the Trump administration has targeted. Yale President Maurie McInnis said last month that the government had been slow to disburse awards.

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Oct 6 • 1:48 AM EDT • Science • yaledailynews.com
Hyundai Motor Group and Exploratorium Launch ‘Have Fun with Science’ Experiential Exhibition in Seoul

HMG today announced the opening of ‘Have Fun with Science,’ a free experiential science exhibition developed in collaboration with the Exploratorium.

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Oct 5 • 11:30 PM EDT • Science • hyundai.com
Kalamazoo Public Schools approves resolutions for school safety funding

Kalamazoo Public Schools' Board of Trustees has approved resolutions that would provide them with school safety funding from the state.

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Oct 5 • 11:21 PM EDT • Health • wwmt.com
Little Rock board votes to fund construction of city employees’ health clinic

The Little Rock Board of Directors on Monday agreed to pay for the construction of a health clinic for city employees.

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Trump reverses course on publicly funded TV political ads

President Donald Trump announced Monday night that taxpayers will no longer pick up the tab for political TV advertisements promoting himself and administration policies. Facing a public backlash from lawmakers of both parties, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social site that he would in part use money raised by a super PAC, […]

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Trump says he will stop using US taxpayer funds for ads

The ads, which tout Trump and his policies, could have violated US laws barring public government funds being spent on political advertising.

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Trump says Super Pac will pay for taxpayer-funded ads that sparked outcry

President’s U-turn comes after Democrats and Republicans condemned use of tax dollars for pro-Trump ads

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KFile uncovers Talarico’s past comments on defund police movement
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After bipartisan criticism, Trump says taxpayers’ dollars will no longer be used for TV ads promoting him

The president said the ads, which the White House has defended, will be funded by him and his super PAC, MAGA Inc.

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2026 Best Companies to Work for: 10. Cobalt Benefits Group: Business NH Magazine

Third-party administrator specializing in self-funded employee health plans and parent company of Great Bay Administrators.

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Trump says he will pay for campaign-style ads himself after backlash over taxpayer-funded effort

President Donald Trump said Monday he will no longer use taxpayer money to fund a series of promotional television ads, announcing that he will instead pay for them with funds raised for MAGA, Inc., the pro-Trump super PAC.

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'You don't have to do this alone': Gettysburg Area schools expand peer support for mental health

Gettysburg schools are expanding mental health support with new social workers and student-led programs funded in part by state money.

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UW-led optoelectronic center receives second round of funding from the US National Science Foundation

A University of Washington-led center for optoelectronics — technologies that combine light and electronics — brings researchers from 14 universities across the U.S. together with the mission to develop new materials to transform information technology with light. Founded in 2021, NSF IMOD has received a second round of funding from the NSF to continue its work for the next five years.

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Trump says his super PAC will start paying for controversial taxpayer-funded ads
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Dysfunction rocks county health dept. at center of Michigan MAHA movement

Nurses allege a toxic workplace has taken root at the St. Clair County Health Department. But officials are shrugging off calls for an independent investigation of its anti-vaccine medical director.

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Museum of Life and Science seeks additional $2M from Durham County as costs rise

The Museum of Life and Science is asking Durham County for an additional $2 million as rising construction costs have left the museum facing a $3.5 million funding gap.

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Kyoto Vision Rallies 17 Nations for AI-Powered Science: No Budget, No Binding Vows

Kyoto Vision for a Golden Age of Science: 17 nations including the US, Germany, Japan, and South Korea endorsed an AI-driven research declaration at the STS Forum in Kyoto, committing to closed-loop AI labs, reformed science funding, and talent cultivation -- but only to endeavor, not to spend or

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Voters to decide on funding West Baton Rouge Parish Health Center

West Baton Rouge Parish voters will decide next month on a 10-year renewal of the property tax that funds the West Baton Rouge Health Center.

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Arlington maritime startup raises $140M in Series B funding

Arlington County maritime startup Quartermaster AI raised $140 million in Series B funding to grow headcount and recruit new vessels.

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Mexico Raises Science Funding 111% to Drive Tech Projects

Mexico increases science and technology funding by 111%, supporting 1,340 new projects to strengthen national technological capabilities.

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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

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Layla Zaidane: The politicians who can fix America’s polarization problem will win

Political predictions are notoriously unreliable, but here is one I am willing to stand behind: the elected officials who figure out how to govern across difference will dominate the next decade of American politics. With dysfunction and paralysis having become the status quo in Washington, elected officials who work together

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St. Louis Prehistoric Life Show brings free fossil fun to the Science Center

The inaugural St. Louis Prehistoric Life Show invites families to crack open rocks, identify fossils, meet paleontologists, and more.

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Nutritional countermeasures to spaceflight studied at URI

KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 5, 2026 – As humans spend longer periods of time in outer space and venture further from Earth, it’s increasingly important for scientists to learn how varied gravity levels affect muscle function and muscle loss, and how those effects can be counteracted or minimized. Theodoros Pavlidis, a second-year doctoral student who […]

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Hoptoberfest and Art Walk combined for art, entertainment, and fun

COLDWATER, MI. - Downtown Coldwater was filled with hundreds of visitors Friday evening, Oct. 2, as Hoptoberfest and the annual Art Walk combined to create an evening of art, entertainment, and fun.

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After school programming, birthday parties and day camps at Brooklyn Science Spot in Carroll Gardens (sponsored) | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Brooklyn families, get ready for a fall experience that goes beyond worksheets, screen time, and ordinary after-school programs and camps. At Brooklyn Science Spot, we are opening the door to a whole new way for children to learn, explore, and fall in love with science through hands-on discovery, creative thinking, and real-world STEM fun. Opening

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3 scientists share Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for work in optogenetics

The Nobel Foundation awarded its prize in physiology and medicine Monday to three scientists who researched how nerve cells affect the brain.

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Nobody remembers your EBITDA at your funeral

David Mammano highlights the importance of balancing profit with purpose in business to build companies that employees, customers, and communities value.

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Community health fair provides one-stop shop for Arlington families

Arlington's third annual community health fair brought crowds to Carlin Springs Elementary School over the weekend. From flu shots and eye exams to bike giveaways and tips for healthier eating, the event hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Arlington and VHC Health offered a one-stop shop for families. "It's a lot of fun on a

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Neighborhood Intelligence Provides Business Update and Announces $45.5 Million Equity Financing with Participation from Management and a Single Institutional Investor

NASHVILLE, Tenn., October 05, 2026--Neighborhood Intelligence (NASDAQ: NXH) ("Neighborhood" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 16,485,508 shares of its common stock (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof) at a purchase price of $2.76 per share (or pre-funded warrant in lieu thereof) in a registered direct offering. In addition, the Company will issue warrants to purchase up to 16,123,189 shares of common

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Is it legal? Trump promises Medicare and ACA checks without Congress ahead of midterm elections

President Trump is promising $90 payments to more than 20 million Medicare seniors and $500 refunds to nearly 1 million ACA enrollees, bypassing Congress and raising legal questions from Democrats.

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Indonesia and China to strengthen science and education cooperation

Indonesia and China plan to expand cooperation in higher education and science to advance innovation and technology adoption.

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Tech billionaires are spending millions to reshape California’s Legislature

Tech billionaires funding PACs have enjoyed recent growth in personal and corporate wealth and are spending it to handpick the Legislature.

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Walworth County dairy farmer specializing in raw milk says state is unfairly fining his business

Chaz Self said his dairy farm is producing grade A milk under Wisconsin's state standards, but was still ordered to pay a hefty fine. An online fundraiser has been created to cover those fines.

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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

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CMS Mulls Cuts to Business Services Staff

CMS follows other law firms, such as Baker McKenzie and Clifford Chance, in seeking out savings in its back-office functions.

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TendedBar installs countertop beverage system at Clearwater entertainment center

TendedBar has installed its countertop beverage dispensing system at Launch Family Fun Center in Clearwater, Florida, according to a company LinkedIn post.

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Ruth Tucker joins the Bulletin

The Bulletin is excited to welcome Ruth Tucker as the nonprofit's Advancement Services Coordinator. As Advancement Services Coordinator, Tucker will support the daily operations of the Advancement team, including gift entry, event registration entry, acknowledgements, and administrative support in the implementation of the department's fundraising tasks.

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Rethinking discovery: how powerful screening tools are redefining the search for new medicines

In medicine discovery, identifying the right biological target has always been a critical and complex step. Today, the rise of powerful screening tools is fundamentally reshaping this process, creating a step-change in how we move from scientific hypotheses to transformative medicines. Advances in high-throughput screening, genomics and AI-driven analytics are enabling scientists to interrogate disease biology at unprecedented scale, bringing forward opportunities that were previously beyond reach.

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Governor’s advisory council discusses Youth Risk Behavior Survey ahead of final policy recommendations

Gov. Stein's advisory council is finalizing recommendations on youth well-being before the legislature decides how to use Meta settlement funds.

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Lawyer recommends consultant for health department dysfunction

St. Clair County will hire a workplace consultant to address health department 'dysfunction' instead of an outside probe.

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Silicon Valley hottest funding source: the Bank of Best Friends

As big money deals in venture capital dry up, tech founders are asking mom, dad, and friends to open their wallets.

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Catawba Science Center Offers Animal Encounter Through Annual Fund Drive

HICKORY, N.C. (WHKY) — A donation to Catawba Science Center could lead to a private encounter with one of its animal ambassadors. The center is offering the experience as part…

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Driving Community Health: Bristol Myers Squibb, Emirates Thalassemia Society and Dubai Science Park Host the 6th 'Help Save a Life' Blood Donation Drive

For patients living with chronic blood disorders, access to safe and reliable blood supplies is fundamental to their care journey. Marking the sixth edition of an impactful partnership, Bristol Myers Squibb proudly collaborated with the Emirates Thalassemia Society and Dubai Science Park, the region's leading science focused hub and part of TECOM Group PJSC, hosted the 'Help Save a Life' blood donation drive, bringing together community members and healthcare professionals to provide vital suppo

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Driving Community Health: Bristol Myers Squibb, Emirates Thalassemia Society and Dubai Science Park Host the 6th 'Help Save a Life' Blood Donation Drive

For patients living with chronic blood disorders, access to safe and reliable blood supplies is fundamental to their care journey. Marking the sixth edition of an impactful partnership, Bristol Myers Squibb proudly collaborated with the Emirates Thalassemia Society and Dubai Science Park, the region's leading science focused hub and part of TECOM Group PJSC, hosted the 'Help Save a Life' blood donation drive, bringing together community members and healthcare professionals to provide vital suppo

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Driving Community Health: Bristol Myers Squibb, Emirates Thalassemia Society and Dubai Science Park Host the 6th 'Help Save a Life' Blood Donation Drive

/PRNewswire/ -- For patients living with chronic blood disorders, access to safe and reliable blood supplies is fundamental to their care journey. Marking the...

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Oct 5 • 3:54 AM EDT • Health • prnewswire.com
Driving Community Health: Bristol Myers Squibb, Emirates Thalassemia Society and Dubai Science Park Host the 6th 'Help Save a Life' Blood Donation Drive

/PRNewswire/ -- For patients living with chronic blood disorders, access to safe and reliable blood supplies is fundamental to their care journey. Marking the...

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Oct 5 • 3:54 AM EDT • Science • prnewswire.com
Britain's Green Party votes to treat Zionism as racism

Britain's Green Party has adopted a new policy declaring itself an anti-Zionist party and treating Zionism as racism.

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Oct 5 • 3:44 AM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
US announces $400m funding boost for science and innovation

The US has announced up to $400m to advance science and innovation, supporting research across key scientific fields and technologies.

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Oct 5 • 3:27 AM EDT • Science • innovationnewsnetwork.com