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AFGHS co-signatory countries ask health care users to help fill the financing gap

Hundreds of thousands of Ugandans living with HIV on antiretrovirals could be targeted for user fees or community health insurance schemes requiring modest premium payments, according to the April 2026 version of the country’s America First Global Health Strategy implementation narrative.1 As part of the “sustainable financing for the private not for profit sector” strategy, 491 facilities will be targeted for a phased introduction of user fees and scale up of community health insurance programs.2 In the Ugandan context, PNFP facilities include faith-based hospitals and other health facilities, US missionary organizations and centers of excellence—services that are often co-located at government facilities but run with additional financial and technical resources. 402,000 people—or about 28 percent of the total Ugandan adult PLHIV population on treatment—get ART from the private not for profit sector. The selected facilities provide the majority of ART and prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) services. The plan doesn’t give the total number of clients served by the 491 facilities, so it is not possible to give a precise number. But the majority of 402,000 is a figure in the hundreds of thousands—hence the estimate I’m using.3 The April draft of the Ugandan implementation plan narrative is the only one I’ve been able to review. But the government of Uganda is not alone in turning to health care users to help fill the financing gaps caused by the abrupt withdrawal of US funds. In July 2025, the Government of Liberia introduced user fees for previously free services including “registration, accommodation, patient feeding, hospitalization, and a wide range of surgical and diagnostic procedures.”4 Earlier that year, Liberia rolled out a revolving drug fund designed to stabilize drug supplies by “allowing patients to pay a small fee for standardized, quality medications,” according to a Ministry of Health press release.5 (Both of these approaches had been proposed in the National Health Policy 2022-2031; media coverage explicitly connects the launch with the US foreign aid cuts.) The health financing strategies proposed by Uganda and established in Liberia are qualitatively different from user fees officially adopted by specific health facilities to cover funding shortfalls caused by the new US approach.6 The latter is a stopgap, adhoc change. The former is a national governmental adoption of policies that pass costs on to health care users, despite evidence that such approaches can exacerbate inequities and leave deficits unfilled. Two countries does not make a pattern, but they do point to urgent questions: Have other countries, including Liberia, included user fees or community health insurance schemes in their implementation plans? If so, do any of these narratives have what Uganda’s lacks: a fall-back plan in place in case these strategies for sustainable health systems fail to deliver—as they have before? I wonder if you think about it Subscribe Predictable pitfalls Both community-based health insurance and user fees are as old as the hills. And after decades of people climbing up these hills, duking it out, climbing back down—neither strategy has shown the results the Ugandan implementation plan is counting on. This is, in fact, a hill some folks are willing to die on. (You knew I’d get there, right?) In November 2025, an African-led team of health system experts published a paper directed at low- and middle income country governments trying to figure out how to create self-sustaining health systems. The money wasn’t coming back. It had been more than nine months since the season of freezing, waivering and wood-chippering; two months since AFGHS tumbled into the world touting co-financing requirements and reductions in future US government health aid. Governments were looking for strategies for sustainable, self-financed health systems, the authors wrote. For countries considering user fees and community health insurance to fill the financing gaps, they had a simple message: Don’t. On user fees, the paper states: “Reliance on user fees is ultimately a regressive and inequitable approach. It places a disproportionate burden on the poor and undermines health system goals of equity and financial protection. […] There is overwhelming evidence that user fees mobilise very limited resources for the public health sector, making it an inefficient mechanism for revenue mobilisation.” On community health insurance: “Attempting to shift the burden of funding previously donor-funded services, such as HIV care and management, and TB treatment, onto contributory schemes would exacerbate their fragility and fail to protect the population.”7 The WHO says that community-based health insurance “cannot be expected to provide a major source of funding or coverage,” and noted that most schemes offer only moderate benefit to individuals paying into them, and exclude the poorest segment of the population.8 And yet, the US-Ugandan implementation plan says that community health insurance is “the central pillar of this [PNFP] sustainability strategy” and that this approach that will generate “pre-paid pooled funding at facility and community level [that] improves financial risk protection for households, reduces catastrophic out-of-pocket expenditure, and generates structured, transparent revenue streams that can progressively absorb recurrent costs including health worker salaries.” Unfortunately, Uganda’s own history suggests the pillar might not be able to bear this weight. Ugandans Have Been to this Rodeo Before—and Some Want Their Money Back Uganda introduced its first community health insurance scheme in 1996 with support from international donors.9 Thirty years later, somewhere between 0.2 and 0.3 percent of the population is covered by CHI; just over 1 percent has any kind of health insurance.10 User fees were universally introduced in 1993 as a condition of a World Bank loan.11 They were abandoned in 2001, and in 2004—the year I moved to Uganda to watch the free HIV program get underway—a definitive study found that the fees did not improve health systems and outcomes.12 In 2004, most clinics and hospitals had ‘free’ and ‘fee for service’ options for getting care.13 The fee for service, or “cash and carry” programs had often been established in the years prior to PEPFAR and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. People who could afford to paid for the drugs, often at facilities in the private-not-for-profit (PNFP) sector. When free drugs arrived, some people who’d been paying kept on doing so, perhaps because of shorter wait times, greater confidentiality, convenience or other factors. But in the year that I spent visiting the same clinics around the country week after week—including a “center of excellence” that maintained separate days for cash and carry clients and those accessing free ARVs—lots of people who had been paying tried to switch to the free option. They’d paid because they had no other choice. They’d sold pieces of family land, begged family members for loans, bought pills by the week, and sometimes by the day. Or they were just cash-strapped, like most of us, and wanted the funds for other things. 14 Twenty-two years later, this hasn’t changed. Ugandans pay out of pocket for 30-40 percent of their health care costs, leading one paper to declare that “falling ill is more than a health crisis. It is a financial emergency.”15 One recent study found that up to 48.5 percent of households dealing with tuberculosis sold something, took out a loan or dug into savings to defray the costs of TB care—which is supposed to be universally free.16 The Ugandan implementation plan does anticipate challenges. It proposes a phased approach, with 187 facilities introducing user contribution systems in Year 1, 152 in Year 2, and 153 in Year 3. Willingness to pay and feasibility studies will precede roll out; fees will be tiered by region, and a waiver system is proposed to ensure that no one has to pay who is unable to. Moreover, the plan provides for quarterly reviews of epidemiological data to “ensure that user contributions do not compromise epidemic control gains, ART continuity for the client cohort, TB case management, or PMTCT services.” Alt text: A screenshot of a table included in the implementation plan narrative that is the subject of this stack. It’s got a fetching pink bar at the top. It uses the abbreviation “CHI” which is Community Health Insurance, and FBO which is Faith Based Organizations, and it details the number of facilities that will implement user fees with waivers and community health insurance schemes over the five years of the agreement. As I said in the footnote, this is a super interesting document with a lot of other rich material. Tell me what you see—and what you would have focused on. And if you’ve seen something like this, or anything else that strikes you, in another implementation plan, tell me that too. You can use the Substack message platform or try me on Signal at @endaplague_again.25 (because @mercoonfan was, weirdly, taken). But the plan doesn’t fully explain what will happen if this approach doesn’t work out. Yes, progress will be monitored, and corrective action triggered. However, there is no specified funding replacement if premium and fee revenue prove inadequate. Instead, the authors write, “Currently, COEs serve a total client cohort of over 180,000 across 28 facilities. In the initial years, the U.S. Government (USG) will provide financial support for clients; over time, user fees generated by COEs will become the primary source of funding for sustaining their services.” Failure does not really seem to be an option. Health insurance schemes are more acceptable to the Ugandan population than user fees. Members of Parliament and civil society traveled to Ethiopia to see how that country’s scheme worked. In a follow up report, a veteran civil society group recommended allowing the “health insurance ecosystem to grow organically and [to] keep reviewing the law and regulations as this growth takes root.”17 One study found that more than three-quarters of Ugandans were willing to join a health insurance program.18 However, coverage of community-based health insurance is minimal, as is coverage of any kind of insurance—including private plans.19 A national health insurance scheme bill has been stalled for several years and presently sits with President Yoweri Museveni.20 Community-based health insurance scheme that do exist are expanding in number, but losing enrollees. Between 2022 and 2026, the number of community-based health financing schemes across the country increased by 42 percent, while the number of people enrolled decreased by nearly 11 percent.21 None of this means that community-based health insurance should not happen in Uganda—or that people do not want insurance. It doesn’t even mean that user fees and waivers won’t ever work. But there is highly relevant evidence from Uganda and the surrounding region that it is quite optimistic to describe community health insurance and user fees as central supports for sustainable financing in any sector of the health system. And now for the best-case scenario In the best-case scenario22, the Ugandan approach does exactly what it sets out to do, and so does the Liberian fee structure and revolving pharmacy fund—though I’ve not confirmed that these are in the MoU. In one best-case scenario, Uganda is an outlier, and user fees and community health insurance are not recurrent pillars of self-sustaining financing in other countries’ implementation plans. In another best-case scenario, all countries that include these strategies enjoy success beyond anyone’s evidence-informed wildest dreams: reliable funding generated by health care users fees, great health care outcomes for everyone, no exacerbation of inequities, no crippling household debt. No sold land, repurposed school tuition or high-interest loans. In the best-case scenario, not one of the hundreds of thousands of Ugandans living with HIV receiving antiretrovirals from 491 PNFP facilities misses a refill or leaves care because of user fees or community health insurance premiums. This is the best-case scenario for these people for their own health, and for their families. It is also the best-case scenario if Uganda wants to stay on the path to eliminating HIV as a public health threat. According to the country’s most recent data, 96.5 percent of people living with HIV on antiretrovirals are virologically suppressed. Epidemic control depends ensuring that 95% of people living with HIV know their status, 95 percent of those individuals are on ART, and 95% of those individuals are virologically suppressed. Uganda is still struggling with the first “95"—a frankly abysmal 85.3 percent. If HIV epidemic control and the attendant prevention of new infections, avoidable suffering and premature death matter, the country cannot afford to lose any clients who are currently in care.23 As I write this a couple hours before the polls close for the US elections in the city I live in, I say with soul-deep sincerity: I am rooting for the best-case scenario. I think it’s safe to say that we all are.24 I think it’s also safe to say that if the US and co-signatory governments have inked plans that lead to successful expansion of community health insurance and strategic use of user fees, we all would like to know, now, so that we don’t miss the opportunity to celebrate when success happens. The implementation plan narratives have to enter the public domain. They are the fullest expression of a strategy co-created by two governments. There are assumptions and details that people living in the US and co-signatory countries need to understand that are not available in the MoUs or, to date, in the Congressional Notifications. Some of these details can help other countries that are, as I write this, still working on implementation plans. Others, like a solid count of how many other countries have plans for expanding user fees or health insurance, are important for regional and global health architecture reform initiatives. No matter how this election night turns out, there will be a slew of new Congressional member orientations, briefings and talking points papers in the next few months. Release of implementation narratives should be a bullet point in every context that AFGHS is discussed. These documents can be redacted so that procurement sensitive information isn’t disclosed. There is much more historical precedent for sharing such documents than there is for relying on user fees to fill health financing gaps. Let’s look at the information together so we can hope for the best and prepare for, you know, the other thing. Alt text: A substack first: a bicep selfie! It’s my arm - peachy-white skin, black shirt (flannel, notch neck, too hot for this appallingly balmy November weather, if you’re wondering) and a sticker that says I VOTED 2026. Beige letters on red for I voted. Beige on blue for 2026. You bet I did.25 In your wildest dreams. Subscribe 1 This is a really, really rich 95 page document. There are fascinating ideas and detailed plans in it. It is all worth reading AND I have, in this post, highlighted an instance of content that could pose challenges and certainly posits success of strategies that haven’t worked before. I would love to hear what readers’ see that’s interesting and should be lifted up as something to check for in other implementation plans. I will also shortly be adding a static page to the substack site where implementation plan documents will live. I will put the url into this footnote and it will also be there on emilybass.substack.com by the end of the week. Uganda Implementation Narrative Section 4 April 22 2026 Draft 1.51MB ∙ PDF file Download Download 2 User fees are costs charged for visits, labs, medicines or other health services, usually at the time they are provided. Community health insurance, or community-based health insurance, is what the World Health Organization calls “micro insurance,” which is health insurance targeted at low-income people. 3 As usual (by which I mean always), please prove me wrong. 4 https://smartnewsliberia.com/liberias-ministry-of-health-announces-2025-hospital-service-fees-for-public-facilities/?utm 5 https://moh.gov.lr/news/2025/grand-cape-mount-leaders-residents-embrace-new-community-pharmacy-program/?utm 6 https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/09/hiv-usaid-pepfar-africa-foreign-aid-cuts-mission-hospitals/?utm 7 https://gh.bmj.com/content/10/11/e021270 8 https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/community-based-health-insurance-CBHI 9 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2827475/ 10 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10861328/#b3-jpmph-23-110 11 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC527704/ 12 Same citation as the footnote 2 - the article is called “Learning from failed health care reform in Uganda.” To which I say: If only. If. Only. 13 There is a whole taxonomy of user fees to be aware of, if not commit to memory. Out of pocket costs are everything that someone pays for themselves. In this Stack, user fees are planned and policy-supported out of pocket costs. There are also out of pocket costs that people pay to buy drugs or receive tests or health care assessments that would be free if the drugs were on the shelves, or the machines or kits were available, or the staff were on site. A user fee is usually designed to be modest, pegged to willingness to pay, and may be waiveable at the point of care for anyone who is unable to do so. The costs for things that would otherwise be free are whatever the market will bear and people either have to pay them or go without. Out of pocket costs for services and stuff that aren’t available in public facilities are different again from bribes or unofficial fees that some health workers may impose, even though most are indefatigable, tireless and tired, and devoted to their clients. 14 For the record—which really is these footnotes—I would give a whole stack of fridge magnets for a systematic analysis of the economic and social impact of the Mass Unemployment Event in AFGHS countries among the very people who used to be able to afford and cover user fees, both for themselves and vast family networks. Locally employed USAID technical staff, house cleaners, caregivers, drivers and technicians were financial anchors for cousins, friends, friends’ children, friends’ childrens’ cousins, teachers, pastors, neighbors and so many other kinds of kin. Aid recipients lost direct funding; many other people who had not been aid recipients, but parts of the elaborate care webs that function as safety nets for so many people, lost crucial support too. And that’s even before we get to the people who worked at the hotels and restaurants and bars where people employed by the US and its implementing partners used to spend disposable income. Those businesses have lost revenue; those folks have lost jobs. It will be some time coming—and someone will have to fund this work—but I do hope it happens. And I hope, as usual, to be proven wrong. 15 https://eprcug.org/blog/how-out-of-pocket-healthcare-costs-keep-driving-ugandans-into-poverty/ 16 Another straight-to-the-point journal article title. Households experiencing catastrophic costs due to tuberculosis in Uganda: magnitude and cost drivers. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32938411 17 https://www.cehurd.org/download/technical-policy-brief-on-community-health-insurance-scheme/?wpdmdl=13661&refresh=6ae9122f5d4ed1793659439 18 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10125197/ 19 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10861328/#b3-jpmph-23-110 20 https://ugandapost.news/uganda-to-make-health-insurance-mandatory-by-2026/ 21 https://shu.org.ug/download/235 22 With a nod, tip of the stack hat, and wag of the Mercoon tail to a deeply valued reader who told me that I have a tendency to speculate about the worst-case scenarios a little too much of the time. 23 https://news.mak.ac.ug/2026/10/uphia-2025-shows-ugandas-hiv-status-awareness-gap-despite-strong-treatment-outcomes/ As you’ll see in the next footnote, I’ve already written a subSubstack on another topic, so I will be brief with regard to the study referenced in this article. The Uganda Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment, or UPHIA, will never happen in this way again. For more than a decade, PHIAs have been supported by the US government as a way to generate accurate estimates of country progress on key HIV indicators. They are a holdover from the PEPFAR program that was laser focused on ensuring US taxpayer dollars subsidized progress in pandemic control. There may be other population-level surveys and the data may even be publicly released, as the entire set of FY2026 MER data have not. But PHIAs will never happen again. If you’re wondering whether the estimates of HIV progress at country level might get less reliable….you’re not alone. 24 Ooh baby, I hate “we” in almost all forms. But sometimes I go there, when I am looking for company, which I am. Because this Stack moves into the somewhat-uncharted territory of assessing what the implementation plan narratives may suggest about co-signatory countries’ roles and responsibilities to the people living within their borders. The MoUs, specimen and data sharing agreements were templates. Countries’ answers fit into pre-specified questions that did not include, “how are you going to fill financing gaps and stabilize your health system as this plan unfolds?” In contrast, the implementation narratives are open form—the product of co-creation between the two governments. Co-creation can mean lots of things, but nothing leads me to believe that implementation plans are ghost-written by the US government, or that contents were imposed by the US counterparts. Instead, I think the parts of the plans that read like country government initiatives are endorsed, if not initiated by, those governments. For instance, the Ugandan implementation plan narrative describes plans for revenue-generation through fees charged for equipment calibration, repair and maintenance provided through Uganda’s National Equipment Calibration Laboratory, and laboratory accreditation through the Uganda National Accreditation Service (UGANAS), targeting private sector, PNFP, research and academic clients. That’s super specific and also quite ambitious. It doesn’t read like an American idea. There’s also a provision for solar panels, and other stuff that feels country owned and driven. This is where it gets interesting. If co-creation is the case, then both the US and co-signatory governments are accountable for the contents and the outcomes. Most discourse about AFGHS to date has focused on the decisions that America has made, or demanded that other countries make. The AFGHS architects have monopolized the hot seat. As they should, in so many ways. America absolutely created the conditions under which countries needed to come up with health financing strategies to fill unanticipated, catastrophic funding gaps. And with not-too-long a lens, we can look back and see that America is also on the hook for its role in the Bretton Woods institutions that made user fees and health system fiscal austerity conditions of loans during the era of structural adjustment. But in the here and now, it is not at all clear to me that the US is requiring Uganda or any other country to implement specific approaches to sustainable financing. Instead, it is as the authors of that paper up in footnote 6 suggest: African governments have agency. As implementation plans roll out—whether or not the narratives are shared—it will be important to understand what this agency looks like and what it means for people, including the poorest of the poor. And it will be important to figure out how to talk about it safely, respectfully and critically in places other than the literal and metaphorical footnotes. 25 This week’s song is “Once upon a time” by the Moody Blues. (I know, this is gonna be a weird, largely banger-free end of 2026 playlist. HMU with requests.) AND please do watch the video and appreciate the truly amazing opening sequence—a drum kit wasteland, a coupla plastic bags, a bit of sand. Sort of like the hill where fiscal austerity policies that put costs on health care users might go to perish. But then there’s a lady with amazing hair. It’s worth it.

Nov 3 • 11:57 PM EST • Health • emilysbass.substack.com

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Nov 1 • 11:55 PM EST • Entertainment • yahoo.com

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The couple’s “low-key” ceremony was held at their 92-acre New Jersey estate on Sunday.

Nov 1 • 10:02 PM EST • Entertainment • yahoo.com

Andrew Shue marries Marilee Fiebig, weeks after their exes Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes tied the knot

Andrew Shue and Marilee Fiebig tied the knot in a ‘low-key ceremony’ at their 92-acre New Jersey estate on Sunday, weeks after their respective exes, Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes, got married in Arkansas.

Nov 1 • 10:02 PM EST • Entertainment • ew.com

Photos show elaborate preparations for Thailand’s Royal Barges Procession

BANGKOK (AP) — More than 2,000 oarsmen have spent months preparing for a centuries-old Thai royal tradition that will fill Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River with a fleet of intricately decorated

Nov 1 • 8:44 PM EST • Entertainment • tdtnews.com

Bills QB Josh Allen’s Wife Hailee Steinfeld’s Career News Turns Heads

Bills quarterback Josh Allen's wife, Hailee Steinfeld, is returning to set for a movie with a brand new production start date. The post Bills QB Josh Allen’s Wife Hailee Steinfeld’s Career News Turns ...

Nov 1 • 3:54 PM EST • Entertainment • yahoo.com

Charles Lee Admits Hornets Can’t Guard Tyrese Maxey

Charles Lee owns the Hornets' loss to the 76ers. The coach admits his team failed to stop Maxey's dynamic scoring in a tight game.

Nov 1 • 3:39 PM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Havertz says winning goal ‘belongs to’ Declan Rice for assist

Kai Havertz credited Declan Rice for his match-winning goal after the England midfielder’s assist helped Arsenal beat Liverpool 1-0 to seal their first Premier League win at Anfield in 14 years. Havertz turned home Rice’s low cross for the only goal in the 16th minute and Mikel Arteta’s side then defended resolutely to bounce back from their shock midweek League Cup defeat at Fleetwood and move three points clear at the top of the table.

Nov 1 • 2:48 PM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Box Office: ‘You Can See Everything,’ 'Clayface' lead sleepy Halloween weekend

The North American box office took a bit of a hit this weekend with the Halloween holiday drawing audiences away from theaters on Saturday. Ticket sales were led by the

Nov 1 • 1:36 PM EST • Entertainment • indianagazette.com

Box Office: ‘You Can See Everything,’ ‘Clayface’ lead sleepy Halloween weekend

The North American box office faced a slump this weekend as Halloween festivities drew people away from theaters.

Nov 1 • 12:30 PM EST • Entertainment • seattletimes.com

Box Office: ‘You Can See Everything,’ 'Clayface' lead sleepy Halloween weekend

The North American box office faced a slump this weekend as Halloween festivities drew people away from theaters | KNX News 1070 AM

Nov 1 • 12:29 PM EST • Entertainment • audacy.com

Box Office: ‘You Can See Everything,’ 'Clayface' lead sleepy Halloween weekend

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Nov 1 • 12:29 PM EST • Entertainment • audacy.com

Box Office: ‘You Can See Everything,’ 'Clayface' lead sleepy Halloween weekend

The North American box office faced a slump this weekend as Halloween festivities drew people away from theaters.

Nov 1 • 12:29 PM EST • Entertainment • clickorlando.com

Box Office: ‘You Can See Everything,’ 'Clayface' lead sleepy Halloween weekend

The North American box office faced a slump this weekend as Halloween festivities drew people away from theaters.

Nov 1 • 12:29 PM EST • Entertainment • ksat.com

Box Office: ‘You Can See Everything,’ 'Clayface' lead sleepy Halloween weekend

The North American box office faced a slump this weekend as Halloween festivities drew people away from theaters.

Nov 1 • 12:29 PM EST • Entertainment • news4jax.com

‘You Can See Everything,’ 'Clayface' lead sleepy Halloween weekend

The North American box office faced a slump this weekend as Halloween festivities drew people away from theaters

Nov 1 • 12:29 PM EST • Entertainment • abcnews.com

Time change: How extra rest impacts your health

The clocks fell back Sunday, returning us to Standard time. While it gives us brighter mornings and an extra hour of sleep, experts say that long-term health depends on what you do every night, not just once a year. Dr. Saroja Sripathi, the sleep lab director at Kaiser Permanente San Jose, joined us on "Mornings on 2" for insight.

Nov 1 • 11:25 AM EST • Health • ktvu.com

TAAG Angola enhances passenger experience with new AirFi inflight entertainment solution

TAAG Angola Airlines is partnering with AirFi to introduce portable streaming inflight entertainment across its diverse fleet.

Nov 1 • 10:26 AM EST • Entertainment • futuretravelexperience.com

Why 2026 Is a Health Care Election

_Ypsilanti, Michigan_THE MIDTERM ELECTION IS ABOUT a lot of things: gas prices and groceries, the spread of corruption, and the future of democracy. And yet, as much as any single issue, it’s about health care. You can tell by listening to all the Democrats talking about high deductibles, drug costs, and insurance companies as they campaign around the country. Or you can tell by reading all the public-opinion surveys in which voters consistently rank health care as one of their top concerns. But if you really want to know why this is a health care election, your best source isn’t the politicians or the pollsters. It’s the people on the front lines. One of them is Raymond Rion, a family medicine physician and executive director of Packard Health, a small network of clinics spanning Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti on the western outskirts of the Detroit metro area. Packard is what’s known as a Federally Qualified Health Center, where anybody can get care regardless of income or insurance status. And like similar safety-net providers all over America, for the past decade it has benefited directly from the Affordable Care Act. “We almost went bankrupt in 2011,” Rion told me in a conversation last week, recalling how in the old days staff at Packard would work the phones furiously to get supplies and find specialists who would take referrals. Now many more patients have either Medicaid or private coverage they’ve purchased through HealthCare.gov, the online marketplace that the law created, so that the proportion of uninsured patients has fallen from around one in three to one in ten. It’s a lot easier to find referrals for these insured patients, though thanks to the infusion of paying customers Packard can do much more on its own. In particular, Rion said, the organization has opened two new branches, started a pharmacy, begun offering prenatal services, and vastly expanded behavioral health care by bringing on a half-dozen new doctors, nurses, and case workers. Now a retrenchment is underway. Coverage options on the HealthCare.gov marketplace got more expensive because Donald Trump and the Republicans refused to renew temporary subsidies that had been reducing the price of insurance. On top of that, the first cuts to Medicaid as part of last year’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” are starting to take effect. Rion told me Packard has already laid off a provider in anticipation of less revenue next year.1 Patient volume is down, he went on to explain, in part because uninsured patients sometimes avoid care altogether out of fear a single visit will lead to more treatments with more bills. And postponing care in that way can have serious medical consequences, as his colleague Ron Romero told me. “So you have somebody with diabetes, their chronic condition isn’t getting cared for,” said Romero, who like Rion is a family physician. “Their sugars rise, and they end up having other medical problems. Their kidneys start to get damaged. They start to have eye damage. They increase risk for heart attacks and strokes. . . . They end up in the emergency room.” And things are likely to get worse. Partly that’s because next year most of the remaining Medicaid cuts will take full effect, throwing more people off coverage. And partly it’s because forces that have nothing to do with Trump or Republican actions are making medical care more expensive for everyone, including those with employer insurance and Medicare. That will lead to still more people delaying or skipping care, ending up in the emergency rooms, and putting yet more cost pressure on providers. Rion wasn’t taking a position on the election or political parties, he made clear. He was just describing the reality he sees around him: “The whole system is being pressured. Nobody is immune to this stuff.” He’s right. And here’s the thing: This has all happened before. We know happens next.

Nov 1 • 10:06 AM EST • Health • thebulwark.com

Jane Leeves recalls how David Hyde Pierce rallied “Frasier” team after losing series co-creator David Angell on 9/11

Leeves remembered David Angell, who died alongside his wife in the Twin Towers attacks, as a “remarkable man” who “quietly went about the business of bettering so many lives.”

Nov 1 • 9:15 AM EST • Entertainment • yahoo.com

Amanda Marie Green, Austin Rogers focus on economic challenges impacting CD 2 voters

Could the Panhandle contest be the sleeper race to watch in Florida this cycle?

Nov 1 • 6:50 AM EST • Politics • floridapolitics.com

African Scientists Expand Research into Neglected Women’s Health Issues

More than 200 million African women live with conditions such as heavy menstrual bleeding, fibroids and endometriosis. Researchers say better funding and support are needed to turn local ideas into practical health solutions By Lenah Bosibori Across Africa, millions of women live with severe menstrual pain, fibroids, endometriosis and pelvic floor disorders without timely diagnosis […]

Nov 1 • 4:44 AM EST • Science • africasciencenews.org

Health impact of Daylight Saving Time

Dr. Rohan Bhandari, a Cardiologist at St. David's Heart Hospital of Austin, discusses the health impact of Daylight Saving Time and the value of quality sleep.

Nov 1 • 1:17 AM EDT • Health • kxan.com

Lee Health Foundation Hires Kayla Reiter - Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report

Lee Health Foundation welcomes Kayla Reiter as marketing communication coordinator. In this role, Reiter supports the Foundation’s marketing and communication strategy by helping tell meaningful stories that connect donors to […]

Nov 1 • 1:01 AM EDT • Health • southfloridahospitalnews.com

Lee Health Announces Executive Leadership Promotions - Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report

Lee Health is proud to announce several executive leadership promotions that will help guide the health system as it continues to expand access to high-quality care across Southwest Florida. The […]

Nov 1 • 1:01 AM EDT • Health • southfloridahospitalnews.com

Rockets vs Thunder Injury Report Sengun Returns as VanVleet Sits

Houston’s offensive hub returns to anchor the paint against a depleted Oklahoma City frontcourt, but a short-handed backcourt forces the Rockets to shift their playmaking strategy.

Oct 31 • 6:15 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Jaguars pass-catcher named Week 8 fantasy football sleeper

One Jacksonville Jaguars pass-catcher was named a fantasy football sleeper in Week 8.

Oct 31 • 2:51 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

New Android SMS of Death exploit can remotely crash unpatched phones

A security researcher has released a proof-of-concept exploit for a recently patched Android vulnerability, dubbed "SMS of Death" and tracked as CVE-2026-58882, that lets attackers remotely disrupt cellular service or crash phones by sending a specially crafted text message.

Oct 31 • 11:35 AM EDT • Technology • bleepingcomputer.com

Data centers turn sleepy utility races into political battlegrounds

Democrats are using voter anger over rising power bills and data center growth to try and undercut Republican control of obscure but influential utility boards.

Oct 31 • 10:00 AM EDT • Politics • politico.com

Bournemouth vs Leeds United

Daniel Farke's men look to bounce back from their 0-0 draw against the Black Cats at the Stadium of Light last weekend, as they prepare to travel to the Southcoast to take on Marco Rose's in-form Cherries.

Oct 31 • 8:23 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Scientists Confirm "Spiders Do Sleep" For The First Time, Ancient Egypt’s First Female King Finally Recognized, And Much More This Week

All the biggest science news stories of the week.

Oct 31 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • iflscience.com

Leela Gray stumps to get out the vote as election day nears

Gray is running against incumbent Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna in Congressional District 13, which includes most of Pinellas County outside St. Petersburg.

Oct 31 • 7:30 AM EDT • Politics • wusf.org

How does daylight saving time impact your health?

Sleep is impacted, as well as metabolism, mental health and vascular health.

Oct 31 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • fox59.com

Florida education chief defends science plan

Education Commissioner Henry Mack pushed back Tuesday against criticism that Florida is de-emphasizing evolution in its new plan for teaching science, insisting the state is still covering a subject he agreed was a bedrock of biological science.“Evolutionary biology and the theory of evolution is in the standards,” Mack said. But several parents and teachers who attended an evening forum on the state’s proposed science standards criticized the proposal by the Florida Department of Education, which Mack runs, specifically the handling of evolutionary science.Joshua Garrett, a teacher in Orange County Public Schools, said the state’s proposed standards “danced around” evolution.State standards are benchmarks for what students should learn in their classes kindergarten through 12th grade, guiding what lessons are taught, what subjects are in state-approved textbooks and what concepts are tested on state exams.Florida’s current science standards call evolution a “big idea” and “the fundamental concept underlying all of biology.”The proposed ones barely mention evolution — a scientific theory explaining change in living species over time from natural selection that has been a cornerstone of biology for more than a century. The term “evolution,” in fact, is never defined in the new high school life sciences standards, though the concepts are sprinkled across several units.The education department has made revisions to its proposal, officials said, but it was not immediately clear at the Tuesday forum, held at Lake Buena Vista High School in southwest Orange County, what those changes were.Mack interjected during Garrett’s comments asking him where specifically he wanted the state to mention evolution more prominently. Then he said, “Consider it done.”Mack also asked Garrett to join the state’s faculty committee on the standards.The state released the new standards in September, and several experts quickly criticized them, saying they lacked depth and skirted around both evolution and climate change, important topics for Florida students to learn.The state has since hosted a “listening tour,” including a virtual forum and two other in-person meetings in Walton and Hillsborough counties. Tuesday’s meeting drew a small crowd of about 30 people, six of whom spoke.Mack described the state’s public forums as a chance for “myth busting” and to make clear Florida’s position.He wants to students to learn “above ideology,” he said, and added that evolution isn’t settled science. TNCMS.AdManager.render({region: 'fixed-big-ad-middle-asset', slot: 1, fold: "span"}); “I want to cultivate skeptics in the healthy sense of that term. As a result of these standards, students should not be walking away convinced of anything other than the rigor of the scientific method,” Mack said.The new standards would replace the current set, adopted after a monthslong, statewide fight over the inclusion of evolution as a required subject of study. Those who opposed the 2008 standards argued creationism, or the biblical story that God created all living things, should be taught alongside evolution.Thomas Simon, a Winter Park parent, compared Florida adopting the new standards to Nazi Germany ignoring the findings of Jewish scientists — which in part lost them World War II.“If this board could explicitly name communism in the history standards last year — because words matter — you must explicitly name the foundations of modern medicine, agriculture, and energy,” Simon said.Florida last year adopted new standards that require students learn about the “dangers and evil of communism.”Teri O’Connor, an elementary science teacher in Orange County, urged Mack to curtail the total number of standards, as they list more than 1,000 benchmarks teachers are to cover during their classes.“It’s only 180 days of school. That right there is an issue, especially if you want to dive in. If we need to teach the rigor of it and to critically think about each one, that’s difficult,” she said.Kathleen Murray, who spoke on behalf of the conservative political group Citizens Defending Freedom, said she was in “strong support” of the proposed standards. Science should teach children how to think, not what to think, she said.“When teaching the origins of life and the universe, the curriculum owes it to the Florida students to be honest about the limits of what scientific models can actually prove,” Murray said.State education officials said they’d received about 1,800 comments on the benchmarks, and they have updated them based on that criticism.With Tuesday the state’s final scheduled public forum, Mack said his biggest takeaway was that the standards needed to be more explicit about teaching students how to evaluate scientific studies and evidence and how to understand the scientific method.“We might have to do a better job of helping students question more as a result of these standards,” he said.In his original statement when the standards were announced in September, Mack wrote in a social media post that “science begins in wonder, not in ideology,” and “the classical tradition taught that nature is intelligible because it is ordered — that the book of creation can be read by reason.”Some read that to mean he was trying to interject religion into public school education. 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Oct 31 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • avpress.com

Why daylight saving time should be eliminated entirely

Here is why sleep experts, doctors and scientists endorse ending Daylight Saving Time

Oct 31 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com

Cleetus McFarland to run 2027 ARCA schedule with Richard Childress

Cleetus McFarland will drive the No. 33 car full-time for Richard Childress Racing during the 2027 ARCA Menards Series season.

Oct 31 • 3:24 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

I kept waking up at 3 a.m. until I discovered this free hidden iPhone feature — now I sleep through the night

This expert-backed sleep method helps me fall asleep fast and stop 3 a.m. wake-ups, and it's ready for you to try on your iPhone

Oct 31 • 1:00 AM EDT • Technology • tomsguide.com

Daylight saving time ends Sunday: How the time change can impact your mental health

As daylight saving time comes to an end early Sunday morning, standard time returns — bringing earlier sunsets, shorter days and an extra hour of sleep.

Oct 31 • 12:49 AM EDT • Health • hawaiinewsnow.com

Health insurance plan costs on Healthcare.gov to rise by double digits in 2027

Obamacare enrollees could see their health insurance premiums rise by double digits for a second year in a row, according to a report published Friday. Health research group KFF found the average c…

Oct 30 • 10:06 PM EDT • Health • thehill.com

Tuscarora High School students injured in faulty science experiment

Several students at Tuscarora High School in Leesburg were burned or cut during a faulty chemistry experiment on Oct. 21.

Oct 30 • 10:00 PM EDT • Science • loudountimes.com

The world mourns the passing of 'Star Trek's' Patrick Stewart with a galaxy of tearful tributes

"He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and, in my case, love."

Oct 30 • 7:26 PM EDT • Entertainment • space.com

Sleep expert explains the science behind the fall time change

When clocks fall back, we’ll gain an hour — but does that necessarily mean better sleep? Hannah Peach, a sleep health expert at UNC Charlotte, explains how the time change affects our internal body clocks and how shorter days can affect our well-being. She also explains why permanent standard time may be the healthier option, particularly for children and adolescents.

Oct 30 • 6:40 PM EDT • Science • newswise.com

Last-minute Halloween costumes for tech nerds

No Halloween costume? Just be a deceptively cute AI agent icon, a PHP vulnerability, or sleepy time Bryan Johnson.

Oct 30 • 5:26 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com

Tips for Michiganders on purchasing health insurance when open enrollment begins Nov. 1

The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services is encouraging ACA marketplace enrollees to get ready before the start of open enrollment.

Oct 30 • 4:36 PM EDT • Health • michiganindependent.com

2026-2027 Audree V. Fowler Fellows in Protein Science

Graduate students Lenka Milojević (Zhou group), Akshaya Narayanasamy (Lindert group), Sarah Singleton (Conway group), and Janet Zhong (Feigon group) have been selected as 2026–27 Fowler Fellows and shared their research at a special event on Oct. 13, 2026. 2026-27 Fowler Fellows – Sarah Singleton, Lenka Milojević, Janet Zhong, and Akshaya Narayanasamy. Akshaya Narayanasamy and Prof. Steffen Lindert. Sarah Singleton and Prof. Stuart Conway. Janet Zhong and Prof. Juli Feigon. About the 2026-27 Audree Fowler Fellows in Protein Science Lenka Milojević is a fifth-year Biophysics Ph.D. candidate in the lab of Professor Z. Hong Zhou at UCLA. As an undergraduate at Maastricht University, she studied the structural basis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence and amyloid-β fibril nucleation in the lab of Professor Peter Peters. She completed her bachelor’s thesis research at UCLA in the lab of Professor David Eisenberg, focusing on amyloid disaggregation, before beginning her doctoral studies. In the Zhou lab, Lenka uses cryo-electron tomography to visualize and characterize membrane-associated protein assemblies across a range of viral and cellular systems. Akshaya Narayanasamy is a fifth-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA, mentored by Professor Steffen Lindert. She earned her B.S.-M.S. in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, where she worked in Professor Mahesh Hariharan’s lab investigating how single-atom substitutions influence crystal packing and charge transport behavior. She received her M.S. in Physical Chemistry from The Ohio State University before moving with the Lindert lab to UCLA. At UCLA, Akshaya develops integrative modeling methods that combine deep learning and Rosetta with experimental data, such as ion mobility mass spectrometry and cryo-EM, to improve protein structure prediction. Her current work focuses on developing an experimentally guided diffusion model and designing de novo protein binders with potential antibacterial activity. Ultimately, she aims to bridge AI-based structure prediction and experimental data to make computational protein models more reliable for drug discovery and therapeutic design. Sarah Singleton is a 4th year BMSB student, working in Professor Stuart Conway’s lab. She earned her B.S. in Biochemistry at Simmon University (Fenway, MA). Her research is centered on drugging the previously undruggable class of proteins—transcription factors. Zinc finger (ZF)-containing transcription factor proteins typically contain multiple ZF motifs, but little is known about the principles that govern the recognition of multi-ZF arrays by immunomodulatory imide drugs (IMiDs). In a multi-ZF array that contains several potentially targetable ZFs, which will be accessible and why? How does the surrounding protein architecture inform IMiD recognition? Sarah’s research aims to utilize her findings on the fundamental principles of ZF recognition to design IMiD therapeutics for transcription factors involved in health and disease. Janet Zhong is a fourth-year BMSB student, working in Professor Juli Feigon’s laboratory. She received her BSc and MRes from Imperial College London. At UCLA, Janet combines cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and biochemical approaches to investigate how proteins and RNAs assemble into ribonucleoprotein structures. Her research focuses on telomerase, the enzyme that maintains chromosome ends, with interests in its structure, assembly, and mechanisms. She has also worked on capturing the cryo-EM structure of a small bacterial non-coding RNA called raiA motif RNA. About Dr. Audree Fowler A strong supporter of the basic sciences and medicine at UCLA, alumna Dr. Audree Fowler (B.S. ’56 chemistry, Ph.D. ’63 biochemistry) established the Audree V. Fowler Fellows in Protein Science in 2008. Fowler was Director UCLA Protein Microsequencing Facility from 1984-1999 and is a Researcher Emeritus of the UCLA Department of Biological Chemistry. She is one of the first four women to receive a Ph.D. from the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. In 2018, the women were awarded the department’s 2018 Alumni Legacy Awards in recognition of their achievements in life, and generous support and service to UCLA. “The sciences gave me a great life. Now I want to help others have access to the same opportunities I enjoyed,” Fowler explained when she established the Fowler Fellowships endowment. Applications for the fellowships are solicited from graduate students in the Molecular Biology Interdepartmental (MBI) Ph.D. Program, Biological Chemistry, and Chemistry & Biochemistry Departments. In addition to presenting their research at a special seminar, the recipients each receive a $5,000 award. Previous Fowler Fellows from the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry 2025-26 – Nikki Cheung (Clubb Group), Jonathan Jih (Zhou Group), Eileen Olivares (Loo Group), and Lily Taylor (Rodriguez Group) 2024-25 – Andrew Goring (Clubb lab), Eric Pang (S. Clarke and Rodriguez labs), and Miranda Villanueva (Backus lab) 2023-24 – Alexandra Turmon (Backus lab), Cindy Wang (S. Clarke and C. Clarke labs) 2022-23 – Cody Gillman (Gonen lab), Declan Evans (Houk lab), Troy Lowe (S. Clarke lab), Ashley Julio (Backus lab), and Alex Stevens (Hong Zhou lab) 2021-22 – Weixian Deng (Wohlschlegel/Plath labs), Yi Xiao “Sean” Jiang (Eisenberg lab), Maria Flores (Rodriguez lab), Carter Lantz (Loo lab), and Logan Richards (Rodriguez lab). 2020-21 – Janine Fu (Loo lab), Calina Glynn (Rodriguez lab), and Jiahui Lu (Eisenberg lab) 2019-20 – David Boyer (Eisenberg lab), Orlando Martinez (Clubb lab) and John Muroski (Loo lab) 2018-19 – Scott McConnell (Clubb lab), Kevin Murray (Eisenberg lab), Rebeccah Warmack (S. Clarke lab) 2017-18 – Michael Hughes (Eisenberg lab), Yuxi Liu (Yeates lab), Kanishk Jain (S. Clarke lab) 2016-17 – Brendan Amer (Clubb Lab) and Jeff Vinokur (Bowie Lab) 2015-16 – Henry Chan (Feigon lab), Smriti Sangwan (Eisenberg lab), Nicholas Woodall (Bowie lab) 2014-15 – Dan McNamara (Yeates lab) 2013-14 – Alex Jacobitz (Clubb lab), Alexander Patananan (S. Clarke lab), Carly Ferguson (Loo lab) 2012-13 – Letian Xie (C. Clarke lab), Anni Zhao (Eisenberg lab) 2011-12 – Timothy Anderson (Clubb lab), Soohong Kim (Weiss lab) 2010-11 – Zeynep Durer (Reiser lab), Cecilia Zurita-Lopez (S. Clarke lab) 2009-10 – Luki Goldschmidt (Eisenberg lab), Kristofer Webb (S. Clarke lab), Sheng Yin (Loo lab) 2008-09 – Nathan Joh (Bowie lab), Neil King (Yeates lab) Photos courtesy of Helen Houldsworth, the Molecular Biology Institute.

Oct 30 • 3:01 PM EDT • Science • chemistry.ucla.edu

9 Things to Watch for the 2027 ACA Open Enrollment Period

The ACA Marketplace Open Enrollment season begins November 1, bringing higher out-of-pocket premium payments, new eligibility requirements for certain groups, and state efforts to offset premium increases following the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits. Read our analysis of what these and other changes could mean for enrollees.

Oct 30 • 2:51 PM EDT • Health • kff.org

Ethics Week Lecture to explore AI, student mental health and human connection

Hee Yun Lee will weigh the benefits, risks and ethical questions of college students turning to chatbots for help.

Oct 30 • 2:18 PM EDT • Health • news.uga.edu

ALE Investigating Business Located at State House Candidate's Property

Officials received a complaint about a video gambling business located at GOP candidate Charles Taylor’s Lee County rental property.

Oct 30 • 2:05 PM EDT • Business • theassemblync.com

SMU's Rhett Lashlee Ready For Overdue Road Test vs. Syracuse

The Mustangs haven't been on the road in weeks, and now they will tackle Syracuse in what will be a tough outing on Saturday.

Oct 30 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

BREAKING: Sutter Health Abandons Plans for Emeryville Hospital

Sutter Health announced that it has abandoned plans for its Emeryville Hospital and will seek a new location in the East Bay.

Oct 30 • 12:25 PM EDT • Health • evilleeye.com

Michigan Teachers Head Back to School for Science of Reading Training

In 2010, Karlee Little attended Central Michigan University to learn how to teach elementary school. Now a veteran teacher, she’s back in the classroom as a student. Little, like so many Michigan teac...

Oct 30 • 10:30 AM EDT • Science • yahoo.com

Young students give new teachers infections; the daylight saving time debate; circadian depression; plus other stories with Vanderbilt Health sources

William Schaffner, MD, Professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted by several news outlets about public health issues, including: Axios Nashville (flu season beginning early); Prevention (how long does norovirus last?); Education Week (how young students make new teachers sick). AAMC News posted a story about the debate about whether to eliminate the twice-yearly time change, and, if so, whether to permanently stay on standard or daylight time. Beth Malow, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Sleep Center, is quoted in the piece. A Men’s Health story on circadian depression, a type of depression caused by an out-of-synch internal clock in the brain, quotes Aaron Brinen, PsyD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Michael Lester, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, was quoted in a Medscape story about treating chronic bronchitis with bronchial rheoplasty. Shravani Durbhakula, MD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, was quoted in a CNN piece about the drug cychlorphine. Art Dalley, PhD, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, emeritus, was quoted in a story in The Guardian about anatomical donation. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society quoted Subramaniam Sriram, MBBS, Professor of Neurology and Director of the Vanderbilt Multiple Sclerosis Center, in a story on its website about the differences in brain and spinal cord lesions in MS. (Note: some links may require registration or subscription)

Oct 30 • 10:20 AM EDT • Health • news.vumc.org

Man Utd dealt transfer blow as Leeds star makes decision

Man Utd have already been denied in their pursuit of Leeds United striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin, it would appear. The Red Devils were linked with the England international on Thursday, with The Athlet...

Oct 30 • 8:17 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

November sports watch guide: College basketball returns, NWSL Championship, ‘Madden’ movie

In surveying the sports month ahead, we did our best to cover the major events and promote some sleepers.

Oct 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com

Information for supporters travelling to the Vitality Stadium

Leeds United travel to the Vitality Stadium to face AFC Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday, and we would like to thank every fan making the journey to support the team.Please see below some...

Oct 30 • 7:03 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Lancaster County public sales recorded: Oct. 30, 2026

Intel Auctions, of Narvon, conducted a public auction of real estate Oct. 14 for Mervin Lee and Ruthanna Glick at 275 Rakers Lane, Dorsife. A 67-acre farm sold for $1,050,000

Oct 30 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • lancasteronline.com

Celebrity News: Tootsie Rolls, SCTV Documentary and The Only Pickpocket

Explore the Jewish history of Tootsie Rolls, Netflix's new SCTV documentary and Noah Segan's latest film starring John Turturro and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Oct 30 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • thejewishnews.com

She Gave Dates 30 Minutes. This One Clicked in the 27th.

Erin Lee Carr, the daughter of the former Times reporter David Carr, “can’t do small talk” — and didn’t on her first date with Michelle Bruton.

Oct 30 • 12:00 AM EDT • Technology • nytimes.com

Neil Garg named recipient of the 2026 Science and Education Pioneer Award

Distinguished Professor Neil Garg has been named the recipient of the UCLA College, Division of Physical Sciences’ 2026 Science and Education Pioneer Award for his contributions to science and education. He will be honored at Exploring Your Universe, UCLA’s free science festival, on Sunday, Nov. 8, in the Court of Sciences. The ceremony and Garg’s remarks will take place at noon in Young Hall CS50, and will be livestreamed here. He will also give a family-friendly lecture, “Organic Chemistry in the Movies”, at 3 pm in Young Hall CS76. The Pioneer Award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to science and inspired public engagement with science education, particularly among young people. Previous award recipients include astronaut and UCLA alumna Dr. Anna Lee Fisher (2017), mathematician and UCLA alumna Danica McKellar (2018), actress, author and neuroscientist Dr. Mayim Bialik (2019), Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Andrea Ghez (2020) and UCLA mathematics professor and Fields Medalist Terence Tao (2025). Garg is the Distinguished Kenneth N. Trueblood Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA. He received his B.S. from New York University and Ph.D. from Caltech, and completed postdoctoral studies at UC Irvine before joining the UCLA faculty in 2007. Garg is an internationally recognized organic chemist whose research focuses on developing new chemical reactions, often challenging long-standing rules in chemistry. He has published more than 200 scientific papers. Beyond his research accomplishments and award-winning classroom teaching, Garg is passionate about making chemistry accessible and engaging for students and the broader public. He has developed innovative websites, apps, and games used in more than 175 countries, authored The Organic Coloring Book series, and created outreach programs that introduce children to chemistry, including his popular Chem Kids camp. His honors include the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Horizon Prizes for both research and education, the Cherry Award for Great Teaching, the California Professor of the Year Award, and the AAAS Mani L. Bhaumik Award for Public Engagement with Science. In 2026, he received the Royal Society of Chemistry’s prestigious Centenary Prize.

Oct 29 • 8:12 PM EDT • Science • chemistry.ucla.edu

Scientists May Have Found a 7th Type of Depression

A new study suggests that disrupted sleep and daily rhythms may help drive depression in some people, raising questions about whether treatments targeting the body's internal clock could help.

Oct 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • nationalgeographic.com

Daylight saving time is ending: Doctor breaks down 6 ways to protect your sleep and health

Turning the clocks back disrupts sleep and mood. Dr. John La Puma shares six tips, from schedule shifts to chamomile tea and limiting screen time.

Oct 29 • 7:38 PM EDT • Health • foxnews.com

Glen Carbon business has been capturing time for 20 years

By Kathy Turner • Time. Sometimes it seems to pass quickly. Sometimes it seems to drag. If we think back to how quickly our children grew up, it can often seem fleeting. But if we’re waiting for our garden vegetables to reach maturity, it can be an eternity. There is a small business in Glen…

Oct 29 • 7:00 PM EDT • Business • timestribunenews.com

NC House candidate sues political group, saying it made false claims about him

North Carolina House candidate Charles Taylor is suing the Sandhills Citizens Alliance over campaign mailers. He alleges the political group made false claims about his involvement with a purported gambling operation in Lee County.

Oct 29 • 6:52 PM EDT • Politics • wral.com

Why do we see ghosts? The science behind spooky encounters

Why do people see ghosts? Wake Forest associate teaching professor of psychology Melissa Maffeo says our brains like to make sense of things we can’t easily explain. She shares the science behind ghost sightings, from strange sounds to sleep paralysis.

Oct 29 • 6:20 PM EDT • Science • newswise.com

Gov. Bill Lee

Great to join business leaders and students for Lipscomb University’s annual Business Breakfast. Tennessee remains one of the best places in the nation to do business and we are grateful for the...

Oct 29 • 4:48 PM EDT • Business • facebook.com