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Providence Health Plan to close completely after Medicare Advantage deal falls through

The regional health plan was in talks with an unnamed national insurer to keep its MA plans afloat. But the agreement sputtered “despite significant effort on all sides,” a Providence spokesperson said.

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Aug 19 • 8:28 AM EDT • Health • healthcaredive.com
PlayStation Is Reportedly Overhauling Live-Service Horizon

A report in Bloomberg suggests that Guerilla's stab at a live-service model is going about as poorly as Sony's previous efforts. - Game Informer

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Aug 19 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • gameinformer.com
ULM receives $2.1 million from LDH to expand health sciences offerings

The University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM) has been awarded $2.1 million from the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) through the Rural Health Transformation Project to expand programs in its College of Health Sciences, providing a significant investment in the university’s efforts to strengthen the rural healthcare workforce in Northeast Louisiana and across the state.

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Aug 19 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • ulm.edu
As Pa. measles cases persist, back-to-school vaccine efforts ramp up

As measles infections statewide reach nearly 300 cases, public health leaders are looking toward preventing disease in schools this fall.

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Aug 19 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • whyy.org
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'India is an early tech adopter': Proofpoint CEO on why the cybersecurity firm is expanding in India

Sumit Dhawan, CEO of Proofpoint, explains why the cybersecurity firm is continuing to expand its operations in India by setting up two Centres of Excellence. He also assesses sovereign efforts to ensure governments and critical sectors are protected.

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Aug 19 • 3:41 AM EDT • Business • cnbc.com
Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate health workers' efforts to contain Ebola

IGA-BARRIÈRE, Congo (AP) — Isaac Batisa spends his days digging for gold at a mining site in eastern Congo, hoping to earn enough money to support his family.

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Aug 19 • 1:43 AM EDT • Health • wral.com
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Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate health workers’ efforts to contain Ebola

Eleven-year-old Isaac Batisa searches for gold at a mining site in eastern Congo to help feed his family.

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Aug 19 • 1:40 AM EDT • Health • seattletimes.com
Florida’s leading coral experts unite in historic effort to restore Florida’s Coral Reef

Backed by a NOAA-funded initiative, 12 organizations joined forces during the annual coral spawning event to produce more than 1.5 million embryos and help preserve genetic diversity for the future of Florida’s Coral Reef.

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Aug 18 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • news.miami.edu
Green Mountain Care Board set modest rate increases for 2027 Vermont health insurance marketplace plans

This year’s rates represent efforts towards keeping premiums lower, while still aiming to account for insurers’ ability to pay out the costs of healthcare in Vermont.

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Aug 18 • 5:46 PM EDT • Health • vtdigger.org
Trump proposal would end ‘roadless rule’

DECK: The administration’s move would end ‘roadless rule,’ affect nearly 45 million acres, though not in Colorado The Trump administration has proposed ending decades-old rule that bars road building and logging millions of acres of national forest land, arguing it has hindered the country’s wildfire fighting efforts. The proposal, if put into effect, would affect […]

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Aug 18 • 5:40 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Tijerina touts efforts to lower property taxes. Reality is more complicated

Tijerina is trying to oust longtime Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar in South Texas.

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Aug 18 • 5:30 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Michigan Football 2026 Opponent Preview: UCLA

Next up in our Michigan Football 2026 opponent preview series is UCLA. We discuss the rebuilding efforts of head coach Bob Chesney and what to expect this year:

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Aug 18 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Canada battles the clock, politics in scramble to avert Trump’s tariffs

Canadian officials are making a last-ditch effort to negotiate a reprieve from 50-percent tariffs.

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Aug 18 • 3:41 AM EDT • Politics • aljazeera.com
Board of State Canvassers approves ballot language for money out of politics proposal

An effort to bar certain utilities and government contractors from making political contributions cleared its final major hurdle Monday, finalizing its language for the November ballot.

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Aug 17 • 4:14 PM EDT • Politics • michiganadvance.com
New Oregon survey for businesses facing wildfire losses could inform disaster assistance

Oregon officials are urging business owners to help inform future federal financial assistance efforts through a new survey.

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Aug 17 • 2:37 PM EDT • Business • oregoncapitalchronicle.com
OpenAI president: Companies need to do 10 things now for cybersecurity

"Time is of the essence," OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman said while sounding the alarm that companies need to upgrade their cybersecurity efforts.

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Aug 17 • 12:55 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Trump Lashes Out as Preliminary Deal With Iran Expires

President Trump took aim at Oman, a U.S. ally that has been mediating the talks, as efforts to end a war he started have faltered.

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Aug 17 • 10:59 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Scientists Uncover a Surprising New Route for Stonehenge’s Most Mysterious Stone

Stonehenge’s Altar Stone may have traveled south through a combination of glacial transport and deliberate human movement. Stonehenge was assembled from stones weighing between 2 and 25 tons, an astonishing construction effort for people living before the wheel was invented. Yet the puzzle extends beyond how such massive rocks were raised. Many of the stones

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Aug 17 • 10:47 AM EDT • Science • scitechdaily.com
Hayden Panettiere’s Health Struggles in Her Own Words, From Depression to Drug Use

From alcohol and drug use to postpartum depression, Panettiere spoke openly about her health challenges in an effort to encourage others to seek help.

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Aug 17 • 10:14 AM EDT • Health • today.com
Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it 'gets in the way' of US-Iran talks

President Trump threatened military action against US ally Oman if its negotiations with Iran interfere with U.S. efforts to reach a deal with Tehran.

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Aug 17 • 9:08 AM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
Mizzou study shows small scheduling change has big health benefits for night-shift physicians

The findings highlight Mizzou’s efforts to improve the health and well-being of those working overnight.

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Aug 17 • 9:06 AM EDT • Health • showme.missouri.edu
Unlocking KRAS: Turning Science into Survival

Thanks to the dedication of generations of scientists and researchers, we’ve reached a tipping point where KRAS has been unlocked. PanCAN has been and will continue to be the backbone of this effort.

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Aug 17 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • pancan.org
US government is pushing to gain unprecedented access to your medical records – as data protections are weakening

Large datasets can be useful research tools, but current government efforts to gather medical records depend on policy and technology that falls short of protecting people’s privacy.

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Aug 17 • 8:38 AM EDT • Health • theconversation.com
Insurer reviews get an automation boost

The federal government's effort to modernize prior authorization is beginning to show up in the software doctors use.

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Aug 17 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • axios.com
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Colorado, like America, past due for generational change in politics

I was 27 before I ever voted for president. At 19, in 1964, the Constitution had not yet been amended establishing 18-year-old voting eligibility. In 1968, I was serving overseas with the U.S. Navy at a time when there was little effort to assist sailors or soldiers in obtaining an absentee ballot. Fortunately, that’s changed […]

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Aug 17 • 3:00 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Roma optimism grows over move for Porto talent Rodrigo Mora

Roma are increasingly optimistic about reaching an agreement with Porto for highly-rated youngster Rodrigo Mora after stepping up their efforts to sign the Portuguese talent.According to Corriere dell...

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Aug 16 • 5:05 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Pacers Sports and Entertainment, Indianapolis Colts donate $250,000 to flood relief effort in central Indiana

INDIANPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts, Indiana Pacers, Noblesville Boom and Indiana Fever are teaming up with the American Red Cross to help support those impacted by historic flooding seen in the H…

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Aug 16 • 4:40 PM EDT • Entertainment • fox59.com
Inside the Experimental Traps Scientists Set for Ghostly Neutrinos

Observatories have been built in mines, deep under the Antarctic ice sheet, and elsewhere in an effort to detect the fleeting particles.

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Aug 16 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • wired.com
'Just the beginning': Chamber, city leaders bet big on FSU Health

Chamber officials say FSU and its acquisition of TMH will be a major part of Tallahassee's redefining effort to create a community vision.

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Aug 15 • 7:49 PM EDT • Health • tallahassee.com
Renton students get free sports physicals, mental health services

The Renton School District, Providence Health, and Seattle Sound F.C. put on a free event Thursday in ongoing efforts to remove barriers to physical and mental healthcare for students.

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Aug 15 • 7:30 PM EDT • Health • rentonreporter.com
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Thomson Health Fair bridges crucial healthcare gap for rural community

The event is part of an ongoing, vital effort to bridge the gap between health services and rural communities, providing access to resources that are often difficult to secure in rural areas.

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Aug 15 • 6:18 PM EDT • Health • wrdw.com
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Two Illinois Defenders Get NFL Prediction Ahead of 2026 Season

Illinois' defense is hoping to improve on last season's solid effort with a new defensive coordinator and two star players.

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Aug 15 • 5:52 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Pittsfield Health Board Votes to Demolish Blighted Properties

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Blighted homes in the West Side and Morningside neighborhoods will be demolished as part of the city's yearly effort to address abandoned properties. Last...

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Aug 15 • 10:12 AM EDT • Health • iberkshires.com
You want to join a clinical trial. What to know about the hurdles

HHS began an effort to streamline clinical research, and legislation is pending in Congress. But patients and providers face participation challenges.

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Aug 15 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
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How Cyclospora Evaded the U.S. Food Safety System to Sicken Thousands

The Trump administration delayed a rule last year that could have sped up the effort to pinpoint the source of the contamination. Critics charge that food safety oversight has eroded overall.

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Aug 15 • 5:01 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
IRC launches health, child protection response as Colombia earthquake death toll rises

As search and rescue efforts continue following the deadly earthquake in western Colombia, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has launched a response to assist the most vulnerable communities, including children.

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Aug 14 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • rescue.org
A New Study Shows 4 Weeks on This Diet Can Start Turning Back Your Biological Clock

Think eating healthier just isn’t worth the effort? This study showing improving your diet slows aging in just a month may change your mind.

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Aug 14 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • inc.com
Effort to ban genetically modified animals dies in California Legislature

A bill that would have banned the sale of genetically-modified pets for cosmetic reasons died in committee Thursday.

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Aug 13 • 10:16 PM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Judge drops Nevada case against electors accused of forging 2020 election certificate

The dismissal marks the latest setback in swing states’ efforts to prosecute fake electors who tried to keep Trump in the White House after he lost to Joe Biden in 2020.

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Aug 13 • 8:07 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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New AI health effort takes aim at Hepatitis C

AI will be used to help expand treatment rates for Hepatitis C, HIV, and other conditions.

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Aug 13 • 4:02 PM EDT • Health • axios.com
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Octavia Spencer Talks Giving 'Visibility' to Missing Indigenous Women

The narrator and executive producer of the ID series talks about the "duty" she feels to amplify the stories of missing and murdered native women and the current efforts toward seeking justice.

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Aug 13 • 2:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • hollywoodreporter.com
Nurses at 10 SSM Health outpatient clinics in Dane County working to unionize

Nurses at 10 outpatient clinics in Dane County are working to unionize, saying they were inspired by a similar effort at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison.

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Aug 13 • 2:14 PM EDT • Health • wpr.org
NVIDIA GeForce NOW for Linux Officially Arrives

NVIDIA's efforts to enhance gaming on Linux operating systems are increasing. The company announced today that the official, native port of the GeForce NOW cloud gaming service client app is out of beta and now available for gamers worldwide. With months of community feedback integrated into the...

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Aug 13 • 11:52 AM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com
Girls flag football elevated to 29th varsity sport in Ohio

The Browns were the driving force and led efforts in the elevation process, with the sport exploding in popularity

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Aug 13 • 11:41 AM EDT • Sports • clevelandbrowns.com
A City Mobilizes Against a Stubborn Health Threat: Mosquitoes

The city of Belém in northern Brazil was overwhelmed by an outbreak of dengue two years ago. An all-out municipal effort has reduced cases and may offer lessons to American cities.

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Aug 13 • 10:49 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
UVA Health elevates Dr. Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne from interim to permanent Dept. of Psychiatry chair

The UVA Health career provider has led the effort to serve unhoused at The Haven.

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Aug 13 • 6:45 AM EDT • Health • cvillerightnow.com
WNBA condemns online ‘bad-faith efforts’ to toxify league amid divisive conversations

The league also said there are no eligibility issues regarding transgender athletes at this time.

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Aug 12 • 9:09 PM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
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UCR researchers join DOE effort to speed scientific discovery

Two UC Riverside computer scientists are joining federally funded projects that use artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific discovery. Their work will focus on making quantum computing faster and more reliable and building smarter networks for sharing scientific data and research resources.

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Aug 12 • 8:07 PM EDT • Science • news.ucr.edu
The NSF’s Ph.D.-to-Industry Pipeline Push

The majority of STEM Ph.D.s take jobs outside academia. While some universities help them prepare, the National Science Foundation is now investing millions to boost those efforts.

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Aug 12 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • insidehighered.com
Warnock Leads Inquiry into State Department Efforts to Seek Personal Health Data in Exchange for Aid to Developing Nations » Reverend Raphael Warnock

In a new letter, Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock presses the Trump Administration on their efforts to obtain personal health data from African countries in exchange for global health funding The Trump Administration has requested direct, real-time access to the health data of citizens in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Liberia, and several […]

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Aug 12 • 3:15 PM EDT • Health • warnock.senate.gov
Army business solution accelerates collaborative drone defense research

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory became the first Army organization to join the Streamlined, Multisite, Accelerated Resources for Trials Institutional Review Board (SMART IRB). ARL subsequently used its new membership to accelerate the research approval process for a collaborative research effort on drone defense with the University of Texas at Arlington.

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Aug 12 • 9:53 AM EDT • Business • dvidshub.net
NV lawmakers mull maternal health protections for '27 session, punt on child welfare funding fix

Nevada state lawmakers are considering a wide-range of health-related policies in the next year’s legislative session that includes implementing a slate of maternal health protections in a “momnibus” bill, bolstering efforts to investigate Medicaid insurance fraud, and reducing reporting requirements for state health agencies. Also at Tuesday’s interim Health and Human Services committee meeting, discussion […]

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Aug 12 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • nevadacurrent.com
Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) Convenes New Health AI Cybersecurity Work Group

/PRNewswire/ -- Today, Coalition for Health AI (CHAI), a nonprofit organization founded by clinicians to advance responsible health AI, announced new efforts...

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Aug 12 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • prnewswire.com
Nuclear power push ramps up uranium mill

Federal efforts to revive uranium mining in the West and decrease reliance on Russian uranium raise concerns about drinking water for tribal communities reckoning with the industry's deadly legacy.

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Aug 12 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • npr.org
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Pinellas County increases mosquito control in Palm Harbor following Department of Health-Pinellas Dengue Fever alert

Pinellas County Mosquito Control is ramping up efforts to reduce mosquito populations and urging residents to take actions to protect themselves in...

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Aug 11 • 4:33 PM EDT • Health • pinellas.gov
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St. Anthony Hospital names new chairman amid relocation effort

Dr. Peter McCauley, currently a strategic adviser for healthcare private equity firm 2Flo Ventures, will replace the hospital's former CEO Guy Medaglia.

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Aug 11 • 4:23 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
CBU receives $6.2 million gift to strengthen Business Education, renames school

Christian Brothers University has received a $6.2 million gift from philanthropists in efforts to strengthen the University’s School of Business.

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Aug 11 • 11:43 AM EDT • Business • actionnews5.com
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Despite federal efforts to drop some children’s vaccine recommendations, Texas requirements unchanged

Public health officials said some parents are confused about what vaccines are required to attend Texas schools amid efforts to change recommendations.

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Aug 11 • 9:47 AM EDT • Science • houstonpublicmedia.org
Despite federal efforts to drop some children’s vaccine recommendations, Texas requirements unchanged

Public health officials said some parents are confused about what vaccines are required to attend Texas schools amid efforts to change recommendations.

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Aug 11 • 9:47 AM EDT • Health • houstonpublicmedia.org
GTA 6 might not cost $100, but most of the people pre-ordering it are buying it at that price, Take-Two reveals

Rockstar put a lot of effort into enticing people into pre-ordering the more expensive Ultimate edition.

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Aug 11 • 6:42 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
The U.S. Healthcare System is Already Mostly Socialized

Now that Abdul El-Sayed is the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s open Senate seat, the outcome of this crucial race will depend mainly on two things: Whether Republicans succeed in demonizing El-Sayed because he’s brown and a Muslim, and whether they succeed in demonizing him as a left-wing radical. I will defer for the now the question of whether bigotry will be effective this year, although I will address it another day. What I want to address instead is El-Sayed’s signature issue — healthcare. Yes, El-Sayed advocates Medicare for All, a position the usual suspects denounce as “socialism.” I will get to the politics of his stance soon. Today, however, I want to talk about the substance. We should be clear that El-Sayed doesn’t even call himself a socialist. On the contrary, he explicitly disavows the label, saying “I’m a capitalist who just knows about capitalism”. In fact, as I explained in a previous post, the policies that El-Sayed advocates qualify him as a social democrat, not a socialist. Still, El-Sayed advocates a system under which the government would pay almost all medical expenses. Isn’t that socialism? Well, if that is the criterion then much of U.S. healthcare is already socialist. In fact, the government’s role is so large that U.S. healthcare is better described as partially privatized socialism than as anything resembling a free market. Let’s start with the raw numbers on health insurance, which pays the bulk of Americans’ medical expenses. Americans receive health insurance either from private companies or from public programs, overwhelmingly Medicare and Medicaid. Here’s what the breakdown of coverage and spending between private and public looked like in 2024: While a majority of Americans with health insurance get it from private companies, well over 100 million of us are covered by government programs instead. And these government programs pay more total dollars for medical bills than the private insurers do. Why do government programs that cover a minority of the population account for a majority of health insurers’ outlays? Mainly because Medicare covers seniors, and we’re expensive. Also, while Medicaid covers many younger Americans, disabled and elderly beneficiaries account for most of its spending. Even by the raw numbers, then, U.S. health insurance looks as much public as private. But that understates the government’s role: Private health insurance in the U.S. is both highly regulated and heavily subsidized. This is obviously true for the insurance coverage purchased by tens of millions of Americans through the exchanges established by the Affordable Care Act. But employment-based health insurance, which covers 161 million Americans, is far more of a government creation than most people realize. For employment-based insurance exists largely because of huge implicit government subsidies that come with major strings attached. Here’s how that works. If your employer pays you $10,000, that’s taxable income. But if your employer pays $10,000 toward a company health insurance plan that meets certain criteria, it isn’t taxable. That’s a huge effective subsidy, running at more than $300 billion a year. Take that subsidy into account, along with the more than $100 billion per year spent subsidizing policies purchased under the ACA, as well as the outlays on Medicare and Medicaid, and net effect is that the government pays for more than two-thirds of Americans’ health insurance. Granted, there are strings attached. Roughly speaking, employment-based health plans can’t discriminate based on medical history — that is, they can’t deny coverage to employees with pre-existing conditions — and they also can’t offer the plans only to highly compensated employees — a health plan that is only for the C-suite is considered taxable income. So given the restrictions of the federal tax code, employer-based health insurance is a lot like Obamacare, which also prohibits discrimination based on medical history and provides subsidies to make insurance affordable to lower-paid workers. The fact is that virtually all of private healthcare insurance is already well under some form of government control through regulation and tax subsidies. How should we think about this system? First of all, is Medicare socialist? Don’t tell anyone, but the way Medicare operates — it covers every senior’s medical expenses, whatever they turn out to be, while being funded by taxes that depend on one’s income — could be summarized by the old Marxist slogan “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.” And back in 1961, when Ronald Reagan was the face of a last-ditch effort by the American Medical Association to block the creation of Medicare, he denounced Medicare as “socialized medicine” and warned that it would destroy our freedom. In reality, American freedom survived until Jan. 20, 2025, while Medicare is immensely popular, with an 82 percent favorable rating in the most recent KFF survey. Medicaid, government health insurance for lower-income Americans, comes in at 73 percent. This is in sharp contrast to public views about private insurers, who are widely disliked if not hated and accused of denying essential care. Furthermore, if Medicare is socialism, then the whole U.S. health insurance system, with the government paying most of the bills and placing conditions on private insurers, is almost equally socialist. If you insist on calling any program the government pays for and regulates socialist, then U.S. healthcare would best be described as a partially privatized form of socialism. And one must ask, what is the point of the part that is privatized? Do private insurers add anything positive? Or are they simply parasites, skimming off money that could have been paying for care? The case for viewing insurers as parasites is strong. Many Medicare benefits are now delivered via Medicare Advantage, that is, plans paid for by the government but run through insurance companies. MedPAC, an independent advisory commission, estimates that last year Medicare Advantage plans were overpaid by $84 billion, thanks to practices such as “upcoding,” in which patients’ health problems are overstated to get larger sums from Medicare. Assessing the waste from employer-based insurance is harder, but most evidence suggests that private insurers have substantially higher administrative costs than Medicare does. Furthermore, the complexity of private insurance, with multiple payers all trying to deny care when they can, is a huge burden both on providers — doctors, nurses, and hospitals — and on patients. What do private insurers offer to compensate for these costs? One must go through intellectual contortions to avoid the conclusion that they are, in fact, parasites. Which brings me back to El-Sayed. In supporting Medicare for All, he’s basically calling for an end to the partial, parasitic privatization of a healthcare system that is already hugely dependent on public funding. When one looks at it that way, it’s not at all a radical proposal. Admittedly, the political lift requires overcoming the opposition to higher taxes to pay for Medicare for All. Political realism rather than economics was the reason I and many other progressives supported Obamacare, with all its complexities, rather than demanding an immediate move to Medicare for All. But the political calculus may very well have shifted since the 2000s, as Americans are fed up with a system of unaffordable premiums, rampant claim denials, and byzantine claim administration. Moreover, funding healthcare insurance through taxation would allow for a much more progressive distribution of the cost. That is, compared to the present system, middle-income households would pay less as high-income households would pay more. And the U.S. would stop wasting large sums on pointless administrative costs. So let’s be clear: El-Sayed’s healthcare platform is perfectly reasonable on the merits of cost, fairness and health efficacy. And with private insurers never more hated, while millions of Americans are losing their health insurance, 2026 may be its time. MUSICAL CODA

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Aug 11 • 6:33 AM EDT • Health • paulkrugman.substack.com
Astros' Cam Smith: Homers in three-hit effort

Astros' Cam Smith: Homers in three-hit effort

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Aug 11 • 1:22 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
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Royals bullpen melts down again in loss to Dodgers

Witt and Cags gave it their best effort, but it just was not enough.

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Aug 11 • 1:08 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Health Brief: Is Minnesota ready for Medicare-for-all?

Plus: Trump’s new effort to upend childhood vaccines

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Scientists Release Biggest 2D Map of the Universe

Key Takeaways The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys combined more than 263,000 telescope exposures to make the largest 2D map of the universe in visible and near-infrared light. Astronomers can pair the Legacy Surveys map with their own observations to explore our universe and search for rare phenomena. The 2D map serves as the foundation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument survey to measure the universe in 3D and investigate dark energy. Hold on to your telescopes: the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys team has released the largest-ever 2D color map of the universe. The 5.6-trillion-pixel map contains nearly 4 billion celestial objects, primarily stars and galaxies. The data is available for all to use and publicly viewable through the Legacy Survey Sky Viewer. Astronomers and citizen scientists can explore the map or combine it with their own observations to better understand our universe. Researchers can search for rare phenomena like gravitational lenses, observe fleeting events like supernovae, and investigate two of physics’ biggest mysteries: dark matter, the invisible substance that accounts for most of the mass in our universe, and dark energy, the force driving our universe’s accelerating expansion. The new map builds on earlier versions from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys that have already proved invaluable. To date, more than 1,800 science papers that reference the Legacy Surveys data have been published. “It’s part of the fabric of astronomy research now,” said David Schlegel, a co-lead of the Legacy Surveys and scientist at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). “When you’re working with astronomical objects today, you often start by pulling up the Legacy Imaging Viewer to see what you’re looking at.” Covering roughly 75% of the sky in visible and near-infrared light, the updated map provides a deep view of the extragalactic universe not blocked by the dust and stars of our own Milky Way. Researchers expect it will remain the most comprehensive 2D map of our universe for years to come. More than 160 scientists contributed to data collection for the project, and a team of 20 produced the final dataset released today. It was built by combining 263,407 telescope exposures from three ground-based sky surveys: the Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey (DECaLS) at NSF Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, the Mayall z-band Legacy Survey (MzLS) at NSF Kitt Peak National Observatory, and the Beijing-Arizona Sky Survey (BASS) at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory. That was supplemented by years of data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite mission and additional public data. “For our team, these data are fundamental to our investigation of the expansion history of the universe and the formation of our galaxy,” said Arjun Dey, co-lead of the Legacy Surveys and an astronomer at NSF NOIRLab. “But the skies belong to everyone, and this survey gives everyone the chance to explore the sky and marvel at its wonders.” Here be galaxies The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys were originally conducted to prepare for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) survey. The Legacy Surveys’ 2D map is essentially a deep photograph of the sky; it records where galaxies and stars appear and how bright they appear. This crucial step enables DESI to select objects and measure their light in different wavelengths to determine their distances, building the largest high-resolution 3D map ever made. Scientists study the way galaxies have clustered at different ages of the universe to track dark energy over time. In April 2026, DESI completed its original five-year survey ahead of schedule and with vastly more objects than expected. The early results have shown surprising hints that dark energy’s impact may be weakening over time — a paradigm shift that could potentially shape the predicted fate of our universe. DESI expects to publish improved results using their first five years of data in 2027 and is continuing observations into 2028. DESI was so efficient at observing galaxies, the Legacy Surveys map needed to expand. Early on, “it became clear we might run out of galaxies to look at and run out of sky, and we better start doing something about that,” said Schlegel, who also works on DESI. The new Legacy Surveys map has been used to select DESI targets since June 2026 and will guide the telescope’s operations over the coming years. Computing the cosmos Merging hundreds of thousands of images taken on 2,285 nights, each with unique atmospheric and telescope conditions, was a massive computational effort. It took about a year to develop the computer code and eight weeks to process all the images at the Perlmutter supercomputer at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at Berkeley Lab. Beyond supporting DESI, the Legacy Surveys will be a foundational reference for the next generation of telescopes. As new observatories like the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory (jointly funded by NSF and DOE’s Office of Science) and NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope come online, researchers can compare their observations with one of the deepest and most comprehensive views of the sky ever assembled. The Legacy Surveys data will also help scientists train artificial intelligence tools to analyze petabytes of astronomical data and accelerate new discoveries. It will be among the datasets used in an astrophysics pilot project within the American Science Cloud, part of the DOE’s Genesis Mission. The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys are supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of High Energy Physics; the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, a DOE Office of Science user facility; the U.S. National Science Foundation, Division of Astronomical Sciences; and the partner institutions. DESI is supported by the DOE Office of Science and NERSC. Additional support for DESI is provided by the NSF; the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom; the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; the Heising-Simons Foundation; the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA); the Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation (SECIHTI) of Mexico; the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain; and by the DESI member institutions. ### Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is committed to groundbreaking research focused on discovery science and solutions for abundant and reliable energy supplies. The lab’s expertise spans materials, chemistry, physics, biology, earth and environmental science, mathematics, and computing. Researchers from around the world rely on the lab’s world-class scientific facilities for their own pioneering research. Founded in 1931 on the belief that the biggest problems are best addressed by teams, Berkeley Lab and its scientists have been recognized with 17 Nobel Prizes. Berkeley Lab is a multiprogram national laboratory managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. DOE’s Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit energy.gov/science.

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Aug 10 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • newscenter.lbl.gov
Beebe Healthcare rolls out wearable safety buttons for frontline staff

Beebe Healthcare is rolling out wearable duress buttons for frontline employees as part of a new effort aimed at improving workplace safety across the health system.

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Aug 10 • 10:48 AM EDT • Health • wboc.com
Congressional Democrats to investigate efforts to deport U.S. military members and their families

The Pentagon declined to comment, stating it would "reply directly to the authors of the letter."

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Aug 10 • 10:40 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Apple reportedly considers screenless wearables in effort to revamp Apple Watch lineup

An overhaul of Apple Watch may be coming, but not right away.

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Aug 10 • 10:02 AM EDT • Technology • tech.yahoo.com
As Sky-High Health Care Costs Top Voter Concerns, Families USA’s Stop the Bleed: Cut Costs, Not Care Campaign Gains Nationwide Momentum

SEIU, MomsRising, Community Change, Popular Democracy, Main Street Alliance, Small Business Majority, and Others Join Effort to Rein in High Health Care Costs WASHINGTON, D.C. — Families USA announced today that its Stop the Bleed: Cut Costs, Not Care campaign is now officially active in all 50 states. Launched in January, Stop the Bleed is […]

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Aug 10 • 9:44 AM EDT • Health • familiesusa.org
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Congressional Dems launch probe into efforts to deport U.S. military members

The Democrats said the apparent collaboration between DHS and the military to deport troops' families "raises both ethical and legal concerns"

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Aug 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Congressional Dems launch probe into efforts to deport U.S. military members

The Democrats said the apparent collaboration between DHS and the military to deport troops' families "raises both ethical and legal concerns"

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Vietnam proposes 30% income tax cut for small firms, business households

Vietnam's government plans to seek parliamentary approval for a ​30% cut in income taxes ‌for small businesses and household businesses with annual revenue of up to 10 ​billion dong ($380,000), as part ​of efforts to support growth, the ⁠government said over the weekend.

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Aug 10 • 12:00 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Bo Bichette leads revived Mets offense with five-hit effort

Bichette, who owns a mediocre .685 OPS — certainly not what the Mets envisioned when signing him to a three-year contract worth $126 million — has waited much of the season for a day like Sunday.

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Aug 9 • 11:22 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Strengthening Indonesia’s health emergency response through after action review of disaster response in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra

Severe floods and landslides that struck Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra in late 2025 exposed both the strengths and gaps in Indonesia’s health emergency response, prompting a nation-wide effort to strengthen preparedness for future crises. In the early phase, the scale and speed of the crisis challenged coordination, data systems and surge capacity. To assess the response, the World Health Organization (WHO) Indonesia supported the Ministry of Health’s Center for Health Crisis in conducting a multi-stakeholder after-action review (AAR). The review brought together government agencies, health sub-clusters, NGOs, and partners. “The AAR is a critical process for strengthening our collective response capacity,” said Agus Jamaludin, Head of the Center for Health Crisis at the Ministry of Health. “It provides valuable lessons not only for the Health Crisis Center but also for all stakeholders involved and serves as an important reference for improving future responses across regions.” After Action Review (AAR) brought together key stakeholders to reflect on the emergency response, identify lessons learned, and strengthen preparedness for future health crises. (WHO/Resty Armis)Through structured discussions across four pillars – leadership and governance, information-based decision-making, service delivery and resource management – the AAR identified several strengths. These included the rapid mobilization of national surge capacity, such as health reserve workforce (tenaga cadangan kesehatan) and emergency medical teams (EMT) and the continued provision of essential health services in affected areas. At the same time, the review highlighted challenges. Among them were uneven functionality of Health Emergency Operation Center (HEOC), fragmented early data reporting and reactive logistics deployment. The findings informed five strategic priorities for strengthening the system, including HEOC standardization, integration of the One Crisis Data system, establishing disaster-resilient hospitals and reforming surge capacity mechanisms. The AAR demonstrates that Indonesia’s health emergency response has strong foundations but requires system-level strengthening to shift from reactive to proactive preparedness. By mainstreaming the strengths and recommendations identified, Indonesia can build a faster, more coordinated and more resilient health system – better equipped to protect communities during future crises. Written by Lintang Sibarani, NPO Emergency and Humanitarian Actions, WHO Indonesia

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Aug 9 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • who.int
It Was A Good First Week For The Husky Defense

A bevy of playmakers, a confident proclamation and an unexpected reinforcement headlined the effort.

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Aug 9 • 7:51 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Angels Crushed By Miami, 12-3, As Rodriguez Struggles Again

The Los Angeles Angels aren't doing so well in their efforts to turn around starter Grayson Rodriguez.

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Aug 9 • 5:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Eagles are making a concerted effort to feature Dallas Goedert

Sean Mannion is installing a new offense, but recent signs suggest Dallas Goedert could remain one of the Eagles' most important weapons.

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Aug 9 • 12:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Saline County business gives back with free school supplies, meals for families

A local business is helping families prepare for the new school year while continuing its effort to fight food insecurity across Saline County.

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Aug 9 • 10:24 AM EDT • Business • katv.com
In 2018, scientists found just 39 surviving clams in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon; they bred them and have since outplanted 65 million

After decades of environmental decline, Florida's Indian River Lagoon is beginning to show signs of recovery. With funding from NOAA Fisheries' Office of Habitat Conservation, the Indian River Lagoon Council is leading a system-wide effort to restore the habitats that once sustained the lagoon's fish and wildlife.

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Aug 9 • 1:08 AM EDT • Science • timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Giants' Osleivis Basabe: Multi-hit effort in win

Giants' Osleivis Basabe: Multi-hit effort in win

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Trump administration proceeds with efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook

The Trump administration is moving ahead with its efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, two months after the Supreme Court allowed her to retain her job while she fights the president’s effort to terminate her over mortgage fraud allegations that she has denied.

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Trump administration pursues efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook

Two months ago, the Supreme Court allowed her to retain her job

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Trump administration pursues efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook

Two months ago, the Supreme Court allowed her to retain her job

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Trump administration pursues efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook

Two months ago, the Supreme Court allowed her to retain her job

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Trump administration pursues efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook

Two months ago, the Supreme Court allowed her to retain her job

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Microsoft’s Efforts In Making Windows 11 More Efficient Isn’t Just Due To The DRAM Shortage; Analyst Believes MacBook Neo Played A Pivotal Role In This Decision

Microsoft’s RAM optimization push for Windows 11 isn't just about DRAM costs as analyst points to Apple’s budget MacBook Neo as a major catalyst

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Aug 7 • 8:56 AM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
Delaware allocates funding to bring new health centers to 4 middle schools in rural Sussex County

The effort expands health care access for schools located in provider deserts and brings the model directly to middle schools, which have historically been ignored statewide.

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Aug 7 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • whyy.org
Trump did many of the things Republicans criticize Fauci for

After years of criticism, Republicans are bringing the heat in their longstanding efforts to target former health official Dr. Anthony Fauci.

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Aug 7 • 12:01 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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White House drafting order on vaccines, autism despite pollsters’ warnings

The effort underscores President Donald Trump’s determination to elevate vaccine policy even as a federal judge has halted Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sweeping vaccine overhaul.

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Aug 6 • 5:40 PM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
Republican-led Senate panel will ask Justice Department to charge Dr. Anthony Fauci with contempt of Congress

A Senate committee voted Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress, advancing an audacious effort by Republicans to prosecute the well-known scientist over his role in the US government response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Aug 6 • 1:27 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
IAM Union: Workers Deserve Protection from Deadly Heat

As record-breaking temperatures continue to put working people at risk across the country, the Trump Administration is pulling back protections for workers from one of the fastest-growing workplace hazards: extreme heat. Recent reports say the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reduced the heat-focused inspections and enforcement efforts that were previously expanded under the

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Coco Gauff appears to support WTA efforts to protect sport's fairness, laments 'attack' on trans community

Coco Gauff voiced support for the WTA's SRY gene-testing policy while expressing concern about animosity directed at the transgender community.

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Aug 6 • 7:19 AM EDT • Sports • foxnews.com
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Moderate Democrats Prepare for ‘War’ Against an Ascendant Left

One moderate group says the progressive wins are “deeply troubling” and is planning a $15 million effort against democratic socialism.

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Aug 6 • 5:04 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Health-focused message boosts interest in litter cleanup

Framing litter cleanup as a health benefit encourages more people to participate in environmental efforts.

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Aug 6 • 4:04 AM EDT • Health • augustachronicle.com
Leader of Myanmar's military-backed government arrives in Thailand seeking political legitimacy

BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military-backed government arrived in Thailand on Thursday for an official visit that could serve as a major stepping stone in his effort to win political legitimacy more than five years after seizing power from an elected civilian government.

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Aug 5 • 11:58 PM EDT • Politics • wral.com
New AP courses focus on business, finance and cybersecurity skills

The program is an effort designed to connect high school coursework with real-world job skills.

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Aug 5 • 7:00 PM EDT • Business • baynews9.com
After Michigan Loss, AIPAC Weighs a Second Effort to Defeat El-Sayed

The pro-Israel organization spent $32 million in an unsuccessful effort to defeat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. It might try again in the general election.

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Aug 5 • 5:44 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
CME venture with FanDuel falters as prediction startups race ahead

CME Group Inc. and FanDuel are scaling back a joint effort to take on prediction market startups after failing to gain traction.

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Aug 5 • 5:11 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
WHO chief: Ebola outbreak outpacing response as aid workers strike over pay

The world’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than efforts to fight it, the head of the World Health Organization said during a visit to Congo, where some health workers are striking over a lack of pay.

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Aug 5 • 12:24 PM EDT • Health • latimes.com
Canada's Shopify forecasts revenue above estimates, shares surge

Canada's Shopify projected current-quarter revenue growth above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, signaling the company's AI efforts were drawing ​more merchants to its suite of e-commerce services, sending its U.S.-listed shares ‌up 26% premarket.

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Aug 5 • 7:09 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com