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1 person in Hamilton County infected with West Nile virus, health department says

One person has been diagnosed with contracting West Nile virus, the first confirmed case in Hamilton County in 2026.

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Oct 5 • 10:46 AM EDT • Health • fox19.com
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50th annual Arkansas Rice Festival slated

It was 1976 and the United States was turning 200 years old. Festivities were planned in nearly every city and town across the country and one of the celebrations was...

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Oct 5 • 10:23 AM EDT • Business • talkbusiness.net
Davids Fights Washington Healthcare Cuts with Plan to Lower Costs, Protect Kansas Hospitals

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03) introduced a comprehensive package of healthcare legislation that directly counters Washington’s recent healthcare rollbacks, which are increasing monthly costs and closing rural hospitals. Davids’ efforts would protect Kansas families from rising medical costs, block new federal red tape, and keep local hospitals and health clinics open.

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Oct 5 • 10:14 AM EDT • Health • davids.house.gov
Hamilton County Public Health reports first human West Nile virus case

Officials said the evidence supports that the person, who lives in the Symmes Township area, was likely bitten by a local mosquito

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Oct 5 • 10:11 AM EDT • Health • spectrumnews1.com
Hamilton County Public Health reports first human West Nile virus case

Officials said the evidence supports that the person, who lives in the Symmes Township area, was likely bitten by a local mosquito

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Oct 5 • 10:11 AM EDT • Health • spectrumnews1.com
US services sector activity slows in September; price pressures mount

US services sector activity slowed in September, with strong domestic demand stretching supply ‌chains and raising prices paid by businesses for inputs, indicating that inflation could remain high into next year.

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Oct 5 • 10:04 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at age 84

The Kendall County, Illinois, coroner said Monday that Hastert died of natural causes over the weekend

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Oct 5 • 9:59 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Lilly's Jaypirca approved as first-line CLL therapy

Eli Lilly’s Jaypirca has won FDA approval for previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma.

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Oct 5 • 9:55 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
NWA C-Suite: Tom Allen

Allen has been closely involved in the continued development of the Pinnacle Hills area of Rogers, including helping to lead the development and leasing efforts for The Visionaries, Hunt Ventures’...

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Oct 5 • 9:30 AM EDT • Business • talkbusiness.net
2026 Outstanding Women in Business

The 18th annual Outstanding Women in Business awards recognize a dozen well-accomplished professionals from across the region and in many industries who go above and beyond. The committee selected the winners from more than 80 nominations, all of whom were worthy. The criteria evaluated each nominee’s professional achievements, community impact, ability to break the glass ceiling and mentorship of other professionals, particularly women. In addition to profiling these women in the following pages, the Worcester Business Journal will celebrate this year’s Outstanding Women in Business at a special luncheon on Oct. 28 at the College of the Holy Cross. To join the celebration of these exceptional women, visit WBJournal.com and register. – Mark Conti, editor This Year’s Judges Worcester Business Journal considered 54 Central Massachusetts professionals for the 2026 Outstanding Women in Business awards, based on 83 nominations. These nominees were independently evaluated by two volunteer judges, who scored each on their professional achievements, community contribution and mentorship of young professionals. Samantha P. McDonald is a partner at Bowditch. She is an experienced, client-focused real estate lawyer, concentrating on business and real estate property law. She has been recognized as a WBJ Power 100 in the Class of 2026 and a “Top Women of Law” in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Dr. Kavita Babu is chief medical officer and vice president of medical affairs at Heywood Healthcare, where she provides strategic and clinical leadership to advance high-quality, patient-centered care across the organization. She is also a member of the WBJ Outstanding Women in Business Class of 2025.

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Oct 5 • 9:24 AM EDT • Business • wbjournal.com
Some mental health providers hoping to serve Lane County's Oregon Health Plan members say they’re facing barriers

Aspire is one of a few healthcare providers in Lane County that told KLCC they want to – but haven’t been able to – get a contract with Lane County's Medicaid insurer Trillium. That’s left Aspire without access to its target population, and other providers considering scaling back their services.

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Oct 5 • 9:22 AM EDT • Health • klcc.org
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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Flathead City-County Health Department to hold annual flu clinic

The Flathead City-County Health Department will hold its annual flu clinic Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the Flathead County Fairgrounds Expo Building.The clinic will r

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Oct 5 • 9:11 AM EDT • Health • nbcmontana.com
Skydance Executive Team Set By David Ellison Ahead of Deal Close

Skydance announced the executive leadership for the combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Oct 5 • 9:08 AM EDT • Business • hollywoodreporter.com
Do More Steps Mean Better Mental Health For Teens?

By HealthDay Staff HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Oct. 5, 2026 (HealthDay News) — A teenager's daily step count may improve more than their physical health — it may also help protect their mental health. Researchers tracked more than 5,500 adolescents (average age: 12), using Fitbits, brain scans and ...

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Oct 5 • 9:08 AM EDT • Health • usnews.com
Apple Watch Prime Day Deals Arrive With New All-Time Low Prices for Series 12 and Ultra 4

Big Apple Watch discounts have started arriving ahead of Prime Big Deal Days, including new low prices on Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4. These deals join some Apple Watch SE 3 discounts that we began tracking over the weekend, alongside other major early Prime Big Deal Days markdowns. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

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Oct 5 • 9:01 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
DeSean Bishop Is the X-Factor Arkansas Must Contain

Arkansas knows exactly where Tennessee’s offensive plan begins. It begins with DeSean Bishop. The Volunteers running back enters Fayetteville after one of the best performances in the country this season. Bishop rushed 34 times for 220 yards and three touchdowns in Tennessee’s 24-14 win over Auburn, turning a game with quarterback uncertainty into a statement …

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Oct 5 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Scientists Reveal The Optimal Amount of Sleep For Lower Dementia Risk

A huge analysis uncovered the sweet spot.

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The Untold Truth Of UB40
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Column: Becerra on cruise control, Hilton offers contrived fixes for California's problems

Look, Xavier Becerra could cruise to a South Pacific island and bask on the beach until election day and Californians would still choose him as their next governor.

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Oct 5 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Star Wars Zero Company Has Received Its First Big Discount at Amazon Before Its October Prime Day Sale Begins, Dropping Below $50

Star Wars Zero Company has dropped to a new low price at Amazon ahead of the retailer's Prime Big Deal Days sale event, with a 20% discount across PS5 and Xbox Series X.

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Oct 5 • 8:59 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Orange County Celebrity Chefs and Health-conscious Founders This Month on ‘Walk-Ins Welcome’

We had an all-star line-up of guests in September on “Walk-Ins Welcome.” Amar Santana of “Top Chef” and executive chef/owner of Vaca and Broadway talked about

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Oct 5 • 8:59 AM EDT • Health • cultureoc.org
Bruno Guimaraes Details Heavy Brazil Workload Ahead of Arsenal Return

Bruno Guimaraes has revealed the amount of travelling Brazil faced during a demanding international window before his return to Arsenal.

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Oct 5 • 8:43 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
DCCC Jumps Into PA-01 Contest With Coordinated TV Ad For Harvie

How important is the 1st Congressional District race between Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick and Bucks County commissioner Bob Harvie to Democrats? For the first time in six years, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is making an investment in PA-01 with a coordinated TV ad for the Harvie campaign. Entitled "A…

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Tracking health misinformation helps pediatricians provide targeted patient education

Pediatric clinicians can learn useful information by tracking the health misinformation that their patients encounter, according to research presented during the American Academy of Pediatrics 2026 National Conference & Exhibition Oct. 2-6, 2026, at the San Diego Convention Center.

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Cal-Maine cracks open new growth opportunities

Earnings plunge amid low egg prices and investments in prepared foods.

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Oct 5 • 8:23 AM EDT • Business • foodbusinessnews.net
Scientists generate identical photons at the push of a button

Researchers from different universities have teamed to generate photon pairs that are 90 percent identical, helping advance quantum communications.

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Oct 5 • 8:21 AM EDT • Science • interestingengineering.com
Business Beat : Halloween activities planned at the Branch County Fairgrounds

COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Fairgrounds will host a pair of family-friendly Halloween events this...

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Hunt Marketing Firm in Oxford Receives Accolade

For the third consecutive year, Hunt Marketing in Oxford has earned a place on the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies. Hunt ranked No. 4,009 on the 2026 list. “Being named to the Inc. 5000 list for a third time is meaningful because it validates the growth story we’re building,” said CEO and […]

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Involuntary treatment remains sticking point in new mental health legislation

Signing of SB 989 makes it easier for first responders to initiate CARE Court petitions.

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Oct 5 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • sandiegouniontribune.com
Building something with your hands — and a career

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

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Oct 5 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • marketplace.org
New TV shows to watch this week: Tune in to 'Cupertino' on CBS, stream 'Carrie' on Prime Video and revisit 'The Haunting of Hill House' on Netflix

The new TV shows worth watching — from the HBO divorce drama "War" to Netflix's "East of Eden" adaptation and a seaside mystery starring Josh Hartnett.

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Caden Hunter pitched like a Top 100 prospect in 2026

Orioles prospect Caden Hunter pitched his way into MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 with a dominant 2026 season.

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Oct 5 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
AkzoNobel is selling its Southeast Asia decorative paints business to Nippon Paint for $1.35 billion

The deal covers seven countries and is expected to generate about $1 billion in net cash proceeds after taxes and minority partners

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Oct 5 • 7:52 AM EDT • Business • qz.com
Success Supper Club

Drew native Stafford Shurden is bringing entrepreneurs together to exchange ideas America was built on the backbone of entrepreneurs. Through the centuries, visionary men and women in this country saw opportunities not only to develop and grow a business, but also to forge a path to encourage and inspire others. Drew native, Stafford Shurden […]

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Oct 5 • 7:51 AM EDT • Business • deltabusinessjournal.com
Gallery of Unearthing the Ground: Architecture and the Politics of Waste - 4

Image 4 of 15 from gallery of Unearthing the Ground: Architecture and the Politics of Waste. Agbogbloshie. Image © Muntaka Chasant, via Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Oct 5 • 7:49 AM EDT • Politics • archdaily.com
The AI Advantage Minnesota Has Been Building for Decades

Software companies used to defend themselves in a handful of reliable ways. They built useful features, made their products easy to use and counted on the hassle of switching platforms to keep their customers from leaving. A new company that wanted to compete had to invest months, sometimes even years, of engineering time to catch

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Ground Zero Blues Club

A Labor of Love for its Three Managers It is no mystery why Ground Zero Blues Club (GZBC) is one of the most famous blues clubs in the country. It is a genuine juke joint where customers are treated to great live music along with genuine hospitality serving up Southern food favorites like barbecue […]

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Oct 5 • 7:42 AM EDT • Business • deltabusinessjournal.com
International Coalition Endorses Kyoto Vision For A Golden Age Of Science

An international coalition of 17 countries have endorsed the Kyoto Vision for a Golden Age of Science. A joint declaration issued at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Science and Technology in Society Forum held in Kyoto, reflects a shared ambition to renew and strengthen our science ecosystems and usher in a golden age of discovery and prosperity.

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Oct 5 • 7:23 AM EDT • Science • rttnews.com
Huntsville Honored As ‘Secret Sauce Community’ At Heartland Summit

What’s Huntsville’s “secret sauce?”

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Oct 5 • 7:15 AM EDT • Business • huntsvillebusinessjournal.com
Best Buy’s Techtober Sale Is Live with Big Discounts on PS5, Switch 2, and Xbox Games—and Unlike Prime Day, Deals Aren't Locked Behind a Membership

Best Buy's Techtober sale is now live, rivalling Amazon Prime Day with savings on new PS5 game releases, Xbox hardware bundles, and plenty more.

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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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Novant Health hiring event kicks off in Greenville

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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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Oct 5 • 6:10 AM EDT • Entertainment • vendingtimes.com
TV Tinsel: 'NCIS' franchise explores new territory in Big Apple

The long arm of naval law is stretching into the Big Apple as the new “NCIS: New York” premieres on CBS Tuesday and streams on Paramount+ Wednesday. The omnipresent “NCIS”

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Oct 5 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • recorderonline.com
Commentary: What I learned from reading over 200 Alabama political campaign sites

Amid the posed photos, posturing and ceaseless quests for the center, at least five trends in state elections emerged.

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Oct 5 • 5:59 AM EDT • Politics • alabamareflector.com
Is a ‘political’ email sent with county government resources worth a $5K fine?

Republican County Councilman Nathan Volke is championing three ethics reforms for Anne Arundel County government, with just weeks to go before the election. What’s he hoping to accomplish? How could county government actually change?

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Oct 5 • 5:30 AM EDT • Politics • thebanner.com
Backlash to Trump hasn’t bolstered Florida Democrats’ voter registrations

More than twice as many Democrats switched their party to Republican since September 2024 than the other way around.

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Oct 5 • 5:20 AM EDT • Politics • miamiherald.com
New kiosk is Erie County's latest effort to reduce drug overdoses, STDs

The kiosk was installed outside the Erie County Department of Health, 606 W. Second St., in mid-September and officially unveiled Oct. 1.

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Oct 5 • 5:05 AM EDT • Health • goerie.com
Erie County Department of Health installs community health kiosk
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Meet the candidates for Cleveland County commissioner

Four candidates are running for a seat as a Cleveland County commissioner in the Nov. 3 election. Learn more.

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Oct 5 • 5:04 AM EDT • Politics • shelbystar.com
Country singer known for ‘country-versial’ lyrics dead at 84: ‘Lost a great entertainer’

He also helped launch Taylor Swift's career.

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Oct 5 • 5:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • masslive.com
Michigan’s Senate Race Is a Testing Ground

We must counter fear and division with solidarity.

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Oct 5 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • thenation.com
3 years after the Oct. 7 attacks, Israel still grapples with its mental health crisis

More than a third of Israelis have shown symptoms of mental health conditions, a report found. Three years after the October 7 attack, the country's health system is still struggling to come to terms with its effects.

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Oct 5 • 4:52 AM EDT • Health • dw.com
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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Oct 5 • 4:46 AM EDT • Health • thetimesherald.com
Brenda Lucas: Community news for Monday, Oct. 5

Click for community news in the Huntington, West Virginia, and Tri-State area.

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Oct 5 • 4:45 AM EDT • Entertainment • herald-dispatch.com
New Small Business Alliances Signal Competitive Positioning by 18+ IT and Consulting Leaders Across FedCiv, FedHealth, and DoD

In the GovCon IT and consulting market, some companies react to opportunities. Others shape the board well before the game begins. Mentor-protégé agreements fall squarely into the latter category. These partnerships are not administrative check-the-box exercises. They require sustained commitment, alignment at the leadership level, and a clear view of where the market is heading. […]

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Oct 5 • 4:32 AM EDT • Business • orangeslices.ai
Digbi Health Study of Nearly 16,000 Members Finds Precision Biology GI Care Delivers IBS Relief at Scale

Combining Gut microbiome, genetic, and glucose signals delivers unprecedented personalized care to bring clinically meaningful relief to more than half of symptomatic membersMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Digbi Health today released a real-world study of nearly 16,000 members of its precision biology program, which personalizes nutrition and lifestyle care to each person's gut microbiome, genetics, and glucose response. Among members followed for 12 weeks, i more than h

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Oct 5 • 4:32 AM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University opens in Ankara

Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University, a joint project agreed on by the two countries in 2013, opened Monday in Ankara, offering undergraduate courses in engineering and doctoral programs in artificial intelligence and earthquake science.

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Oct 5 • 4:13 AM EDT • Science • english.kyodonews.net
29-N, elections in Spain: how will they affect football?

Pedro Sánchez, the President of Spain, announced this Monday that elections will be held in Spain on November 29.This is something that affects the country in every area, including sport and, more sp...

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Oct 5 • 4:12 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Uncovered raw shrimp a tic against wings restaurant

The following is a list of restaurants in Richmond and Columbia counties that were inspected Sept. 25 through Oct. 2, accompanied by their scores and, in some cases, the health infractions that lowered those scores. Scores below 70 are considered failing.

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Oct 5 • 4:02 AM EDT • Health • thestate.com
Africa’s Ghost Plants: Why Scientists Are Digitizing Centuries of Botanical History

Scientists in biodiversity-rich countries are using digitized plant records to identify rare species and inform what gets protected.

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Oct 5 • 4:00 AM EDT • Science • atmos.earth
CAPCOM Wants REX Engine to Become an Engine for the “AI Generation,” Where AI Could Write Code and Hunt Bugs

CAPCOM has detailed its plans to integrate AI tools into the REX Engine, so that it's ready for the "AI Generation".

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Oct 5 • 4:00 AM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
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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Oct 5 • 3:59 AM EDT • Science • whky.com
IRGC General Warns Regional States against Letting US Use Their Territory

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Brigadier General Ali Fadavi warned regional countries against allowing the US to employ their territories for operations against Iran, stressing that any location used as a launch point for attacks on Iran will be targeted.

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Oct 5 • 3:39 AM EDT • Politics • tasnimnews.ir
Brazil Heads to Lula-Bolsonaro Runoff as Right Gains Ground in First Round

With nearly 99 percent of votes counted, Bolsonaro had about 47 percent of valid votes, compared with 44.9 percent for Lula.

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Oct 5 • 3:06 AM EDT • Politics • politicstoday.org
Yemen Launches Major Offensive to Retake Houthi-Controlled Territory

As the Yemeni government announced its counteroffensive, the Houthis launched ballistic missiles and drones against Saudi Aramco sites.

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Oct 5 • 2:51 AM EDT • Politics • politicstoday.org
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A surgeon shortage creates challenges in rural communities

Over a third of counties in the U.S. reportedly have no general surgeons

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Oct 5 • 2:00 AM EDT • Health • theweek.com
Seventeen Countries Back a Kyoto Vision for AI-Powered Science

Seventeen countries endorsed the Kyoto Vision for AI-powered science. Here’s what it proposes and what must happen next.

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Oct 5 • 1:55 AM EDT • Science • kingy.ai
True Food Kitchen Initiates Voluntary Chapter 11 Proceedings to Position Business for Long-Term Success

True Food Kitchen (the "Company") today announced that it and certain affiliates have filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the "Court").

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Oct 5 • 12:24 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
True Food Kitchen Initiates Voluntary Chapter 11 Proceedings to Position Business for Long-Term Success

/PRNewswire/ -- True Food Kitchen (the "Company") today announced that it and certain affiliates have filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of...

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Oct 5 • 12:24 AM EDT • Business • prnewswire.com
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BUSINESS BRIEFS October 5, 2026: Business news in the Berkshires and beyond

Business news from Berkshire Money Management, MountainOne, BerkShares, The Clark, and more

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Oct 5 • 12:01 AM EDT • Business • theberkshireedge.com
Moon-Like Madagascar

A bright lens of anorthosite, a rock type prevalent on the lunar surface, is cradled within sheared rocks in the country’s south.

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Oct 5 • 12:01 AM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
Caney Branch Electric joins Greene County Partnership

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Oct 4 • 11:30 PM EDT • Business • greenevillesun.com
'All INdiana Politics': Albright and Forrestal battle for closely divided seat in Senate District 31

INDIANAPOLIS — One of Indiana’s most competitive Senate districts is the site of a high-stakes showdown as a family physician and a former sheriff vie for the seat vacated by Republican Sen. Kyle Walker. Senate District 31 covers Delaware and Fall Creek townships in Hamilton County, including most of Fishers, along with Lawrence and parts […]

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Oct 4 • 11:16 PM EDT • Politics • wrtv.com
Modern forensic science uncovers human sacrifice in ancient Egypt

Reinvestigation of mass burial sites around royal tombs finds evidence of fatal blunt force trauma on skulls

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Oct 4 • 11:11 PM EDT • Science • thenationalnews.com
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‘Our Week 4 Super Bowl,’ ‘No Tougher Job in NY Sports’ — Jets’ ‘4 Straight Plays, 26 Yards’ Post Gets Roasted in 492-157 Loss to Bears

The New York Jets’ official X account celebrated four straight plays that gained 26 yards during Sunday’s 23-12 loss to the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field, a game in which Chicago outgained New York 492-157. The loss dropped the Jets to 1-3 and was their third straight.

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Oct 4 • 10:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Chuba Hubbard's second TD gives Panthers 29-19 lead

The Panthers punted on their first drive.

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Oct 4 • 10:37 PM EDT • Sports • nbcnews.com
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CDC Plans To Drop Disability Questions From Federal Health Survey

A proposed revamp of a key federal survey could lead to a drastic undercount of Americans with developmental disabilities, advocates warn.

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Oct 4 • 10:01 PM EDT • Health • disabilityscoop.com
Inside Iowa Politics: the five-day flurry that led to $1.5 billion taxpayer commitment for proposed $15 billion Iowa steel plant

The five days that led to $1.5 billion commitment by Iowa taxpayers for new steel plant in Lee County.

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Oct 4 • 9:40 PM EDT • Politics • ktiv.com
They survived World War II and lost decades, but not 2026. Japan's century-old businesses are disappearing at a record pace

Japan’s century-old businesses face mounting pressures from rising costs, labor shortages, a shrinking market and succession challenges.

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Oct 4 • 9:08 PM EDT • Business • cnbc.com
Local business plans Halloween event at Buckhannon’s Jawbone Park

Majestic Mountains Studio is planning a Halloween event at Jawbone Park in Buckhannon on Oct. 31 from noon to 5:30 p.m. The free event will feature vendors, games, crafts and costume contests.

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Oct 4 • 8:58 PM EDT • Business • mybuckhannon.com
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FBI Director Kash Patel gets engaged to longtime girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins

FBI Director Kash Patel and longtime girlfriend Alexis Wilkins are announcing their engagement on social media | WBBM Newsradio 780 AM & 105.9 FM

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Oct 4 • 8:55 PM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
FBI Director Kash Patel gets engaged to longtime girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins

FBI Director Kash Patel and longtime girlfriend Alexis Wilkins are announcing their engagement on social media | WWJ Newsradio 950

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Oct 4 • 8:55 PM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
FBI Director Kash Patel gets engaged to longtime girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins

FBI Director Kash Patel and longtime girlfriend Alexis Wilkins are announcing their engagement on social media.

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Oct 4 • 8:55 PM EDT • Entertainment • clickorlando.com
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