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New York sues Kalshi, alleging platform is illegal gambling operation

James said prediction markets like Kalshi are gambling platforms that put New Yorkers at risk.

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Jul 31 • 7:27 AM EDT • Politics • ny1.com
It’s getting more dangerous for kids to play summer sports » Yale Climate Connections

As the climate warms, young athletes face growing risks of heat illness – especially in communities without air-conditioned practice spaces.

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Jul 31 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • yaleclimateconnections.org
Is Your Young Athlete Eating Enough? The Hidden Risks of Under-Fueling

Learn the signs of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S), why young athletes are at risk, and when to seek care from URochester Medicine experts.

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Jul 31 • 6:15 AM EDT • Health • urmc.rochester.edu
How children talk can indicate risk for future mental health problems

Linguistic models that analyzed the words children used when talking about stressful events were better at predicting future mental health problems than a panel of human experts.

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Jul 31 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • medicalxpress.com
A cautionary tale for radiologists reporting on rib fractures

The fatal case report highlights the risk of delayed aortic rupture following posterior rib fractures—something radiologists and other providers need to be aware of, experts warn.

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Jul 31 • 2:06 AM EDT • Business • radiologybusiness.com
Teen hackers tell BBC how police are helping them use their skills for good

Cyber Prevent is targeting predominantly boys and young men at risk of being drawn to cyber criminality.

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Jul 30 • 8:42 PM EDT • Technology • bbc.com
A life-course map of health risks associated with exposure to second-hand smoke

Nature Human Behaviour - We synthesized evidence from 111 meta-analyses to map the comprehensive health risks that are associated with second-hand smoke exposure (SHSE) throughout the life course....

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Jul 30 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • nature.com
Robotic vacuums swept up in new US crackdown over national security risks

Some Roomba-style robotic vacuums are now covered under expanded FCC security restrictions targeting advanced foreign-made robotics tied to national security concerns.

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Jul 30 • 5:01 PM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
Galaxy S27 Release Date: Samsung Plans Huge Battery Life Upgrade

Samsung is bringing silicon-carbon batteries to the Galaxy S27 series, with huge increases. Here's what that means and the risk Samsung is taking.

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Jul 30 • 3:56 PM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
Small businesses squeezed by Trump's tariffs turn to risky cash advances

Trump’s tariffs are squeezing some small businesses, and a Fed survey shows more firms applying for merchant cash advances despite steep costs.

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Jul 30 • 3:54 PM EDT • Business • cnbc.com
Cleerly and Allelica launch a new tool for assessing genetic risk in heart patients

The new test is designed to be used on its own or in tandem with Cleerly’s AI-powered CCTA evaluations.

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Jul 30 • 3:20 PM EDT • Business • cardiovascularbusiness.com
The next victim of Trump’s political prosecutions? Congressional oversight.

Anthony Fauci didn't want to give his enemies ammunition, but his freedom isn't the only thing at risk.

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Jul 30 • 2:42 PM EDT • Politics • motherjones.com
Why Trump is Afraid of International Law

The administration sees a risk that “woke” institutions will go after its officials once the president is out of office.

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Jul 30 • 12:00 PM EDT • Politics • politico.com
Shark meat offers lean protein, but experts warn mercury poses serious health risks

Food safety experts outline the benefits and risks of eating shark, advising vulnerable groups to avoid it altogether while encouraging healthier seafood alternatives for routine meals.

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Jul 30 • 10:10 AM EDT • Health • foxnews.com
Coffee and heart health: What experts say about its potential benefits, risks

Orlando Health cardiologist Dr. Sandip Patel discusses the American Heart Association's findings on coffee and heart health, along with updated cholesterol guidelines.

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Jul 30 • 9:34 AM EDT • Health • wesh.com
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Inforcer raises $50M to help prepare smaller businesses for a new world of AI and security risks

London-based Inforcer just closed a $50 million Series C round led by Insight Partners.

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Jul 30 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • techcrunch.com
Health alert issued for Red's frozen steak burritos due to allergen risk

The products were shipped to Costco distribution locations in Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota.

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Jul 30 • 8:59 AM EDT • Health • fox2detroit.com
Flawed studies linking hormone therapy to breast cancer made doctors reluctant to prescribe it for menopause relief – especially for breast cancer survivors

Menopausal hormone therapy no longer has the highest-level warning label about the risk of breast cancer, opening a gray area on who would benefit most from treatment.

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Jul 30 • 8:07 AM EDT • Health • theconversation.com
The US ‘golden age’ science strategy: what Europeans need to know

The US has unveiled what officials claim is the most radical overhaul of the public R&D system in a generation, which if implemented could have significant implications for transatlantic research collaboration. Science: A New Golden Age derides universities as “legacy institutions” and instead wants to prioritise funding on technological challenges, new research labs and funding that follows individual scientists, rather than being linked to their institutions. “Too much of our research enterprise has come to serve itself rather than the scientists within it,” writes Michael Kratsios, director of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the only named author of the report. “Federal funding agencies should support a broader range of performers.” But some critics argue that the strategy is a smokescreen, using genuine problems in academia as an excuse to further weaken US universities, which US vice-president JD Vance has labelled “the enemy..”Even as it talks of a “golden age” for science, the White House has proposed halving the 2027 budget of the US National Science Foundation (NSF), and has put forward double-digit cuts for other funding bodies, such as the National Institutes for Health. It asked for similarly steep savings in 2026, but Congress stopped them going through. Science: A New Golden Age says success will be measured by the extent to which scientists are “free” to pursue the most “vital questions,,” painting academia as currently hidebound by bureaucracy, sluggishness and consensual conservatism. And yet the Trump administration is simultaneously planning new rules that will hand political appointees unprecedented powers to screen and cancel grants. The report has pretentions to be the successor to Science: The Endless Frontier, the seminal 1945 document in which presidential science advisor Vannevar Bush set out the case for post-war government funding of basic research, helping to spur the creation of funders such as the NSF. Even the title page font is the same. But it remains unclear if the latest report will leave anything like as lasting a legacy.Here, Science|Business explains some of the biggest proposed changes in Science: A New Golden Age, and how Europeans think it might change the landscape of their biggest science partner.Universities under fireA key target of the report are US universities, which it repeatedly suggests are outmoded as research institutions. It criticises the NSF for channelling resources “overwhelmingly to a single type of performer, the university-based, principal investigator-led research group..” Universities “extract” money from researchers’ grants to support “growing administrative bloat,” alongside legitimate uses. The Trump administration has been trying to cut the overhead costs in federal research grants that flow to universities. Instead, new institutions are being built. In May, the NSF announced it would spend $1.5 billion on two new so-called X-Labs, focused on scientific instrumentation and quantum systems. The idea is that they fill a niche in the landscape, tackling problems that are too big for a university lab, but too early stage for private start-up funding. Parallel with Europe?This shift to new research organisations parallels moves in Europe to set up new innovation agencies, such as Germany’s Sprind, the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency, and the EU’s European Innovation Council. The Dutch and French governments are looking to set up their own entities too. There’s now an emerging consensus, evident in a number of new strategies, that public R&D needs to be shaken up, Charles McIvor, an economist at the OECD, has written in response to Kratsios’s plans. “What stands out for me across these strategies [in the US, Germany, South Korea and Japan] is that governments are realising that the old ways of delivering STI [science, technology and innovation] programming no longer works,” he said in a LinkedIn post. Metascience wins?The document is, at least on the face of it, also a big win for some policy thinkers in the US who want far more experimentation with new forms of research grant and institution.It name-checks a litany of new public R&D ideas, from focused research organisations and advance market commitments to “golden tickets,” which allow grant reviewers the power to hand applicants money without requiring the consensus of other review panellists.Related articlesEuropean researchers sound the alarm that Trump rule changes will hit cooperationFocused research organisations: what are they, and how do you set them up? NIH turmoil risks reciprocal EU-US access to health research funding In addition, every federal research funding agency should set up a metascience unit, the strategy says, “with authority to run controlled experiments on review and funding mechanisms.” The UK has already set one up, the strategy points out. This mirrors recommendations to the European Commission. In 2024, a report led by former Portuguese science minister Manuel Heitor also advised the EU to set up an “experimental unit” to test out new methods of funding research. So far, however, Brussels hasn’t put forward any plans to do so. Bypass universitiesBut there’s a worry that the Trump administration is using the metascience movement to justify an overhaul of public R&D that punishes universities, which it sees as centres of political resistance. Last year, it threatened to cut Harvard University’s federal funding unless it hired and admitted a “critical mass” of new faculty and students to create “viewpoint diversity” across campus. It’s also attempted to strip academics of funding for working on politically forbidden areas, like LGBTIQ people’s health.The new strategy appears to be a “move to bypass the power of universities full stop and allow funders and political bureaucracies to handpick the projects and people who will execute them,” said Jean-Claude Burgelman, a former senior official in the Commission’s research directorate, on LinkedIn.The EU’s science counsellor in Washington, Florent Bernard, wrote that the plans risk diverting public research funding so that it “solely serves private interests.” “Who, if not independent universities, will do research that demonstrates the impact of tobacco on lung cancer or the role of human activities in our current climate crisis?” he wrote.Should we take it seriously?“I would view the overall document as a bad faith argument,” said Cole Donovan, director of science policy at the campaigning group Stand Up for Science, and a former OSTP official. “I don’t see the project itself as something that can be isolated from the broader attack on the system.” He thinks the argument that academia has become dysfunctional and in need of radical reform is being deployed as part of a “PR argument” to legitimate moves against US scientists. The strategy presents ideas like metascience units as new, whereas there were moves to set them up at the NSF during the previous administration of Joe Biden, Donovan said. The other caveat here is that the OSTP has limited power to carry out any of these recommendations. While Kratsios has issued a memo to research agencies telling them to implement the recommendations in the report, he doesn’t have direct budgetary control. “As a former OSTPer myself, this does not seem like a document that is realistic,” said Donovan.

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Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
After Hobbes vs Rousseau: Politics must move beyond human nature

Since the great debate between Hobbes and Rousseau, our political theory has been organised around a single question: is human nature essentially good or essentially corrupt? Graham Harman, the philosopher behind object-oriented ontology, argues that this is simply the wrong question to be asking. The real forces governing our collective fate - climate change, artificial intelligence, geography, and pandemics - are non-human; therefore, questions about human nature are not the central ones. Instead, Harman proposes a politics reorganised around our relationship to non-human objects and environments, in which quasi-government institutions incentivise and deter actions with the aim of extending the survival of the human race. “It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.” This has become one of the most popular phrases among twenty-first-century intellectuals. Often misattributed to Fredric Jameson, it has been warmly embraced by such influential authors as Slavoj Žižek and the tragically departed Mark Fisher, and has fueled the notion that the major problem with the political Left is that it simply needs to become more speculative and creative. Naturally, this is never a bad idea in any human pursuit. But what if the political distinction between Left, Right, and Center itself results from a failure of imagination? SUGGESTED READING Hobbes vs Rousseau: are we inherently evil? By Robin Douglass This particular division has been with us only since the summer of 1789. During the simmering prelude to the French Revolution, it referred originally to the physical position in the National Assembly of radical figures on one side and loyal monarchists on the other. These positions are linked with two entirely different camps of modern political theory. On the Left we find a series of authors ranging from the moderate (Locke) to the supercharged (Rousseau) to the truly radical (Marx), all of them contending that exploitation of the many by the few justifies revolutionary overthrow of the existing order. On the Right they are countered by the likes of Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Schmitt, a group of thinkers convinced that corrupt human nature can be tamed only by force. In the words of the Nazi supporter Schmitt: “One could test all theories of nature and state and political ideas according to their anthropology and classify these as to whether they consciously or unconsciously presuppose [humans] to be by nature evil or by nature good.” This is the division we continue to face today, even in the daily retail politics of Western democracies.___Our species has regularly proven itself capable of both the noblest gestures and the most scathing cruelties, making it hard to define us as essentially either emancipatory or brutal in our aims.___The most refreshing feature of David Graeber and David Wengrow’s 2021 book The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity was their awareness that the forced choice between Rousseau and Hobbes (as they put it) is no longer sufficient. Our species has regularly proven itself capable of both the noblest gestures and the most scathing cruelties, making it hard to define us as essentially either emancipatory or brutal in our aims. Far from being stationed “beyond good and evil,” we seem to be fully entangled with both. We are not naturally good or evil, Graeber and Wengrow contend, but naturally experimental and imaginative. They rest their case on the archaeological record, which seems to bear witness to numerous episodes of seasonally shifting governments and festivals, which vacillate in the same society (even in the same year) between the egalitarian and the dictatorial. Such praise of political experiment makes a good fit with the generally anarchist position defended by these authors. Yet it is also what I find most disappointing in their position. Although they are right that the forced choice between Hobbes and Rousseau falls short of what our new situation requires, the authors simply replace it with praise for the human being as a political tinkerer and performer. In other words, they give us just another theory of human nature, one that would not have been out of place in the sixteenth or seventeenth century. What other options might we have?___The time is ripe for a retheorization of politics on the basis of something other than human nature… We are not just alienated and limited by objects, but also empowered and unleashed by them___One fresh approach would be to treat politics within a broader framework than human nature, given that the polis does not exist in a vacuum filled exclusively with people. When Bruno Latour went to observe the baboons of Kenya with the San Diego anthropologist Shirley Strum, they jointly concluded that these primates were more socially interdependent than our own species. Each baboon is so reliant on the dynamics of the group that they find themselves locked into constant surveillance of their potentially dangerous peers. The group structure turns out to be inherently volatile. Humans, by contrast, are able to stabilize their societies to a large degree through the mediation of inanimate objects. Although one’s position in society may seem to fluctuate over time, considerable stability is produced through such items as apartment keys, wedding rings, and identification cards, all of them serving to secure us a place distinct from that of our fellows. The Italian philosopher Maurizio Ferraris has written at length about the crucial role of documents in establishing social relations, making him a hero among notaries in his country. Proper names and license plates cement our position amidst other humans, as do symbolic achievements such as graduation from a top university or distinguished wartime service with its various medals and ribbons. None of this is found among baboons, despite their closeness to us on the evolutionary tree: after all, we did share a common ancestor just 25 to 30 million years ago. SUGGESTED VIEWING The goodness paradox With Richard Wrangham The time is ripe for a retheorization of politics on the basis of something other than human nature, whether understood in the manner of the Left or of the Right. We are not just alienated and limited by objects, but also empowered and unleashed by them. But initially, it is true, we face non-human things primarily in the form of constraints. It would be difficult, perhaps impossible, to form a human civilization underwater, deep underground, atop Mount Everest, or in outer space. Human dependence on the non-social background takes on subtler form in discussions of political geography, especially unloved on the more idealistic Left. Consider the luckless position of Poland during World War II, sandwiched between Hitler on one side and Stalin on the other. By contrast, note the good fortune of the United States in not having a military peer positioned on any land border. Anglo-American geopolitics, since the writings of the American naval commander Alfred Thayer Mahan and the British geographer Sir Halford Mackinder, has been wedded to the notion that one or more liberal offshore naval powers should prevent any authoritarian “heartland” regime from gaining effective control of Eurasia. That remains the case whether the opponent is the impatient Napoleon, the swashbuckling German Kaiser, the villainous Hitler, the murderous Stalin, or the industrial juggernaut Chinese. In their current Foreign Affairs article “Heartland vs. Rimland,” Michael Beckley and Hal Brands analyze the current and coming state of the world on the basis of these same rather durable principles. In recent years a similar outlook has been embraced, in inverted form, by the Putin-loving Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, an icon of the Rightist intellectual underworld. For Dugin, the Anglo-Saxons are an evil force bent on destroying the spiritually superior people of the land: much like Athens in its failed war with Sparta, or Carthage in its eventual collapse against Rome. But the shared notion on both sides is that any strategy that fails to take geography into account is likely to end up as a defeated form of excessive optimism.___When dealing with environmental degradation, then, we are doing business with forces that promise dire effects on our species as a whole.___More striking for us today than geography is the non-human object called climate, which threatens rimland and heartland equally. Even if we contend that humans are one hundred percent responsible for triggering the climate crisis, it remains non-human in the sense of being an independent force beyond our effective control. In a major work published just before his death in 2002, The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, the American paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould noted the tendency of evolutionary theorists to focus too closely on the fate of individuals in view of their successful or failed adaptation to circumstances. With climate change, however, we confront a force that goes well beyond the scope of any individual life. Whereas Richard Dawkins extended evolutionary questions downward from individuals to the sub-individual gene, Gould pushed it upward, speaking of entire species or clades as impacted by environmental change. The asteroid that struck the Yucatán 66 million years ago is only the most famous example of this sort. In the wake of that catastrophe, large animals needing abundant supplies of food were at a fatal disadvantage by contrast with the smaller birds and mammals of the planet. When dealing with environmental degradation, then, we are doing business with forces that promise dire effects on our species as a whole. The effect is to shift our attention away from individual beings towards the survival of the group.In the United States in particular, the COVID-19 pandemic sparked considerable backlash among those who asserted a nearly absolute degree of individual freedom. In California I encountered those who demanded that their businesses be allowed to reopen, that it was enough to cover their mouths but not their noses, or that they should have the right to enter any public area despite refusing vaccination. Yet public health is probably the clearest argument against libertarianism, which often merely asserts the autonomy of individuals against any claims of the commons. In normal times the individual is worth defending; under conditions that threaten the survival of part or all of our species, compulsion may be our only resort, as with perfectly reasonable blackouts and rations in wartime. To rebuild human society under the constraints of climate change will be one of the great challenges of the century to come, as will our improvised grappling with artificial intelligence. Such phenomena pose existential risks for humanity, and leave far less room for tolerance of individual brattiness. Cases are mounting of devastating wildfires caused by arson. Recently it was reported that there is even a website where one can bet on the location of coming wildfires, raising the specter of deliberate blazes set to collect on wagers. The death penalty has steadily lost support in a world where many stress the infinite value of human life. But if we focus instead on entire ecosystems, those who purposely burn the forests may begin to look worse than serial murderers.___The politics of the future may be splintered by disagreement over such topics as how to manage our environing background and how to permit or restrict the entry of new objects into the political sphere.___So far I have spoken of force, authority, and punishment: measures sure to have greater appeal to those who identify with what we know as the Right. But other implications of the post-anthropocentric world are likely to have different backers. If non-human objects are seen as structuring political space, it stands to reason that they can no longer be introduced solely by the pace of technical breakthrough. Fields ranging from cybernetics to energy will demand increased politicization once they are reconceived not just as products of individual human investment, but as renovations of collective political geography. This need not involve world government, with its inherent risk of tyranny, but may involve quasi-governmental enforcers of prestige along the lines of a less corrupt FIFA or International Olympic Committee, punishing deviant states not with violence but with less tangible incentives.Politics will never lose its historic links with conflict and faction. But rather than factions aligned by differing theories of human nature, the politics of the future may be splintered by disagreement over such topics as how to manage our environing background and how to permit or restrict the entry of new objects into the political sphere. This will prove just as incommensurable with the modern Left/Right spectrum as a globe is with a two-dimensional map.

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Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • iai.tv
Repeated heat waves increase health risks for Wisconsinites, from strokes to overdoses

Public health leaders are worried abut how more frequent and severe heat waves impact vulnerable populations.

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Jul 30 • 5:56 AM EDT • Health • wpr.org
Louisiana ranks 3rd-highest for food insecure adults. See how other states compare.

Recent data shows over 18 million U.S. households faced food insecurity due to lack of resources, leading to health risks. See the data.

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Jul 30 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • nola.com
HRW report says oil production in DRC poses severe environmental health risks

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday reported that Perenco, the sole oil producer in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is actively participating in production tactics that pose grave health and en...

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Jul 30 • 2:26 AM EDT • Health • jurist.org
Strangled patient's sisters say unsafe psychosis care risks 'more deaths'

Richard Laversuch was strangled to death on a mental health ward by another patient.

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Jul 30 • 1:09 AM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Can you eat lettuce safely during the cyclospora outbreak? Advice from an infectious disease expert

Rather than avoiding fresh produce, adopting a few sensible food safety practices can help you significantly reduce your risk of getting sick while continuing to enjoy the many health benefits and flavor perks of salads and fresh veggies.

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Jul 29 • 5:11 PM EDT • Health • pbs.org
Enzyme ratio could help cardiologists track risk of stroke, AFib after TAVR

The De Ritis ratio could be a new way to anticipate when TAVR patients may face certain short-term risks after treatment.

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Jul 29 • 4:50 PM EDT • Business • cardiovascularbusiness.com
Opinion: Data disruptions put powerful maternal and child health tool at risk | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The consequences of disruptions to the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System are falling heaviest on already-vulnerable populations.

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Jul 29 • 3:36 PM EDT • Health • hsph.harvard.edu
RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Researchers Find AI Tool Helps Detect Patient Deterioration Earlier, Reducing Hospital Deaths

Researchers from RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School found that an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled early warning system helped identify hospitalized patients at risk of rapid clinical decline sooner, contributing to fewer deaths among high-risk patients.

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Jul 29 • 2:29 PM EDT • Health • rwjbh.org
FDA authorizes first AI tech for visualizing coronary inflammation in CT scans

Cardiac imaging experts have been anticipating this news for quite some time. The belief is that it could help transform how clinicians evaluate cardiovascular risk.

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Jul 29 • 2:11 PM EDT • Business • cardiovascularbusiness.com
Israel's decades-old US support risks losing Democrats

This month, nearly half of House Democrats voted for a failed amendment to cut off aid to Israel.

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Jul 29 • 9:28 AM EDT • Politics • detroitnews.com
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After Venezuela’s quakes, experts say environmental and health risks have just begun

More than a month after Venezuela's devastating earthquakes, public health experts tell The Associated Press the coming weeks are critical to prevent secondary crises from contaminants.

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Jul 29 • 9:07 AM EDT • Health • seattletimes.com
After Venezuela's quakes, experts say environmental and health risks have just begun

More than a month after Venezuela's devastating earthquakes, public health experts tell The Associated Press the coming weeks are critical to prevent secondary crises from contaminants

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Jul 29 • 9:04 AM EDT • Health • abcnews.com
Get in the game: Delta, DraftKings bring sports fandom to new heights

Delta and DraftKings are bringing a new kind of sports experience onboard: SkyPicks, a free-to-play sports knowledge contest built for fans who want to do more than just watch. SkyMiles Members (ages 21 and up) can make sports prediction picks and play to win Delta gift cards – no betting, deposit functionality, buy-in, miles or financial risk involved. It’s one more way Delta is becoming the home for sports fandom in the sky.

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Jul 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • news.delta.com
Rural America’s Maternal-Health Crisis Is About to Get Much Worse

Care will be in shorter supply, travel distances will stretch farther, and high-risk situations will more likely result in tragedy.

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Jul 29 • 7:34 AM EDT • Health • theatlantic.com
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2 'red lines' in Iran war to watch to know when to de-risk portfolio

While there are several potential red line scenarios, two of them stand out as "edging closer to reality," MRB Partners says.

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Jul 29 • 5:25 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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Hyperliquid Is Building A $1B Business, Says Grayscale – But Traders Just Got Reminded Of The Risks Amid SK Hynix Turmoil

HYPE's circulating supply is estimated at 270-310 million tokens by 2027, said Grayscale, influenced by the unlocking of vested tokens at a rate of 550,000 per month.

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Jul 29 • 4:56 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Frederick County health officials discuss rabies risks after beaver attack
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Jul 28 • 8:12 PM EDT • Health • foxbaltimore.com
Frederick County health officials discuss rabies risks after beaver attack
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Human health risk from manganese in groundwater

Nature Water - Machine learning is the key to uncovering where populations across the globe are at risk from manganese in their groundwater-sourced drinking water.

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Jul 28 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • nature.com
Iran Considered Retaliatory Strike on Ukrainian Seaport

A flurry of diplomacy has eased tensions, officials said, after an incident risked triggering a wider war.

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Jul 28 • 5:39 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
New Health Data Unlocks Progress

AI-powered wearable health trackers are transforming healthcare by using massive datasets to predict risks, personalize insights, and empower individuals.

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Jul 28 • 4:55 PM EDT • Health • forbes.com
Medtronic recalls thousands of cannulae due to risk of leaks

More than 50,000 devices are being recalled due to pinhole leaks associated with multiple risks. Customers should return any unused cannulae to Medtronic.

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Jul 28 • 4:02 PM EDT • Business • cardiovascularbusiness.com
Trump Administration Releases New Government-Wide Policy to End Dangerous High-Risk Research

HHS applauds the release of the Trump Administration’s new United States Government Policy for Stopping High-Risk Life Sciences Research.

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Jul 28 • 3:00 PM EDT • Science • hhs.gov
DOJ’s Recent Small Business Administration FCA Settlement Highlights Risks for Contractors

A recent $21.3 million False Claims Act (FCA) settlement with an electrical contractor and its subsidiary highlights the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) focus on U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) set-aside programs and scrutiny of whether companies improperly represent themselves as qualifying small businesses or—importantly for larger businesses—improperly represent their use of qualifying small businesses to secure federal contracts.

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Jul 28 • 2:49 PM EDT • Business • ogletree.com
Doctors want Yale Bologna Festival to ban youth from event

A health group is urging the mayor of Yale in St. Clair County to restrict the Yale Bologna Festival, citing cancer risks.

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Jul 28 • 1:54 PM EDT • Health • freep.com
A slowing Atlantic current could unleash stronger California storms

A weakening Atlantic current could supercharge California’s atmospheric rivers while leaving Greenland with fewer snow-producing storms. The changes could raise flood risks, strain infrastructure, and reshape water supplies far beyond the Atlantic.

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Jul 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
VERITAS project could change the way scientists secure AI

VERITAS is an NSF-funded project bringing AI security to research infrastructure, screening models and data for hidden risks.

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Jul 28 • 7:02 AM EDT • Science • helpnetsecurity.com
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Trump flouts political risk to host Netanyahu’s seventh White House visit
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Jul 28 • 6:12 AM EDT • Politics • aljazeera.com
World-class Jodrell Bank is under threat and UK risks a physics brain drain

Funding crisis could lead to an exodus that would be a blow for British science and national growth

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Jul 28 • 1:00 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
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Why losing weight may not be enough to prevent type 2 diabetes

A healthy lifestyle can prevent type 2 diabetes for many people, but new research suggests that weight loss alone may not be enough for one particularly vulnerable group. Even after losing about 8% of their body weight and keeping it off for years, people in a high-risk category known as cluster 5 continued to experience rising blood sugar, weakening insulin production, and a strong risk of developing diabetes.

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Jul 27 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Antibiotic recalled after cardboard particles found in solution

Patients given the drug in question could face an increased risk of blood vessel blockages or inflammation.

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Jul 27 • 4:58 PM EDT • Business • cardiovascularbusiness.com
Data centers: The business structure that's reshaping AI infrastructure finance

Learn how data center REITs fund AI/HPC growth via joint ventures and institutional capital, plus stocks to watch and rising regulation risks—read now.

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How many cups of coffee should you be drinking each day?

How much coffee is too much? Northeastern experts explain why 3 to 5 cups a day may lower heart disease risk, but energy drinks don't count.

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FDA shares warning about stroke prevention device after injury

Customers should return these devices to the manufacturer, Boston Scientific, due to a risk of the tip separatng during use.

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Prescriptions for nutrition: Nevada program connects food banks to health care

For families across northern Nevada, fresh groceries can mean the difference between costly health outcomes and fewer trips to the emergency room. Poor nutrition remains one of the leading risk factors for cardiovascular disease and other health disparities in the U.S., according to health experts. Early research also indicates that “food as medicine” initiatives including […]

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AARP Is Working to Change the Culture of Health Care Ageism

Ageism puts your health at risk. AARP is teaching health care workers to avoid it

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Labcorp Launches Marker by Labcorp™ Genetic Health Panel, Expanding Consumer Access to Hereditary Genetic Risk Testing

/PRNewswire/ -- Labcorp (NYSE: LH), a global leader of innovative and comprehensive laboratory services, today announced the launch of Marker by Labcorp™...

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'Yo-yo' Weight Loss Linked To Decline In Muscle Mass

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, July 27, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Middle-aged folks have a higher risk of muscle loss if their weight “yo-yos” due to inconsistent dieting, a new study says. People who repeatedly dropped and regained weight wound up losing nearly four times as much thigh ...

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COMMENTARY: Science, Not Politics, Must Guide Lifesaving Medical Research

AFRO-AMERICAN – WASHINGTON — A recent announcement regarding a new treatment for metastatic pancreatic cancer, daraxonrasib, has shown it doubled survival rates for patients and reduced the risk of death by 60 percent. This breakthrough stemmed from sustained, peer-reviewed scientific investment.

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The return of power politics

Post-Cold War integration increased prosperity but did not eliminate rivalry. Emerging powers and strategic risks are driving a prolonged transition.

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How To Get Your Business Data Ready For AI Agents

Discover four practical steps for making business data ready for agentic AI while reducing risks around governance, compliance and accountability.

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Coalition's cyber risk management platform new feature to help prevent business email compromise

Coalition, and active insurer focused on preventing digital risks, has launched Login Security, a new feature in its cyber risk management platform,

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Kevin Seifert Drops Clear Message on Vikings' 2026 Season

Despite regular-season dominance, Kevin O’Connell faces a high-stakes ultimatum: secure a postseason victory or risk joining a short list of coaches who failed to survive October.

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New study reveals additional health risks from Great Salt Lake dust

New research shows two additional routes that toxic metals in dust from the Great Salt Lake could move into soils, plants, and human bodies.

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The false dichotomy between capitalism and socialism in US politics

Opinion: The political debate in the United States over capitalism and socialism is centered on an over-simplified and false dichotomy, writes Dave Anderson.

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Carroll Shelby Secretly Built One Of The Craziest Supercars Ever. Here's What It's Like To Drive

Eight years ago I took a risk by buying a car without an engine. The car was Carroll Shelby’s own De Tomaso Pantera, an out-of-this-world supercar that he built in the 1980s, in secret. Buying this mysterious machine ended up leading to one of my life’s greatest automotive adventures, involving discovering the car’s original twin-turbo […]

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Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) And The Valuation Debate Around Its Global Expansion Story

Event backdrop and what is worrying investors Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), owner of Ticketmaster and the EDC music festival, is under scrutiny as slower sales growth, rising capital intensity and pressure on operating margins raise fresh questions about the stock’s risk and reward tradeoff. See our latest analysis for Live Nation Entertainment. Live Nation Entertainment’s share price has climbed over the past year, with a year to date share price return of 21.97% and a 1 year total...

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Are redheads going extinct?

Redheads are rare and the trait carries an increased risk of melanoma. Does that mean ginger locks might one day go extinct?

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ADHD looks different in women and poses unique health risks

For decades, ADHD was viewed as a childhood condition that mostly affected boys. Researchers now know ADHD manifests differently in girls, but many still go undiagnosed until adulthood.

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Hospices worry patients will be unfairly punished amid fraud crisis

Health policy researchers and providers say negative attention and the potential for overly punitive regulations could put patients at risk.

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‘Menopause Cocktail’: Can Allergy, Acid Reflux Meds Help Alleviate Symptoms?

The "menopause cocktail" involves taking allergy medications along with acid reflux medications. Proponents say the viral trend helps with menopause symptoms like hot flashes and brain fog, but experts warn it may carry risks.

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Richarlison scores as Spurs beat Auckland at Eden Park

Tottenham manager Roberto de Zerbi says he did not want to take any risks as he fielded a young side in a pre-season win against A-League champions Auckland FC in New Zealand.

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Lead pollution poses health risk, says review sparked by FT investigation

Animals reared near ex-mining sites ‘can have high, potentially toxic concentrations of metals’, academics find

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Metro Health urges summer pool-goers to curb cryptosporidiosis risk as diarrhea cases rise

San Antonio Metro Health reports 36 cryptosporidiosis and 15 cyclosporiasis cases so far in 2026, in line with past summers. Officials urge pool and food safety steps, and to see a provider for persistent GI symptoms.

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Denver health specialists warn of extreme heat risks for people and pets
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Planetary Health Diet lowers cardiovascular risk in older women

A 20-year study of more than 65,000 postmenopausal women found that higher adherence to the Planetary Health Diet was associated with a lower risk of overall cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, stroke and heart failure.

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Superagers keep youthful memories but their DNA does not explain why

Scientists expected SuperAgers might simply inherit fewer Alzheimer’s-related risks, but their genes looked much like those of typical older adults. Their extraordinary memories may instead come from still-unknown protective forces involving the brain, body, lifestyle, and environment.

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Coffee may help shield the liver from fat, scarring, and cancer

A major long-term study linked coffee consumption with lower risks of cirrhosis, liver cancer, and death from liver disease. Coffee drinkers also showed healthier liver scans and blood protein patterns, with less fat, inflammation, and scarring. Benefits appeared even at one or two cups daily and were strongest around three to four cups.

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A single dose reversed autism-like symptoms in adult mice within hours

Even mild inflammation during pregnancy led mouse offspring to develop persistent brain overactivity, sensory sensitivity, repetitive behaviors, and increased seizure risk. Remarkably, one dose of rapamycin improved nearly all of these problems within about two hours. The benefits were temporary, but they suggest that adult brain circuits may remain far more adaptable than previously believed.

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Sewage, rat pee and toxic algae: Open water swimming is booming, but is it bad for your health?

Swimming in rivers and lakes is booming, but heavy rain, sewage overflows and farm runoff can lead to disease outbreaks. Here's how to spot when the risks to health are highest.

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Revealed: history of Spain’s fearless 1970s trans-rights political collective

Pioneering activists risked arrest and imprisonment amid lingering persecution after Franco dictatorship

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Brooklyn Roasting Company recalls cold brew sold in New York and New Jersey over botulism risk

Brooklyn Roasting Company recalled 2.5 gallon bags of cold brew concentrate over Clostridium botulinum toxin risk in New York and New Jersey.

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Putting South Carolina First Could Mean Less Power for Black Voters

The party’s latest calendar overhaul risks an unintended consequence for the voters it sought to empower.

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Neurodivergent kids face special mental health risks. New initiative seeks ways to protect them

Jake Collective and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention are launching a $5 million, five-year initiative

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Matt Mindrum: Don’t put a moratorium on Indianapolis’ growth

Marion County's data center moratorium sends a message that Indianapolis is becoming less open to business. It risks turning away billions in investment from some of the world’s fastest-growing industries.

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Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo Hosts Youth Mental Health Roundtable on Psychotropic Medication Guidance

The discussion highlighted the importance of ensuring families have access to information about the benefits, risks, and available alternatives when making decisions regarding a child’s care.

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McGuireWoods Wins Business Insurance’s Legal Team of the Year Award

Business Insurance, a publication focused on risk management, transfer and financing, named McGuireWoods’ Insurance Recovery Practice Group its Legal Team of the Year. The honor was announced July 23, 2026,...

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BLM Approves Projects to Improve Forest Health and Reduce Wildfire Risk in the Fall River Valley

ALTURAS, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management Applegate Field Office has approved two forest resilience projects in the Fall River Valley, aimed at improving forest health, reducing wildfire risk, and strengthening community preparedness. Work on both projects is expected to begin in fall 2026.

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Sunlight benefits and risks: what science says about healthy sun exposure

Could sunlight actually improve your health? New research suggests we may need to rethink total sun avoidance

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‘We feel like we are failing’: Myanmar doctor speaks out as health system teeters on ‘brink of collapse’

Elle’s story is one of personal sacrifice, deciding to help people despite the risk of attack by the military. Her story reflects that of a healthcare system in peril

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Health officials warn of rabies after bat lands on table at Vista restaurant

The risk of catching rabies may be a possibility for anyone who had direct contact with the bat that flew into the Yellow Deli Restaurant in Vista on Sunday, July 19.

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AI 'kill switch' bill unveiled as OpenAI hack raises alarms

A bipartisan House bill slated to be introduced Thursday would authorize the US government to shut down or throttle risky AI models.

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Ranking Members Markey, Velázquez Push to Roll Back Trump Administration’s Discriminatory SBA Lending Policy that Blocks Immigrant Entrepreneurs from Pursuing the American Dream

Bicameral resolution would rescind Trump administration policy banning green card holders from accessing SBA loans Resolution Text (PDF) | One-Pager (PDF) (Washington, July 23) – Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and House Small Business Committee Ranking Member Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7) today introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to rescind the Trump administration’s policy that bans green card holders from accessing essential Small Business Administration (SBA) loans to start and grow their businesses and invest in Main Streets nationwide. Trump’s SBA restrictions buck decades of precedent, attacking immigrant small business owners who are lawfully in the U.S. with no justification. The Trump administration’s green card holder ban is the most recent escalation of SBA’s draconian citizenship restrictions that are killing jobs and putting the American Dream further out of reach for entrepreneurs. In Fiscal Year 2025, the SBA made an estimated $5.7 billion in loans to green card holders, which supported more than 80,000 American jobs. Ranking Member Markey’s introduction of the CRA resolution follows his introduction of the Investing in the American Dream Act alongside Ranking Member Velázquez earlier this year. The Investing in the American Dream Act would roll back the SBA’s draconian lending restrictions and restore previous SBA lending policies for immigrant entrepreneurs lawfully in the U.S., including green card holders, refugees, and asylees. More than 100 organizations have called for the passage of the legislation and over 60 Massachusetts state legislators have raised concerns about the impact of the citizenship restrictions in their local communities. “Once again, Donald Trump is shutting hardworking immigrants out of the American Dream with his discriminatory and dangerous policies, fear tactics, and violent rhetoric. The anti-small business lending requirements implemented by Trump’s SBA won’t Make America Great Again—they are Making America Hate Again,” said Ranking Member Markey. “I am fighting every single day to roll back Trump’s brazen attempt to steal the American Dream from entrepreneurs in Massachusetts and across the country who enrich our communities, strengthen our Main Streets, and create jobs in the United States.” “Starting and owning your own business is one of the pillars of the American Dream. Under the Trump Administration, the SBA has sought to deny immigrant small business owners and entrepreneurs that dream by preventing them from accessing the capital they need to grow and scale their businesses. Not only is this policy cruel, but it is also self-defeating and holds our country back economically. As Ranking Member of the House Small Business Committee, I will do everything in my power to reverse this terrible policy,” said Ranking Member Velázquez. Massachusetts state legislators applauded Ranking Member Markey’s actions and emphasized the critical contributions of green card holders to Bay State communities and the Commonwealth’s economy. "Green card holders are our neighbors, workers, entrepreneurs, and taxpayers,” said Massachusetts State Senator Adam Gómez (D-Springfield), Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses. “They open restaurants, launch small businesses, create jobs, and contribute every day to the economic strength of Massachusetts. Denying lawful permanent residents access to SBA loan programs doesn't make our economy stronger—it makes it harder for small businesses to succeed. I support this resolution because opportunity should never be limited by unnecessary barriers that prevent hardworking people from investing in their communities and pursuing the American dream." “Senator Markey’s CRA Resolution provides a valuable moment for our federal leaders to show their commitment to small businesses and the American Dream,” said Massachusetts State Representative Andy X. Vargas (D-Haverhill), House Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses. “The SBA’s recent policy restricting lawful residents from accessing the popular 7(a) and 504 programs has shut out some of the most entrepreneurial and hard-working members of our community from much-need capital. In Massachusetts, these programs have invested millions of dollars into small businesses owned by green card holders, supporting thousands of jobs. This should not be a partisan issue. People who worked hard, have legal status, and contribute so much to their communities via employment and economic impact don’t deserve to be in the crosshairs for political purposes. The Senator’s resolution is a step forward in restoring access to the American Dream that small business owners across the country deserve.” Several small business advocates and stakeholders voiced their support for Ranking Member Markey’s efforts to roll back Trump SBA’s discriminatory lending rules. “Immigrant-owned businesses are the foundation of the American economy. They power our neighborhoods, provide essential services, and employ our loved ones. Yet, systemic hurdles like the Small Business Administration’s citizenship restrictions unfairly block their path to prosperity," said Elizabeth Sweet, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition. "We applaud Senator Markey’s continued leadership and look forward to a future where immigrant entrepreneurs can share their ingenuity without arbitrary restrictions that hold us all back.” “Independent restaurants have always been built by people willing to work hard, take risks, and invest in their communities. When lawfully authorized entrepreneurs lose access to the financing they need to start or grow a business, we all lose. These are the businesses creating jobs, filling storefronts, and strengthening our neighborhoods. Access to capital should help good businesses succeed, and that’s exactly what restoring these SBA loan programs would do,” said Jen Ziskin, Executive Director of Massachusetts Restaurants United. “At the Latino Economic Development Corporation, we see firsthand that access to capital transforms lives, creates jobs, and strengthens neighborhoods. Many of the entrepreneurs we serve are lawful permanent residents who have invested their savings, opened businesses, and employ local residents. Restricting access to SBA financing doesn’t just impact business owners, it limits economic opportunity for entire communities. Main Street succeeds when every qualified entrepreneur has a fair chance to grow,” said Andrew Melendez, CEO and Founder of the Latino Economic Development Corporation. "Immigrants and immigrant-owned businesses are the heart and soul of small business communities in cities and towns throughout the Commonwealth, and across America. Limiting access to these SBA loans not only sends the wrong message about immigration, it will have significant negative economic impact on our small business ecosystem,” said Keith Mahoney, Vice President of Public Affairs at the Boston Foundation. “The SBA’s recent policy changes that prevent Legal Permanent Residents, and other non-citizens from participating in any of the SBA’s valuable programs are changes that are unwelcome, immoral, and antithetical to our purpose, our mission, and our vision for Massachusetts communities and businesses. Immigrant entrepreneurs and others have expressed concern that Common Capital will ‘report them to ICE,’ so loan demand has decreased. There is no valid reason for excluding Legal Permanent Residents and other noncitizens who are lawfully present in the U.S. from accessing the SBA’s programs. Immigrant entrepreneurs start businesses, they create jobs, they support their families and their communities. Our government should be in the business of encouraging their full participation in our economy,” said Raymond Lanza-Weil, President of Common Capital. "ECCHO-Latino now represents over 400 educators and 300 microbusinesses across Massachusetts, where immigrants make up 60% of the childcare workforce. When a green card holder is ready to grow her business—from expanding her home child care to opening a center—she shouldn't be turned away by local banks simply because of federal citizenship rules. Blocking access to SBA loans kills opportunity and deepens our state's childcare crisis. ECCHO-Latino strongly supports Senator Markey and Representative Velázquez in passing this resolution to put Main Street first," said Harold Antonio Blanco, Co-Founder & Executive Director of ECCHO-Latino Inc. "This is exactly how political ideology ruins an economy. Washington has taken lawful, tax-paying entrepreneurs who live in our communities, invest in America, and hire American workers, and declared their businesses ineligible for critical financing simply because a green card holder owns even a fraction of the company. Using policies ostensibly aimed at illegal immigration to punish lawful permanent residents is nothing short of ideological overreach and economic self-sabotage. The SBA exists to help viable small businesses grow, rather than imposing nativist tests that ignore an entrepreneur’s credit history, business plan, or ability to create jobs. When the federal government closes the door on qualified entrepreneurs, they’re also closing the door on American entrepreneurship and on American workers, while handing future companies, jobs, innovation, and investment to our competitors. America should be competing to attract people who want to invest and build here, not creating arbitrary barriers that drive their talent and capital elsewhere,” said Javier Palomarez, President and CEO of the United States Hispanic Business Council (USHBC). "The U.S. Small Business Administration's decision to prohibit legal permanent residents, including green card holders, from accessing SBA-backed loans has the potential for disastrous consequences that could reverberate throughout America's economy for years to come. After all, immigrants are twice as likely to start small businesses as U.S.-born individuals. Congress must overturn rules requiring the SBA to block legal permanent residents from accessing lending resources because so many of the entrepreneurs who drive job creation in this country were born outside the United States," said John Arensemeyer, Founder and CEO of Small Business Majority. “NCRC supports the Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn SBA’s citizenship restrictions that bar green-card holders from receiving the 7(a) and 504 loans. When qualified entrepreneurs are denied access to SBA loans, all of Main Street gets hurt. Communities lose jobs. Neighborhoods lose services. Local economies lose the opportunity to build wealth and shrink disparities,” said Jesse Van Tol, President & CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC). “We cannot afford to have the American Dream out of reach for hard-working, immigrant small business owners.” “Asian Americans and Asian immigrants have been integral in building local economies. They create businesses, jobs, and opportunities in communities across the country that benefit everyone. Lawful permanent residents pay taxes, invest in their communities, and strengthen Main Street, yet the SBA's discriminatory citizenship restrictions unfairly deny them access to the same tools that help small businesses grow and succeed. We applaud congressional leaders for advancing this resolution to overturn the latest restrictions on SBA lending for green card holders, and we urge lawmakers to also pass the Investing in the American Dream Act to fully restore access to SBA loan programs for all eligible people in the United States. Ensuring that immigrant-owned small businesses have a fair opportunity to access capital is essential to building a stronger, more inclusive economy that works for all,” said Joanna Derman, Director of Anti-Profiling, Civil Rights and National Security at Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC). "Immigrant-owned businesses often turn to SBA 7(a) and 504 loans because they face higher denial rates from traditional lenders,” said Imani Augustus, Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Opportunity. "These programs provide the capital they need to expand operations, hire workers, and invest in their businesses. Reversing the ban on lawful permanent residents is a critical first step toward ensuring these financing tools are accessible to everyone strengthening their communities through entrepreneurship. We applaud this action and urge Congress to fully restore access by passing the Investing in the American Dream Act.” "Last year, nearly 5,700 SBA loans worth $5.7 billion went to businesses owned by green card holders, supporting more than 80,000 jobs. These are entrepreneurs who have put down roots here, hired their neighbors, and invested in the communities they call home. Barring them from capital doesn't protect Main Street—it starves it. What should matter is the strength of a business and its potential to grow, not the immigration status of its owner. This resolution doesn’t eliminate all the citizenship restrictions in SBA’s policy change, but it’s a step toward restoring a commonsense principle that stood for more than 30 years," said Howard Wial, Director of Research at ICIC. "I'm encouraged to see Congress moving to reopen access to capital for green card holders, a key tool for small business survival. Green card holders accounted for an estimated 5,700 SBA loans in Fiscal Year 2025, worth $5.7 billion and supporting more than 80,000 jobs across the country. That capital is often what keeps a business operating through its toughest stretches when cash flow gets tight. When qualified entrepreneurs lose access to that capital over their immigration status rather than their ability to repay a loan, it's the local economy that pays the price,” said Small Business for America's Future Co-Chair Shaundell Newsome, Founder of Sumnu Marketing. “Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy, and entrepreneurs —including green card holders — take risks every day to build businesses, create jobs, and strengthen communities. SBA loan programs should be administered with clear, consistent standards that safeguard public resources while ensuring these programs remain focused on supporting eligible entrepreneurs and job creators. This resolution responds to the opportunity to support all entrepreneurs and preserve the integrity of federally supported lending programs. We applaud the introduction of this resolution and remain committed to policies that strengthen small businesses, promote economic growth, and maintain confidence in these vital lending programs,” said Carolina Martinez, CEO of CAMEO Network. “National CAPACD wholeheartedly supports the introduction of this resolution aimed at overturning the SBA's misguided policy prohibiting immigrants from accessing the 7(a) and 504 loan programs. As a coalition, we are committed to creating systems, organizations, and societies that are fair and just. We believe we and our economy are stronger when we uplift our rich and diverse communities. Access to capital helps small businesses create jobs, build wealth, and strengthen neighborhoods. Restoring this pathway is an important first step toward ensuring immigrant entrepreneurs can continue to grow their businesses and contribute positively to our economy as a whole. We urge Congress to build on this momentum by passing the Investing in the American Dream Act, which would fully restore fair access to safe and affordable credit and uphold our commitment to a fair economy that works for everyone,” said Seema Agnani, CEO of National CAPACD. Ranking Member Markey is fighting for small business owners and immigrants that rely on SBA loans to start and run their businesses, create jobs, and contribute to their communities. In May, Ranking Member Markey highlighted the significant contributions of immigrant entrepreneurs in Massachusetts and across the country and condemned the Trump administration’s repeated attacks on immigrant communities at a Small Business Committee hearing. MIRA’s Elizabeth Sweet, who participated in Ranking Member Markey’s listening session earlier in May, provided testimony at the hearing. Also in May, Ranking Member Markey hosted a listening session at the Urban College of Boston to hear directly from several Massachusetts immigrant small business owners, lenders, and chambers of commerce how President Trump’s cruel and callous anti-immigrant policies are hurting Main Streets in the Bay State. Earlier in May, Ranking Member Markey hosted a press conference alongside Ranking Member Velázquez, Democratic lawmakers, and stakeholders to condemn the Trump administration’s harmful anti-immigrant lending policies and to introduce the Investing in the American Dream Act. In March, Ranking Member Markey released a comprehensive report detailing the harms to small business owners, workers, and consumers caused by the Trump administration’s ICE raids in communities across the country. In February, Ranking Member Markey introduced the Small Business ICE Disruption Fund Act, which would provide grants to small businesses that have been impacted by the Trump administration’s violent immigration enforcement actions on Main Streets across the United States. Earlier in February, Ranking Member Markey, Ranking Member Velázquez, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) sent a letter urging the SBA to rescind their lending rule change that bars legal permanent residents from receiving SBA loans. Previously, Ranking Members Markey and Velázquez released a statement condemning the actions of the SBA after it announced that small businesses with legal permanent residents will be barred from receiving SBA loans. In December 2025, Ranking Member Markey and all Democratic members of the Senate Small Business Committee sent a letter to the SBA reiterating concerns with the SBA’s citizenship requirements and highlighting a drop in SBA lending volume. In September 2025, Ranking Member Markey heard directly from SBA lenders about the issues with the citizenship verification requirements. In July 2025, Ranking Members Markey and Velázquez sent a letter to the SBA expressing serious concerns with the agency’s new, draconian citizenship verification requirements that require small businesses seeking SBA loans to be 100% owned by U.S. citizens, nationals, and legal permanent residents. SBA has not responded to the letter. ###

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Cigna expands chronic care management, projects $200M savings

Cigna Healthcare is broadening its AI-enabled care management programs to reach more customers with emerging, complex and chronic health needs. The expanded approach is expected to support 20% more customers across areas including behavioral health, cancer, heart disease, kidney disease and high-risk pregnancy. The initiative combines predictive analytics with AI-enabled tools to help identify customers […]

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The Mental Health Cost of Harsh Immigration Policy

Since January 2025, a wave of new policies has reshaped daily life for refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrant families across the country: the suspension of refugee resettlement, the possible return of "Remain in Mexico,” the end of humanitarian parole for thousands, temporary protected status at risk, and more. Each of these sounds like a policy headline, but in practice, these changes

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Why health officials do not have a good handle on the current Ebola outbreak

To get slightly ahead of the virus, health officials need to quickly identify people at risk of infection, a practice known as contact tracing. That's a challenge in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Research being done in Colorado examines how climate change may reshape disease risk, spread
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With Saudi Deal, Trump Loosens Nuclear Standards for One Close Ally

Nuclear experts say it throws fuel on the smoldering fire of atomic proliferation, creating a destabilizing situation that could raise the risk of nuclear war.

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Common Weight Loss Drugs Have Been Linked to a Higher Risk of Hair Loss

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ECU Health warns extreme heat during pregnancy may raise risks of preterm birth
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