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Military Toxic Exposures Appear to Affect Both Mental and Physical Health in Veterans
Environmental hazards encountered during military service, such as Agent Orange and toxins from open-air burn pits, are known to be linked to adverse physical health outcomes. The VA recognizes them as presumptively service related under the Agent Orange Act of 1991 and the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022.
Ted Cruz swears off Supreme Court spot, despite Donald Trump's asking
Despite a clear affinity for the Supreme Court, Cruz said he turned President Trump down three times already.
St. John’s Health revamps phone scheduling
It can be hard for St. John’s Health patients to schedule appointments on the phone. The hospital is now hoping to change that.
Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm rejects House Democrat's accusations of "insider political influence"
Rep. Jamie Raskin launched an investigation last month into the president's son's investment firm and its "almost clairvoyant" business moves.
Republicans tie midterm hopes to Trump at Dallas convention despite political risks
Many Republicans in competitive House and Senate races are skipping the convention.
Mayoral candidates must improve public engagement; Prop 134’s flawed science (Letters)
Currently, there is little effort by the City of Boulder to bring opposing groups together to seek common ground. Public input is only solicited after a department has made a decision, so that “engagement” feels like a sales pitch. Boa…
Upstate Hospital opens clinic for youth who need walk-in mental health therapy
A prominent Central NY family donated $5 million to make the center a reality.
Editorial | Black infant mortality rate is a public health crisis
Editorial: Despite a mortality rate three times higher than white infants, Republicans like Tom Tiffany have opposed efforts to address race-based inequities in healthcare.
Hiltzik: Resisting Trump turns out to be a winning business strategy
A study finds that businesses that resisted Trump's anti-diversity pressure paid no price. Are the law firms and universities that capitulated listening?
Akron Art Museum unveils $12.5M renovation aimed at doubling attendance
Backed by a capital campaign and $2M in state funds, the Akron Art Museum's $12M expansion opens Sept. 23 with new galleries, a black box and expanded education space.
Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall transitions to new management
Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall has transitioned to new management following the U.S. Bankruptcy Court's approval of the transaction.
Luminis cybersecurity incident highlights 'concerning' rise in attacks on healthcare
Cyberattacks on the healthcare industry, like the one that hit an Anne Arundel County hospital last week, are becoming increasingly common and state-level policymakers should prepare for even more, an expert said Tuesday.
A NY Hospital Tried To Close Its Birthing Center. This City United To Fight Back.
The people of Troy, New York, united to challenge a national Catholic health system determined to close the last birthing center in the county.
Schumer and Jeffries opposed a Brooklyn power play. It happened anyway.
The Brooklyn party chair rewrote the rules ahead of a leadership vote despite objections from the nation’s two most powerful Democrats, and some in the party are wondering if they could do more to stop her.
September 9, 2026: Embedded Trials in a Learning Health System, in This Week's Rethinking Clinical Trials Grand Rounds
In this Friday’s Rethinking Clinical Trials Grand Rounds, Ryan Zarychanski of the University of Manitoba will present “Embedded Trials in a Learning Health System: A Hospital Policy of Tranexamic Acid […]
When will Baleba make his Man Utd debut?
Manchester United made the signing of Carlos Baleba a pretty big deal by parading him onto the pitch before last month's Premier League victory over Ipswich. Man Utd made midfield recruitment a summer priority, so what happens now? On the early evidence, it will be either Kobbie Mainoo or Youri Tielemans, with either Tielemans or Bruno Fernandes in the number 10 role.
A path toward justice and public safety
Strangulation can be one of the most dangerous forms of assault; despite the lack of visible ailments it is accompanied by. Though strangulation leaves no broken bones, bruises or visible wounds, it is one of the strongest predictors of future homicides for domestic violence victims. Until this year, second-degree assault by strangulation was not classified […]
Bangladesh fights world's worst measles outbreak as vaccination gaps fuel spread
Bangladesh, which once came close to eliminating measles, is facing its worst outbreak on record, with 999 suspected and confirmed measles-related deaths reported since March as hospitals struggle with overcrowding, shortages and a continuing influx of sick children.
Perea Rejoins FGI Risk as Director of Business Development
FGI Worldwide, a provider of working capital financing and trade credit insurance solutions, readded Rick Perea to FGI Risk as director of business
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Mariners Pitchers 2023-2024: Lazaro Montes, +0.20Mariners Pitchers The Other Five Years This Decade: Eduard Bazardo -0.31 WPA, Bryce Miller -0.12 WPA, José Ferrer -0.12 Game Thread Comment(s) of the Day
DeWitt takes down Mason 3-1 on the pitch
DEWITT, Mich. (WLNS) – DeWitt soccer uses a big 2nd half to help the Panthers take down Mason 3-1. DeWitt senior Colter Rees led the Panthers with two goals, coming off a free kick and a penalty shot. Junior Will Broderick would round out the scoring for DeWitt, as he delivered the dagger with two minutes […]
Baylor finds confidence and belief despite loss to Auburn
WACO, Texas (FOX 44) — Baylor may have lost the battle on the scoreboard Saturday, but the Bears believe they gained something just as important in Atlanta: confidence. Despite a loss to Auburn, Baylor players said the game showed the team’s growing chemistry, physicality and belief heading into the rest of the season. Fifth-year cornerback […]
Edmond hospital employee charged with stealing fentanyl from OU Health
An Edmond hospital employee is accused of stealing fentanyl waste from OU Health, with surveillance video reportedly capturing the incident.
Pittsburgh Pirates Slim Playoff Hopes No Longer in Their Hands
The Pittsburgh Pirates' playoff hopes are technically still alive, but they'll need a lot of outside help to make it to the postseason.
Milwaukee Brewers Announce Sudden Christian Yelich Decision During Cubs Series
The Milwaukee Brewers started their series with the Chicago Cubs on Monday night with a 4-3 victory. Milwaukee will now have their ace Jacob Misiorowski on the mound for Game 2 of the series Tuesday, while Chicago will pitch lefty David Peterson. Ahead of the game, Brewers manager Pat Murphy made a few notable tweaks […] The post Milwaukee Brewers Announce Sudden Christian Yelich Decision During Cubs Series appeared first on HEAVY.
Reaction: “Fabio looked dangerous from his first touch”
(in the mixed zone): “He had circulation problems (regarding the substitution of Konstantinos Karetsas, ed.). There had been no sign of it. He went to the hospital for further examinations. It would...
Gwyneth Paltrow recalls feeling ‘shame’ after she and Brad Pitt ended their engagement
Paltrow and Pitt began dating in 1994, after meeting while filming “Seven.”
Pirates Trying to Find This Balance With Konnor Griffin
The Pittsburgh Pirates need Konnor Griffin in the lineup, while also being mindful that he's still coming back from injury.
St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants Game Discussion Tuesday
The St. Louis Cardinals return to Oracle Park Tuesday night for game 2 against the San Francisco Giants. Quinn Mathews gets the start for the Cardinals while Landen Roupp gets the ball for the Giants. First pitch is scheduled for 8:45pm central time and the game broadcast will be available via Cardinals.tv.
Mike Tomlin Reveals ‘Best’ Steelers Team he Coached
Mike Tomlin is making the media rounds as he begins his new career in broadcast. This comes after 19 seasons as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Tomlin won a Super Bowl early in his tenure and was known for never having a losing season in Pittsburgh. However, fans began to clamor for change in […] The post Mike Tomlin Reveals ‘Best’ Steelers Team he Coached appeared first on HEAVY.
More than 200 registered nurses at Jefferson Health in Greater Philadelphia announce plans to unionize
Nurses at Jefferson Bucks Hospital, Einstein Center One and Jefferson Health Willowcrest plan to join PASNAP.
Why Brandon Marsh's slump will derail Phillies' NL East chances
The Philadelphia Phillies are looking to surpass the Atlanta Braves in the National League East standings. They will need players to step up over the next few weeks amid their pursuit of winning the division. Of course, Philadelphia is hoping its stars can lead the way. Starting pitching is a strength for this Phillies ball club. Zack Wheeler has […] The post Why Brandon Marsh's slump will derail Phillies' NL East chances appeared first on ClutchPoints.
The 98 Biggest TV Show Flops, Bombs and Misses in the First Half of 2026
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) In July, I updated my look at how the “streaming bubble” popped since 2023, showing the decline in streaming TV shows over time. But after compiling and analyzing and writing about over one hundred TV show flops in the first half of 2026—I counted 99 “nominees” and there are even more honorable mentions—I couldn’t have told you that the number of shows is going down. When it comes to scripted, English-language TV shows, it feels like we have as many bombs as ever. I don’t keep a specific count, but some streamers probably had as many flops as they’ve ever had.1 That’s right, it’s time for part two of my analysis of the biggest flops, bombs and misses on streaming in the first half of 2026. Two weeks ago, I took a look at films. Today, TV shows. If you want to read the full methodology for how I assemble this list, you can find it at the bottom of this article. In short, this list is… ...scripted and unscripted TV shows,...from the nine major streamers,...in the US (using US-only ratings),...excluding true crime, kids and foreign-language shows,...that got no/poor ratings,...from Jan-2026 to the end of June-2026. Reminder: this article does not represent my personal opinion—many of these shows are great!—but I follow the data, and a miss is a miss and a bomb is a bomb. Also, price matters. If a TV show costs north of $100 million, it needs to get lots and lots of streaming viewership to justify that budget. As with past editions, I ordered this list by streamer, going from best (fewest flops) to worst (the most misses)—taking the size of the flops into consideration—and like the last edition, three or four streamers vied to take the win/loss of having the most flops. (But the actual winner is no surprise.) I try to avoid tooting my own horn too much, but seriously, in just under 5,000 words (including the methodology section) I provide a mostly comprehensive overview of the eight major streamers (Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, Hulu, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+, and Apple TV) for the first half of the year, mentioning most of their hits and all their misses. It summarizes the entire first half of 2026! If you want to support this work, please subscribe. Subscribe Tubi Big Mood Boarders The Freak Brothers Twenty Twenty Six Honorable Mentions: Busted on Bodycam, Deestroying the Pitch, Destination World Cup 2026 I don’t think that Tubi spends all that much making or (mostly) licensing these original TV shows—Big Mood, Boarders and Twenty Twenty Six all come from the UK—but they’re not free and they didn’t chart anywhere. Winner: The Freak Brothers Have you even heard of this show? It’s an animated comedy...that’s on its third season! And Pete Davidson, Woody Harrelson, John Goodman and Tiffany Haddish all provide voice talent for it. Yes, animated shows don’t cost as much as live action shows, but cheap isn’t free! So a show with this level of talent needs to perform better. Disney+ Daredevil: Born Again Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord Honorable Mentions: Behind the Attraction, Donna Hay Coastal Celebrations, We Call It Imagineering Disney+ doesn’t make all that many original shows anymore. They had two flops, and one was animated. Their one not-a-miss show, Wonder Man, got just good enough viewership to not be considered a “miss”...but it’s since been cancelled. At this point, Disney has pivoted entirely away from making big budget TV shows for Disney+ to making...almost nothing for Disney+? Sure, Disney’s spending circa 2019-2022 was unsustainable, but now they’re pivoting too far in the other direction. At some point, Disney needs to stop shifting strategies so wildly. Really, Disney should have made fewer shows for Disney+ at launch and the shows they did make at that time needed to be made at more reasonable budgets. And they should adopt that strategy now. Winner: Daredevil: Born Again Daredevil, the Marvel Comics character, is on my personal Mount Rushmore of favorite superheroes, so it pains me to give him the win/loss today, but this show deserves it. I’ll repeat my hot take from last spring: “Based on his popularity, Daredevil should be in movies, and probably ones that cost a lot less than the MCU’s usual price tag. Disney/Bob Iger/Ike Perlmutter (who, based on reporting, made the decision) made a huge mistake selling TV shows to Netflix in the 2010s, thus limiting this character to the small screen. Daredevil could have anchored Marvel’s post-Infinity War plans, and if he did, the MCU would probably be in a better place than it is now.” HBO Max We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… What four streamers had the most misses... HBO’s strong start to 2026… The caveat to Peacock’s turnaround this year... Paramount+’s key man problem… What country isn’t delivering hits for Netflix or Hulu... The cavalcade of stars on a streamer where no one is watching their shows... Across nearly 5,000 words of analysis… And a lot more... ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. If you’d like to read more about why you should subscribe, please read this article about the Streaming Ratings Report, why it matters, why you need it, and why we cover streaming ratings best.
Activists detained at Oregon State Capitol protesting lithium mine
Activists from Portland, Eugene and southern Oregon were urging Gov. Tina Kotek to step in and stop a controversial lithium mining project.
Central Health to vote on proposed property tax increase for Travis County
Your property taxes could go up again next year. Central Health, which is the hospital district for Travis County, is proposing an increase to provide mental health services to those in crisis.
Tribal consortium achieves long-desired ownership of Alaska Native Medical Center
The nation’s biggest tribal health organization now owns the Anchorage hospital it has long operated.
Carlos Augusto: "Never easy playing here, we show character"
Inter leave the Bernabéu defeated in their opening match of the 2026/27 Champions League: despite putting in a great performance and creating a huge number of chances, the Nerazzurri were defeated 2-...
Justin Leventhal: A free market needs prices
Price transparency will not fix every distortion in healthcare, but without it, no serious market reform can work.
‘Pitiful’ no more: Why business leaders say Madison County needs new $48M conference center
The Board of Supervisors approved issuing $48 million in bonds to fund the project at a meeting Tuesday morning.
2026 North Dakota Behavioral Health & Children and Family Services Conference is next week | Health and Human Services North Dakota
Registration is open for the sixth annual North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) Behavioral Health & Children and Family Services Conference, scheduled for Sept. 14-17 in Bismarck. The conference will also be available virtually.
The bill for Trump’s Medicaid cuts is coming due
Though much attention has centered on the closure of rural hospitals, quieter transformations could reshape healthcare for all patients.
Pittsburgh entrepreneur donates storage systems to Seton Hill business, technology school
The founder of a Pittsburgh-based digital storage solutions company donated $35,000 worth of equipment to Seton Hill’s cybersecurity and computer science programs. Gene Leyzarovich, former Jetstor CEO, founded the Bloomfield company more than 30 years ago while studying at the University of Pittsburgh and working night shifts at UPMC. The
Ask 13: Why can't all 4 health systems build new hospital beds in western North Carolina?
Four healthcare systems are competing for approval to add 92 hospital beds in western North Carolina. But why does the state have to choose just one?
North Carolina MCO Alliance Health Taps Cortica to Rein in Autism Spending, Improve Outcomes
Ready to dive into what's shaping autism therapy-payer relations? Be a part of the Autism Investor Summit East this November 9–10. Get your tickets here.
These Companies Made the Inc. Best in Business List. Here’s What Happened Next
Award winners share how they capitalized on the momentum from their Best in Business recognition.
UCF Graded Top-10 Performer in CFB Following Week One
After a 73-6 blowout fueled by Duke Watson’s explosive debut, the Knights carry elite Pro Football Focus grades into a high-stakes road test against Pittsburgh’s high-powered offense.
Years before Nepal floods, scientists pitched a seismic warning system
The scientists, who are based in Europe, say the system could have triggered lifesaving alerts before floodwaters hit in Nepal. But the concept is unproven in the field.
Are the Chargers being disrespected?
Are the Chargers not receiving enough support from the media ahead of the season despite back-to-back 11-win campaigns?
Exclusive: Two of gaming’s biggest names are making a big investment in gaming’s future
The first thing to know about the Nova Games Foundation is that it isn’t about The Game Awards. And it’s not about PlayStation. The ambitious new grant program is the brainchild of Geoff Keighley and Mark Cerny. Keighley is the host of The Game Awards, Summer Game Fest and Opening Night Live. Cerny is a game designer of some 45 years and the lead architect for the PlayStation 4 and 5. But this new thing, which they’re revealing through Game File, isn’t about their day jobs. It’s an unaffiliated, standalone philanthropic project. It’s a bet on the artistic future of video games and a way, they tell me, to give back. “I’m nearing the end of my career,” Cerny recently told me over email. “I’m not done yet, but paying it forward—in the best way possible—is very much on my mind these days,” The Nova Games Foundation is a university-affiliated fellowship program, intended to offer six-figure grants to 20 young game designers each year, potentially for decades to come. It will offer no-strings-attached funding along with mentorship from games industry leaders, a combination intended to aid the development of groundbreaking new games, Cerny and Keighley told me. Nova will begin accepting applications in December, from class of 2026 and 2027 students from 13 affiliated gaming programs at universities in eight countries. The schools working with Nova include the New York University and the University of Southern California in the U.S., along with Abertay University in Scotland, Cnam-Enjmin in France, TH Köln in Germany, and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia, Cerny and Keighley said. The plan: $100,000 per recipient, with about a quarter of Nova fellows eligible for up to $500,000 more for projects that are shaping up particularly well. Payments will be delivered based on development milestones, and recipients will own their games. Nova will help promote the work, and developers will be free to pursue the publishers and platforms of their choice. Nova can help introduce fellows to publishers, but won’t take a cut. “I’ve always wanted to give back, but given my role in the industry, I’ve never felt it appropriate to commercially invest in games,” Keighley told Game File. “I’ve never owned stock in a game company or taken a financial stake in a game. Nova is philanthropy: we aren’t taking equity or looking to recoup the grants. The return we’re hoping for is creative—helping new voices make games and find their footing. “Mark and I have each made multi-million-dollar donations to establish the foundation, and we intend to keep contributing. We hope others will join us.” Cerny and Keighley have already hired an executive director, John Maconga, and a head of grants, recent Game Developers Conference director Ashley Corrigan, to help launch the effort. They’re working to recruit game industry leaders to join the effort. Keighley says “dozens of leading game directors have already expressed interest in contributing their time.” To name one, they’ve already gotten Josef Fares, lead designer from It Takes Two and Spit Fiction studio Hazelight on board with a donation and pledge to help out. “I’m proud to support Nova because it gives the next generation of creators the freedom to explore their creativity and hopefully bring their unique visions to life,” Fares told Game File. A plan forged from a friendship Keighley and Cerny have known each other a long time. It’s been so long, Cerny isn’t even sure exactly when they met. “We travel in much the same circles and I’m sure first intersected in the 90s or early 2000s,“ Cerny said. Keighley thinks it might have been during his stint writing a column about the mid-’90s console 3DO for a gaming magazine while Cerny was working on games with Crystal Dynamics or on Way of the Warrior with Naughty Dog. They became genuine friends about a 10 years ago, Keighley said, as they bonded over a shared love of games and a hope to improve the industry. “About a decade ago, we started having dinner a few times a year in LA,” Keighley said. “Just to catch up on life and the industry. Those conversations continued over Zoom during COVID. Nova grew out of that friendship and a question we kept coming back to: ‘What could we do to help the next generation of game directors get started?’” Keighley credits Cerny with the idea to figure out a way to put their money and time back into the industry. At one of those dinners, Keighley proposed the idea of a fellowship program. He’d recalled applying for a Rhodes Scholarship when he was younger. “Spoiler: I didn’t get it,” he said. He’d admired the MacArthur Foundation’s so-called “genius grants.” He liked these kinds of programs that recognized people’s talents and gave them the financial boost and the freedom to realize their potential. With Cerny, he had pondered what a game industry version of that could be. Keighley liked the idea of centering the fellowship on students, drawing inspiration from the accomplishments of Jenova Chen, the USC game design graduate who went on to lead the creation of gently moving, ambitious games such as Flower and Journey. Keighley also thought it could be useful to help promising graduates bridge the transition from student to professional. “Joining an established studio isn’t always possible—especially in today’s market—and even then, it isn’t the right path for everyone,” Keighley said. A fellowship, he realized, could give “graduates the time, resources and guidance to pursue a game of their own and not worry about the commercial viability.” As the idea took shape, Cerny also saw an opportunity to enable more games of a certain type: “The target with the grants is games as an artistic medium,” Cerny told me. “We like to say games with ‘artistic, literary and societal value.’” He added: “I’m a pretty big gamer myself, though I tend to gravitate towards the smaller and more unique or artistic titles, games like Neva, Abzu, Gorogoa, Stray or Outer Wilds. I was just playing and Roger on a flight to Japan, and was getting misty eyed to a degree that I was concerned that a flight attendant would ask me if I was OK. “So one fun benefit here is the games that will come out of the Nova Games Foundation – I can’t wait to play them myself.” Cerny believes it will also be useful for Nova fellows to hone their craft and team leadership skills. “We are looking for the next generation of visionaries,” he said. “The trick is that they will also need to have the executive function necessary to drive a small project to completion.” Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my reporting, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Going big with this Keighley and Cerny may have started Nova and may be the ones primarily backing it right now, but they’re dreaming of something that goes beyond them. “Mark and I may have helped get it started, but one of our measures of success is that Nova grows into something the entire games industry feels a sense of ownership in,” Keighley said. “Our ambition is to build a lasting endowment supported by people and companies across the industry, and an equally broad community of creators willing to give their time and experience to the next generation.” The industry has a lot of knowledge that it can pass to the next generation, Keighley said: “Nova can hopefully become a way to connect that generosity with talented young creators at the moment when it can make the biggest difference.” Cerny, who told me he believes Nova can mature “over the next 10 or 20 years,” sees an opportunity to give generations of game makers momentum. “The industry has changed immeasurably since I started in games in 1982,” he said. “These graduates have talent, training and tools that outclass what we had back in the day by an astonishing amount. But they face a tough road ahead getting traction in the industry, and many could benefit from our support. We want to be there to give it to them.” “There’s a personal side to this, too,” Keighley said. “I don’t have children, and I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what I can do for future generations. Games have been my entire career. I’ve been incredibly fortunate, and helping someone else build a life in this industry feels like a meaningful way to give back.” Cerny’s oeuvre dates back to Marble Madness and Sonic the Hedgehog 2. He has stood on stage multiple times to reveal the future of PlayStation hardware. He’s been an executive producer for a string of modern PlayStation classics such as The Last Guardian and Marvel’s Spider-Man. Nevertheless, of Nova, he said, “It’s certainly not like anything I’ve done before.” Nova Foundation applications will be due in December and the first wave of fellows will be announced in March 2027. A full list of participating universities and steps students and recent graduates can take to apply to become a Nova Fellow is forthcoming.
More than 200 Jefferson Health nurses to vote on unionizing
Nurses held a rally outside Jefferson Bucks Hospital Tuesday.
Trinity Health in Livonia to lay off 557 employees starting in October, primarily in IT support
Trinity Health’s Livonia location will permanently lay off 557 employees, largely in its technology and information services division, the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity announced recently. Layoffs are scheduled to begin Oct. 25 and continue through Nov. 29, according to a notice published by the department. The layoffs come months after Trinity Health […]
California’s healthcare affordability office claims power to punish overspending hospitals
Hospital executives argue much of their spending, like drug costs and labor, is outside their control.
Parents of San Diego mosque gunman say a mental health facility failed to heed FBI warning
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mother of Caleb Vazquez alleges in her lawsuit that Park Mental Health Treatment of San Diego failed to intervene despite signs that her 18-year-old son posed an imminent threat to himself and others.
Booster group pushes to keep Downtown Pittsburgh businesses viable
The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership has sought to bring more small businesses into the Golden Triangle in recent years — and now it’s launching a concerted effort to keep them there. Dubbed Business Boost, the initiative is meant to support small businesses and ensure they can last Downtown long-term, Pittsburgh Downtown
Pirates’ historic slump signals better days ahead
Pittsburgh’s offense dropped from first to worst in second half of 2026
Penguins unveil roster for upcoming prospect tournament in Detroit
The Penguins have announced the roster for the team’s upcoming prospect tournament that’s being held in Detroit, starting this weekend. Pittsburgh, along with Columbus, Dallas and Detroit will be participating in a prospect tournament in Detroit with games on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday. All of the games will be streamed on the Penguins’ website. 27 […]
Atlanta Braves Announce Pitcher News Before Rays Series
After splitting their four-game series with the Philadelphia Phillies, the Atlanta Braves remain 4.0 games up in the NL East. No off day for Atlanta, as they head home to face the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays in a new series this week. It’s another big litmus test for the Braves, as the series’ on […] The post Atlanta Braves Announce Pitcher News Before Rays Series appeared first on HEAVY.
Youth with CF on approved treatment still face mental health issues
Youth with cystic fibrosis continue to experience mental and behavioral health concerns despite treatment with Trikafta, according to a study.
Independent hospitals form partnership to strengethen Kansas healthcare
Five independent health systems banned together to create Astra Health, a collaboration seeking to strengthen healthcare in Kansas.
Lewandowski Tried to Slide Into Foreign Side Deals at DHS
A new report alleges Lewandowski pitched Qatar and UAE about hiring him on thew sly while he worked for Kristi Noem.
New Cancer Care Technology at Intermountain Health St. Mary’s Improves Precision and Comfort for Western Colorado Patients
Intermountain Health St. Mary’s Regional Hospital has invested more than $2 million for new equipment and technology to improve quality of care and comfort of their patients receiving cancer care in the Grand Junction area.St. Mary’s Cancer Centers of Colorado purchased a new a new computed tomography (CT) scanner that offers several enhance...
Months of Pain, Delayed Care: An Asylum Seeker’s Health Crisis in ICE Custody
Mother held at San Diego immigration facility says months of delayed and inadequate medical care have left her with serious kidney infection and worsening pain.
Netflix VP of Global Live Sports & Entertainment on WWE: "They’ve been great partners, and we’re thrilled with the results so far" - POST Wrestling | Podcasts, News, Reviews
Gabe Spitzer, a Vice President at Netflix, spoke with Richard Deitsch on the Sports Media podcast regarding their relationship with WWE.
SportsNet Pittsburgh Announces Penguins Preseason Broadcast Schedule
The three-game slate begins September 21 against the Buffalo Sabres.
Proposed Changes to Head Start Undermine Its Role in Promoting Child Nutrition and Healthy Eating - Food Research & Action Center
Published September 8, 2026 For more than 60 years, Head Start has supported young children during their most important phase of growth and development. For families with limited resources, Head Start is a trusted source of care, education, nutritious meals, and health services. Despite Head Start’s long history of bipartisan support, and demonstrated success, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has a proposed new […]
Forrest Health rebrands to unite system under one name
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) – Forrest Health unveiled a new name, visual identity and brand on September 8, 2026. According to officials, the health system will be known as Forrest. “For …
Review: SteelSeries Aeon Pro: The Infinite Battery Life, Dual-System Xbox and PC Controller Impresses, Despite Its High Price
Borrowing the best ideas from the firm's Arctis Nova Pro headset lineup.
MedStar Washington Hospital Center nurses host community forum on maternal health care cuts, the future of health care in DC
Union registered nurses at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. will hold a community forum on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, to discuss the closure of postpartum unit 5F at Washington Hospital Center, the devastating impact of Medicaid cuts in DC, and building a health care system that works for us all.
Cambridge Entrepreneur Wins $25,000 in Business Pitch Competition
CAMBRIDGE, WI – Collaborative 523 Inc., in partnership with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, has announced Jacy Eckerman as the winner of the second cohort of its Business Pitch Competition.
Milan Keep Considering Appointing an Elite Director
Despite a couple of attempts, Milan didn’t bring in a new head of football in the summer and simply promoted from within after ousting CEO Giorgio Furlani and director Igli Tare. While Gerry Cardina...
ACC Football Power Rankings after Week 1
When does Pitt’s SID get him to change his last name?
Judge Rules Green Party Candidate Accused of Being GOP Plant Can Be Kicked Off Ballot in PA-07
A Commonwealth Court judge ruled Friday afternoon that Andrew Tupone, a hopeful Green Party candidate in the 7th Congressional District, can be removed from the ballot despite collecting sufficient signatures to appear on it. Tupone, however, said he plans to appeal. “The establishment parties are fighting to keep me off…
Tick-Borne Disease Center Hosts NY State Health Commissioner
New York State Health Commissioner James McDonald, MD toured Stony Brook Southampton Hospital’s Regional Tick-Borne Disease Resource Center and Clinic Sept. 1.
Kamin Science Center and Science of Speed shut down for four-day refresh in Pittsburgh
Planning a trip to the Kamin Science Center this week? The museum will be closed through Friday for exhibit maintenance and updates.
Louisiana concrete companies join forces to capitalize on construction boom
Two Louisiana concrete suppliers are joining forces with two out-of-state companies to pursue large-scale construction projects as billions of dollars in new industrial and technology investment move … Already an INSIDER? Sign in. Already an INSIDER? Sign in
Roundup: Energy employment / Small business confidence / Maritime woes
Jobs in transition: Energy sector employment fell about 1% nationwide and in Louisiana from 2024 to 2025, with Louisiana losing 1,131 jobs to reach roughly 160,000 workers. The decline was driven largely by automation, policy changes affecting renewable energy, and shifting economics, while traditional energy industries such as coal and nuclear saw job growth. Despite […]
AZ's R&D chief Barr touts internal 'science success story' after IL-33 antibody's stellar showing in COPD
With a detailed data drop that AstraZeneca’s R&D chief described as an internal “science success story,” the British Big Pharma has secured an FDA priority review for what it believes could become a flagship biologic in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In detailed results from the late-stage Oberon and Titania trials—first teased in March and detailed in full at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Barcelona this week—the drugmaker laid out the extent of its IL-33 inhibitor’s potential to reduce moderate and severe exacerbations in a wide range of COPD patients still struggling with those “lung attacks,” as AstraZeneca’s Sharon Barr, Ph.D., called them, despite using standard-care inhaled therapy. In the headline results, a 300 mg dose of tozorakimab given once every four weeks curbed those moderate and severe exacerbations in the studies’ primary population of former smokers by 29% in the Oberon study and 34% in Titania. In the overall population of both current and former smokers, these reductions were 30% and 29%, respectively, versus placebo and inhaled standard of care. The benefits also extended to clinically meaningful exacerbation reductions in all prespecified patient subgroups and specifically turned up promising signals in patients across a range of blood eosinophil counts, with Barr telling Fierce that “it’s the details that make this even more exciting than the high-level results that we’ve already shared.” In fact, during AZ’s tozorakimab poster presentation at the ERS 2026 Congress this past weekend, attendees were so enamored by the data that event organizers had to encourage people to clear the room and look at the other presentations on offer, Barr said in an interview. “I think it really speaks to the fact that there is a lot of buzz around these data because the entire respiratory community has been so desperate for new therapies for these patients,” she explained. The respiratory disease continues to represent a “staggering unmet medical need,” Barr said, highlighting the COPD exacerbations that the Oberon and Titania studies homed in on, which she added carry a greater mortality risk than a heart attack. “When a patient has a severe exacerbation, only about half of them are still alive within three and a half years,” she pointed out. As for tozorakimab specifically, Barr christened the molecule “an AstraZeneca science success story,” harkening several years back to the point at which researchers began to explore IL-33 as a driver of respiratory disease, and COPD in particular. At the same time, “there was still so much that wasn’t understood,” she admitted, highlighting the insight that IL-33 signals through both ST2 and EGFR through the RAGE pathway, a discovery Barr attributed to AstraZeneca's own scientists. Understanding the need to tackle both pathways in COPD—and aware of competitor candidates in the hopper, including one that bound ST2—the company ultimately had to make some “courageous decisions,” Barr said. These included taking a prior COPD molecule offline and going back to the drawing board to reinvent its potential IL-33 label “to make sure that we had a molecule that could block signaling through both arms of the pathway, through both the reduced form and the oxidized form, knowing that we wouldn’t be first, but striving to be best.” “When we put [tozorakimab] into the clinic, we firmly believed that we had a differentiated molecule, and we saw the other molecules blocking just ST2 or partially blocking IL-33, unable to deliver two positive pivotal studies in COPD,” Barr explained. “We kept marching forward because we believed our molecule was differentiated, and now I think we have the clinical validation that supports that.” Ultimately, AstraZeneca finds itself on much better footing these days when it comes to potential biologic rivals to tozorakimab in COPD. Sanofi and Regeneron’s Dupixent, for instance, is approved to treat COPD exacerbations in patients with high eosinophil counts, but not low ones. Meanwhile, the future has become cloudier for other next-gen IL-33 candidates from Sanofi and Regeneron, as well as Roche, which have suffered trial flops in recent years. One other potential ingredient for AstraZeneca’s success in its duo of studies was that the company was “ambitious in the trial design, willing to look at an all-comers population,” Barr said, “and willing to enroll the most severe patients.” Prior studies for would-be biologics rivals in COPD “avoided enrolling” those patients, she pointed out. She also highlighted the Big Pharma’s painstaking design of exacerbations in its trial, which “gave us a very rigorous readout,” and pointed to “the extra effort and investment” the company put in to understand the effect of mucus plugs in patients. Barr described mucus production as a “key feature in disease diversity,” noting that mucus plugs—obstructing clumps of mucus that block patients’ airways—are associated with worse outcomes in COPD. In its data announcement, AstraZeneca noted that an integrated analysis of Oberon and Titania found tozorakimab “demonstrated a reduction in patients’ mucus plug score,” with the pharma claiming its biologic is the first to deliver such results in a broad COPD population. “So being able to reduce those mucus plugs, we expect, is an important part of driving benefit for patients who are living with COPD,” Barr said. Again touching on the breadth of the study populations, Barr added that tozorakimab “worked across all eosinophil levels in both current and former smokers across all levels of lung function,” which she suggested “really simplifies decision-making for clinicians, and it allows them to offer therapy to the broadest possible patient population.” In the highest patient eosinophil count group, tozorakimab helped chart a 43% reduction in exacerbation risk, which Barr stressed were “unprecedented data.” In the mid-level group, AZ’s drug delivered a 23% reduction and, in the lowest group, a 34% reduction in eosinophils, which Barr said suggests efficacy “in all patient subgroups.” As for AZ’s recent guidance upgrade on the medicine’s sales opportunity, the lift from a $3 billion to $5 billion range to $5 billion plus was informed by multiple factors, Barr said, including the fact that “in 2024, there were multiple competitors, and there aren’t anymore.” Additionally, “we know that this is a massive unmet medical need, and this is a really incredible set of data that we think will be very convincing to the clinical community,” Barr said. Looking ahead to a potential evolution of the COPD treatment landscape, Barr noted that most patients start treatment in the community with an option like a triple therapy, and for them, having an option like AstraZeneca’s inhaler Breztri will remain a “really important part” of that journey. But of the patients uncontrolled on triple therapy, which Barr described as “about half of them today,” just a “small fraction” are currently eligible for biologic therapy, which she emphasized AstraZeneca is working to change. Understanding that COPD is not a “one-size-fits-all” disease, AstraZeneca is also looking at its antibody drug Tezspire for patients with T2-driven disease, and the company continues to think about new mechanisms for tackling COPD through both systemic and inhaled drugs, Barr said.
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