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Health crisis looming as Gaza heads towards rainy season, warns WHO

Water quality in embattled Palestinian enclave already poor; flooding will exacerbate threat to health, says UN agency.

Sep 1 • 2:22 PM EDT • Health • aljazeera.com

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, White House says

No reason was given for the departure of Driscoll, who is a friend of Vice President JD Vance, but tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been widely reported.

Sep 1 • 10:43 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org

Venice Film Festival turns to politics as Hollywood retreats

Hollywood is struggling with an industry crisis and has largely withdrawn from this year's Venice Film Festival, making way for a ​programme steeped in global politics and social upheaval, the event's director said on Tuesday.

Sep 1 • 8:18 AM EDT • Politics • reuters.com

Person taken into custody in Bethel Township after possible mental health crisis

A possible mental health crisis led to police temporarily shutting down roads in Bethel Township on Monday afternoon, authorities said.

Aug 31 • 5:56 PM EDT • Health • wfmz.com

HHS Awards $77 Million to Strengthen Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, Crisis Services, and Mental Health Services

HHS, today announced on Overdose Awareness Day that it has awarded $77 million in new grant funding to strengthen substance use prevention.

Aug 31 • 5:03 PM EDT • Health • hhs.gov

Endowment invests $5.2 million in New Hanover County mental health, housing programs

More than $5.2 million in new grants from the New Hanover County Endowment will fund a new mental health crisis center, support the homeless, and boost local entrepreneurs.

Aug 31 • 3:19 PM EDT • Health • wect.com

How NJ's Largest Health Network is Fixing an $8B National Crisis in Parkinson's Care

Hackensack Meridian Health has developed an innovative Parkinson’s Disease Care Pathway integrated directly into its electronic health record system.

Aug 31 • 3:17 PM EDT • Health • aha.org

Man hits Atlanta police with bottle containing feces during mental health crisis

The was charged with aggravated assault.

Aug 31 • 2:58 PM EDT • Health • wsbtv.com

Grand Theft Auto VI could cause a massive workplace productivity crisis

Hardcore gamers and casuals alike have had November 19 circled on their calendars for months, and for good reason. On the third Thursday of the month, Rockstar...

Aug 31 • 1:05 PM EDT • Technology • techspot.com

Together, GLP-1s And GenAI Can Solve Healthcare’s Affordability Crisis

Two innovations offer a new path to healthcare affordability: GLP-1 medications and generative AI. Here's how to two could radically improve medicine and lower costs.

Aug 31 • 4:30 AM EDT • Health • forbes.com

Kelley Wolf publicly apologizes to estranged husband Scott Wolf for ‘all of the chaos’

Kelley Wolf is apologizing to estranged husband Scott Wolf for ‘all of the chaos’ she caused during a mental health crisis last year.

Aug 30 • 6:55 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com

Tech Bans Are Not Going to Solve the Youth Mental Health Crisis

Curbelo and Bullock: The goal should not be to raise a generation sheltered from technology but to help them use it wisely, critically and responsibly.

Aug 30 • 6:30 AM EDT • Health • the74million.org

Fossil Fuel Companies Worsen Water Crisis

Half of long-term Western U.S. water issues are tied to fossil fuel producers, cement makers … Scented cleaning products can pollute interior air … and more.

Aug 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • publichealthwatch.org

Dae’Quan Wright’s Browns-to-LSU saga exposes college sports’ identity crisis

What is a college athlete in 2026? Wright's jumps between college football and the NFL suggest it's somewhere between amateur and employee.

Aug 29 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com

Action urged for Mississippi's rural mental health crisis

Social worker: Addressing this rural mental health crisis in Mississippi should not only be a public health priority, but a moral imperative grounded in the inherent dignity and worth of every person.

Aug 28 • 1:30 PM EDT • Health • mississippitoday.org

MaineHealth CEO warns of ‘huge crisis’ in healthcare

Although MaineHealth announced its decision to close the unit earlier this month, those who live near the hospital asked lawmakers Thursday to force the hospital to keep it open while other options are considered.

Aug 28 • 9:31 AM EDT • Health • spectrumlocalnews.com

A Federal Order Threatened My Business Overnight — Literally. Here's How We Bounced Back.

When a federal order threatened part of my business overnight, my values alone didn't save me. Here's what did.

Aug 27 • 7:00 PM EDT • Business • entrepreneur.com

The Literacy Crisis Reaches Dog-Bear Science

“New analysis of more than 300 bear encounters suggests our canine companions often increase odds of conflict and rarely serve as early warning systems many recreationists assume,” reads a subhead in Mountain Journal. The thing is, that study reaches no such conclusion. But you have to read beyond the abstract to understand that. Mountain Journal is not alone. Let’s look at a brief list of takeaways published elsewhere just to establish that none of them seem to know how to read science. Wes Siler’s Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Here’s CBC: “A new peer-reviewed study, The Canine Conundrum: Is a Dog a Help or Hindrance in Bear Country?, dug into conflicts similar to what the video depicts, by analyzing 326 reported human-bear conflicts from 1901 to 2023 involving dogs.” “The study found 54 per cent of conflicts were started by dogs. In the encounters researchers included in the study, five people and 56 dogs were killed, and 170 people were injured.” “Lana Ciarniello, an independent researcher who co-authored the study, said researchers found when a person goes hiking with at least one other person, the odds of a negative bear encounter decrease by 50 per cent.” “However, when a dog is involved, the chances of a negative bear encounter increase because ‘a dog really adds a chaotic factor into the mix of recreation,’ said Ciarniello.” Again, the study finds no data supporting that conclusion. “Hiking with your pet dog may make you feel safer in bear country—but a hiker’s recent encounter and a new study prove that the numbers don’t add up,” writes Backpacker, which is now part of Outside. The numbers don’t add up to support this take. There’s plenty more examples, but all are equally dumb, so I’ll stop there. How did so many people get this so wrong? Three reasons: 1) the study is published behind a paywall, with only the abstract freely available. 2) the methodology sets out to create work relevant to a hyper-specific audience, not the public. And 3) the dataset studied is almost absurdly limited and doesn’t bear (get it?!) comparison to wider information. Let’s work through all three. The Problem is Money I understand the irony, since I’m writing about this on a subscription-model newsletter, but information wants to be free. The study is published by The Wildlife Society and costs $16 to access. Reprinting it is specifically prohibited by the terms of use, so I can only share snippets and my conclusions with you here. Having worked as a journalist for 24 years, I can report with some authority that journalists are both lazy and cheap. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that much of the material you’re seeing written about this study is drawn from the freely-available abstract (above) only, and not a deep dive into its methodology or data. And that’s a problem, because abstracts are where researchers are able to break from their numbers and editorialize their opinions about conclusions. So what’s getting reported isn’t based on numbers, it’s based on an opinion designed for a specific audience, not the general public. Hell yeah ladies, kick that bear’s ass. The Methodology is Designed to Support a Predetermined Conclusion One of the biggest issues with the science that everyone likes to cite about bear spray’s efficacy is that no one understands that study was designed for a specific audience, looking for a specific answer. And since that audience is not the public, and our safety was not the question being asked, its conclusion is rendered irrelevant to our needs. Yes, I’m talking about Efficacy of Bear Deterrent Spray in Alaska, which was created by Tom Smith and Stephen Herrero, two of the same scientists who put together this dog-bear conflict analysis. In the spray study, the purpose was to present relevant agencies with the information they needed to issue their field workers with bear spray. As such, incidents where people were unable to access the spray or similarly failed to get it deployed in time were excluded from the results, and only incidents they deemed successful were included. Could a ranger roll down their vehicle’s window and scare a bear away from a dumpster by spraying it? Turns out the answer was yes, and that was good enough for the purposes of that study. The sample size of actual bear attacks—the thing you and I would want bear spray to provide a solution to, was too small to draw conclusions from, and didn’t indicate success in that role. Is a Dog a Help or Hindrance in Bear Country? has similar limitations. “Insights provided here are intended to help wildlife managers create effective guidelines regarding the presence of domestic dogs in bear habitat,” is explained clearly by the study’s text. To conduct the study, Smith and Herrero went looking for publicly available reports of dog-bear conflicts: “All incidents included in our analysis involved at least one bear, one dog, and one person who was at immediate risk of injury (e.g., not in a protective structure such as a cabin or vehicle), injured, or killed,” explains the report’s methodology. Why is that a problem? “We recognize that data used in this study are biased in that people generally only report adverse interactions with bears, not benign ones. Consequently, we assume that for the most part, people and their dogs pass through bear country without incident.” As was the problem with the bear spray study, people are drawing conclusions here from a study that was never intended to be relevant to the general public. The Smith-Herrero database famously excludes Alaska’s Defense of Life and Property records, which are elsewhere considered the largest and most authoritative source on human-bear conflict. The Dataset is Absurdly Limited A 2009 study conducted by the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife estimates that each year there are at least 43,000 documented complaints of human-bear conflict across North America. Is a Dog a Help or Hindrance in Bear Country? Examined those reports for years ranging from 1901 to 2023, and only managed to find 326 such incidents that met the criteria explained above. Let’s do some quick math, poorly. 43,000 incidents x 122 years = 5,246,000 total incidents of documented human-bear conflict. Smith and Herrero were only able to find 326 incidents that met their criteria for dog+human+bear+risk or occurrence of injury. That means there’s a 0.006 percent chance that the study’s conclusion—that dogs make bear encounters more dangerous—even gets a chance of occurring. And remember, that’s only in documented conflicts. There’s no way to know how many people across North America run into a bear in any given year without any conflict, but it’s probably safe to assume that the total number is well in excess of 43,000. And, dig deeper into the study and you can find further restrictions that skew its conclusions even more. “While the people involved in these incidents did not report the level of training their dogs had received, it is our assumption that most were untrained companion dogs as opposed to well-trained bear dogs, such as Karelians and livestock guardian breeds that have proven to be significant aids in bear country,” the study’s methodology explains. And that’s a problem, because an ongoing study here in Montana is finding that the simple presence of a Kangal like our youngest dog Teddy can reduce visits to private property from grizzly bears by 87.8 percent. In addition to being a badass, Teddy is also a companion animal. And in my admittedly limited sample size of the three dogs currently present in our living room, she’s no more effective than her mutt brothers. Plenty of people own a dog capable of deterring bears, even if they didn’t set out to own a bear dog. The real purpose of this study appears to be a recommendation that leashes are mandated and recreationists pursue training in their deterrent of choice. But that doesn’t make for sensational headlines. Are There Any Real Takeaways Here? Let’s throw some numbers around, just to try and get our hands around what the larger picture might look like for bears and dogs here. The American Veterinary Medical Association estimates that 42.6 percent of American households own a dog. The Canadian Animal Health Institute says roughly 35 percent of households in Canuckistan own a dog. In an attempt to create the worst possible result for dogs, let’s run with that 35 percent number. And given that outdoorsy and rural people are more likely to both own a dog, and have bear encounters, let’s just make a giant assumption and apply that number to those 43,000 conflicts documented annually. If 35 percent of 43,000 human-bear encounters involve a dog, then we can assume that at least 15,050 dog-bear conflicts are occurring annually in North America. 15,050 x 122 = 1,836,100. Smith and Herrero were only able to find 326 incidents that met their human, dog, chance or occurrence of injury criteria across 122 years. And only 170 documented human injuries. So, with all the obvious caveats about these numbers in no way describing reality beyond narrow study parameters, what they actually found is that your risk of injury if your dog tangles with a bear is only 0.009 percent. I’ll take those odds next time I’m hiking my dogs in bear country. Top photo: “Superintendent Horace Albright, eating pancakes with bears, at Lake Lodge, Yellowstone National Park.” NPS. A journalist with more than two decades of experience working around the world, Wes Siler is here to cut through the outrage and disinformation to bring you the factual, insightful, actionable reporting you need to understand what’s going on. Upgrading to a paid subscription supports this reporting, and buys personal access to Wes, who will help you save money on gear, plan outdoor adventures, and prepare for real life, and who promises he’s less salty in real life than he sometimes comes across as on the Internet. Wes Siler’s Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

Aug 27 • 6:47 PM EDT • Science • wessiler.substack.com

Dolly Parton’s health struggle highlights a crisis facing millions of American caregivers

Like many caregivers, Dolly Parton didn’t take care of her own health while caring for her ailing husband. That’s not unusual, even among people with resources.

Aug 27 • 8:01 AM EDT • Health • cnn.com

Is Germany benefitting yet from the crisis in US research?

Science|Business - Table.Media partnershipScience|Business has partnered with Table.Media, a leading source of news about higher education and research in Germany. Each week, we are publishing one of each other’s stories to give readers an even broader range of insight into R&D policy across Europe.Drawing over 500 participants, the German Academic International Network conference in San Francisco brings together researchers, universities, scientific organisations and policymakers in the US as part of an attempt to recruit international talent for Germany. It also serves as an annual barometer for the uncertainty triggered by the Trump administration’s science policies. As was the case last year, Germany’s political presence was unusually strong: federal lawmakers, nine state ministers of science and research, and federal research state secretary Marcus Pleyer all attended. Joybrato Mukherjee, president of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), has observed a marked shift at US universities a year after the Trump administration began sweeping interventions: the initial state of "shock and paralysis" has given way to a strategic approach to the situation. Universities are seeking new funding sources, mounting legal challenges against interventions and opening themselves up more to international collaborations, including with Germany, he said. Early-career international researchers with expiring visas are considered particularly vulnerable. Germany is benefiting from increased demand among this pool of young talent; the country’s 1,000 Minds Plus programme, designed in part to lure German academics back home, has already filled up around one-third of its capacity. Meanwhile, Markus Blume, Bavaria’s science minister and current chair of the federal Conference of Science Ministers, sees an "enormous outflow of talent from the US." An increasing number of international researchers want to leave. Applications to Canada have risen by 42% January, and those to Europe by 32%. Meanwhile, the number of people drawn to the US is plummeting. "In this context, Germany must position itself as a prime destination offering reliable conditions, institutional stability and academic freedom, including through smart collaborations," Blume told Table.Briefings.“Darkest hour”At the get-together in San Francisco, the former president of the US National Academy of Sciences, Marcia McNutt, highlighted the gravity of the situation on the ground in a keynote address. She described the present moment as the "darkest hour for the US scientific system." At the same time, she said that cooperation should be maintained, especially during a crisis. Established researchers in the US are less likely to leave. Ulrike Malmendier, a former member of the German Council of Economic Experts and an economist at Berkeley, explained why established researchers are not packing their bags and leaving the US in droves: working conditions and the concentration of talent at places like Berkeley and Stanford remain unparalleled. According to Peter-André Alt, managing director of the Wübben Foundation, which helps Germany attract international academics, political restrictions are not the only grievance voiced by US-based researchers. "There are evidently still many areas where, fortunately, unfettered research is possible," Alt told Table.Briefings. Instead, the primary complaint concerns the cost of living, which has "skyrocketed” to absurd levels. "Runaway inflation, like that currently seen in the US, is certainly no draw for young scientific talent,” he said. Return homeA growing number of early-career researchers from Germany appear to be considering a return home. Jörn Benzinger, who is responsible for recruiting early-career researchers from abroad at Ruhr University Bochum, reports numerous conversations with researchers who are taking a closer look at the German academic landscape."Germany has definitely moved more into the spotlight,” he said. States, university alliances and research organisations joined forces to recruit talent. Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia were prominently represented, as were alliances such as the Berlin University Alliance and the University Alliance Ruhr. Benzinger sums up Germany’s approach with a new formula: "collaboration is the new competition." He notes that it is becoming increasingly difficult for individual universities to gain international visibility, while regional research ecosystems and collaborations are growing in importance. Afraid to leaveThe crisis in the US academic sector is also straining transatlantic research relations. Benzinger reports that some US-based researchers had to decline brief invitations to Germany because they could not be certain of being allowed to re-enter the US afterward.He considers the simple poaching of researchers to be the wrong approach; what is needed, he says, are "reliable offers and long-term partnerships."However, Green Party politician Ayşe Asar, who also attended the conference, sees a significant need for improvement, particularly regarding career paths in Germany.While lifetime professorships and academic freedom certainly make Germany attractive, young researchers also require predictable career paths, tenure-track positions and flatter hierarchies.

Aug 27 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net

What climate science tells us about the causes of the Colorado River crisis

Researchers have grown increasingly confident in global warming’s role in post-2000 ‘megadrought’ and its impact on the Colorado River.

Aug 27 • 7:48 AM EDT • Science • kunc.org

$17B Meta settlement puts focus on youth mental health crisis, Colorado AG says

Aug 26 • 6:55 PM EDT • Health • pbs.org

‘Work is good for you’: how UK scheme could help tackle youth mental health crisis

Paid employment can boost confidence and wellbeing, says Pat McFadden as jobs guarantee scheme gets under way

Aug 26 • 5:30 PM EDT • Health • theguardian.com

New youth crisis center opens in Belmont County with $5.3M state investment

Children and families in southeastern Ohio now have a new option for behavioral health care closer to home with the opening of a youth crisis stabilization cent

Aug 26 • 3:35 PM EDT • Health • wtov9.com

Clive police partner with Lions Club to improve mental health crisis response

The Clive Lions Club is helping the Clive Police Department purchase a specialized restraint to safely manage individuals during mental health crises.

Aug 26 • 2:21 PM EDT • Health • kcci.com

Cardiff boss Barry-Murphy wants busy end to window

Head coach Brian Barry-Murphy hopes Cardiff City will be very busy in the final week of the transfer window as he looks for reinforcements to solve their defensive injury crisis.

Aug 26 • 7:38 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

What climate science tells us about the causes of the Colorado River crisis

The scientific consensus is that rising levels of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere have pushed the Colorado River to the brink.

Aug 26 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • coloradonewsline.com

Perez Hilton 'lucid' after mental health crisis, brother-in-law says

Perez Hilton's brother-in-law shared that the gossip blogger was in a “lucid” state and after receiving treatment for his physical injuries.

Aug 25 • 9:39 PM EDT • Health • latimes.com

Perez Hilton is 'lucid' after mental health crisis, brother-in-law shares

Perez Hilton's brother-in-law shared that the gossip blogger was in a "lucid" state and after receiving treatment for his physical injuries.

Aug 25 • 9:39 PM EDT • Health • yahoo.com

As Clancy trial unfolds, AHN program offers hope for mothers in crisis

As the Lindsay Clancy trial unfolds, Pittsburgh experts and advocates say early intervention and specialized care can save families.

Aug 25 • 6:17 PM EDT • Health • usatoday.com

Final Fantasy VII Revelation ‘The Planet’s Crisis’ trailer, screenshots

Square Enix has released the second official trailer and new screenshots for Final Fantasy VII Revelation, the third and final game in the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy, dubbed “The Planet…

Aug 25 • 3:55 PM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com

Penobscot Community Health Care faces cash crisis, possible bankruptcy

CEO email to employees details financial pressures and contingency plans

Aug 25 • 11:11 AM EDT • Health • wabi.tv

College sports' eligibility crisis is sprawling well beyond LSU, football and basketball — 'It's beyond unfair. It's heartless.'

Aug 25 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Iran defiant as US vows ‘economic D-Day’ penalties on nations doing business with Tehran

The US is threatening damaging new sanctions on countries that refuse to cut economic ties with Iran, but has stopped short of actually imposing big new penalties. Follow for live updates.

Aug 25 • 12:03 AM EDT • Business • cnn.com

Why politicians are punchlines at the Edinburgh Fringe

There was a time when satire had an easier gig. Politicians said something ridiculous, comedians made fun of them, audiences laughed, and everyone went home. Subscribe Now the joke is often the headline. In a world where the unbelievable regularly makes the news, where politics can veer into parody before the comedians have had time to write the punchline, you might reasonably wonder: is satire running out of material? Not in Edinburgh. At the Fringe, I can confirm satire has a pulse, even in a relentless and rapid news cycle. Politicians as punchlines Take NewsRevue, the world’s longest-running live sketch show, where politicians are turned into punchlines at industrial speed. Its latest target? Andy Burnham - or, more accurately, his doppelganger, pictured below in the middle. The joke, he tells us, is that there have been so many politicians coming and going that even satire risks suffering from political fatigue. But perhaps that revolving door is precisely why comedy matters. When the news cycle moves faster than our ability to process it, comedians can hold up a mirror - and make us think twice. Small talk Take Ayoade Bamgboye, the Saturday Night Live UK star who won the Best Newcomer prize at last year’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Her Fringe debut was critically acclaimed; this year she is turning her attention to one of Britain’s most baffling social rituals: small talk. Share It’s a reminder that satire doesn’t always need a politician in its sights. Sometimes the target is simply us civilians - the strange little rules and rituals we have collectively agreed to pretend are normal. Politics and Palestinian identity For British-Palestinian comedian Sami Abu Wardeh, pictured below, comedy has a more urgent job. His new show, Sami Abu Wardeh Hates You, asks who gets to hate, and whether anger belongs to everyone, not just the far right. His comedy confronts politics and Palestinian identity while refusing to surrender the simple business of making people laugh. Shakespeare meets climate crisis And then there is HAM: an “eco-hijacking” of Hamlet, which its creators describe as “a sordid wrestle between a vegan and a sausage-lover”. Shakespeare meets the climate crisis. Meat meets moral panic. The end result? You’ll leave promising to become vegan and swiftly bulk buying Linda McCartney sausages. HAM was created by theatre company Hotter Project, aka Ell Potter and Mary Higgins, pictured below. They say comedy helped them avoid the preachiness sometimes associated with climate activism - using Shakespeare as a vessel for uncomfortable questions about the planet, politics and the way we live. Perhaps that is satire’s secret weapon. It doesn’t necessarily make the world less absurd. It makes the absurdity crystal clear. And at a moment when reality increasingly feels like it has been written by a sketch writer, the Fringe is proving there is still plenty to laugh and cry at. Satire isn’t dead. It’s alive, subletting and having the time of its life at the Fringe. Subscribe Share Channel 4 News Leave a comment

Aug 24 • 12:02 PM EDT • Politics • channel4news.substack.com

Renown closes multiple health sites August 24 due to Hawk Fire

Multiple Renown Health locations are closed Monday, Aug. 24 due to the Hawk Fire and evacuation zones.Renown representatives say the folloing locations are clos

Aug 24 • 11:36 AM EDT • Health • mynews4.com

Amazon’s Kindle Price Hikes Are the Most Obscene Casualty of the RAM Crisis

You’re telling me the 16GB of storage inside a regular ol' Kindle is now worth $40 more?

Aug 24 • 10:30 AM EDT • Technology • gizmodo.com

The crisis facing Aussie science

Homegrown research can lead the world if we fix what’s holding it back, writes Academy President Professor Sam Berkovic AC.

Aug 24 • 3:13 AM EDT • Science • science.org.au

Community Voice: Mobile crisis services help fill Tennessee’s youth mental health gap

As concerns grow about the future of healthcare access in rural Tennessee, mental health professionals at Youth Villages encourage families to become familiar with a resource that remains available statewide: mobile crisis services.

Aug 23 • 12:00 PM EDT • Health • timesfreepress.com

AMD’s AM4 CPUs Like The Re-Launched Ryzen 7 5800X3D Deliver Negligible Gaming Improvements In Newer Motherboards, Making Older Hardware Relevant During DRAM Crisis

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D shows negligible gaming gains on newer motherboards, proving older AM4 hardware remains fully relevant amid the current DRAM crisis

Aug 22 • 8:30 PM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com

Age gap: I'm 53, my partner is 29 and we faced our first health crisis

I recently tripped and found I have arthritis in the knee, so my younger partner had to care for me. It made us question our age gap relationship.

Aug 22 • 7:07 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Age gap: I'm 53, my partner is 29 and we faced our first health crisis

I recently tripped and found I have arthritis in the knee, so my younger partner had to care for me. It made us question our age gap relationship.

Aug 22 • 7:07 AM EDT • Health • businessinsider.com

Mapping America’s Largest ‘Dead Zone’

In a decades-long crisis, marine life has suffered as oxygen periodically dwindles in waters along the Gulf Coast.

Aug 22 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • nytimes.com

Germany's Climate Crisis: Why Politics Struggle To Keep Up

Germany is heating and drying up faster than ever. Yet climate change is not high on the agenda of many politicians. Together with sustainability researcher Maja Göpel and SPD climate spokesperson Jakob Blankenburg, DW’s Berlin Bureau Chief Max Hofmann examines the growing gap between climate reality and political action and asks: can Germany keep up with climate change?

Aug 21 • 6:14 AM EDT • Politics • dw.com

Minneapolis diverted thousands of mental health calls from police. Its costs and oversight are under scrutiny.

A former supervisor and recent city study say the city is failing to properly track the private contractor staffing the city’s behavioral crisis response team.

Aug 21 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • startribune.com

Salinas proposes program to bolster first responder mental health

Editor’s note: This story discusses suicide and mental health. If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting “988” or chatting online at http://988lifeline.org/. An Oregon congresswoman is proposing a new grant program to support the mental health needs of firefighters […]

Aug 21 • 12:00 AM EDT • Health • salemreporter.com

Gov. Sanders joins maternal health roundtable as Arkansas faces crisis in outcomes

Aug 20 • 7:47 PM EDT • Health • katv.com

'We Don't Need to Aggressively Sell the Console': Sony CEO Says Timing of Memory Crisis Is 'Lucky' for PS5

"Monetising users is quite important for us"

Aug 20 • 5:45 PM EDT • Technology • pushsquare.com

Pittsburgh business leader Herky Pollock draws on own pain to help stop man’s suicide attempt on 40th Street Bridge

Editor’s note: The following story mentions suicidal behavior. If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, free help is available 24/7 through the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. Herky Pollock thinks about his stepfather every time he crosses a high bridge. It

Aug 20 • 2:26 PM EDT • Business • triblive.com

How wealthy families can prepare for aging parents and avoid a succession crisis

Relatively few wealthy families are addressing the question of when an aging parent should give up control, advisors and lawyers told CNBC.

Aug 20 • 8:30 AM EDT • Technology • cnbc.com

The “Asian water tower” is losing 24 billion tonnes of groundwater every year

The “Asian Water Tower” is losing roughly 24.2 billion tonnes of groundwater every year, with some of the worst declines hitting densely populated farming regions. Glacier melt may temporarily soften the crisis around the 2060s, but without changes in water use, researchers expect depletion to accelerate afterward.

Aug 19 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com

The Sun’s Magnetic Field is Behaving Oddly. Astronomers Still Don’t Know Why.

Scientists say our star might be in a midlife crisis of sorts. What does that mean for life?

Aug 19 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • nationalgeographic.com

KSU, Technovative AI sign pilot agreement with Moultrie Police Department for AI-powered behavioral health detection tool

Technovative AI, Inc. and Kennesaw State University today announced a pilot agreement with the Moultrie Police Department to deploy CaseFinder, an AI-powered behavioral health detection platform that analyzes police incident reports and 911 call transcripts to identify individuals in behavioral health crisis who would otherwise go undetected.

Aug 19 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • kennesaw.edu

Health outcomes in rural America: A prevention-to-crisis view on determinants of health, chronic diseases, and economic consequences

This America's Rural Future symposium explores the interconnections between health outcomes and economic development in rural areas.

Aug 19 • 4:00 PM EDT • Health • brookings.edu

Crisis Standards of Care: Lessons from COVID-19 and Emerging Gaps in Health System Preparedness

Hospitals struggled to activate crisis standards of care during COVID-19. New report reveals regional coordination is critical for future health emergencies.

Aug 19 • 12:48 PM EDT • Health • globalbiodefense.com

Surrounded yet alone: The hidden loneliness behind Israel’s mental health crisis

A large and important study of online mental health support, conducted by the University of Haifa and Ben-Gurion University, analyzed real-time helpline data following the October 7 massacre.

Aug 19 • 11:00 AM EDT • Health • jpost.com

GOP Rep. Donalds will run against Democrat Jolly in Florida's race for governor

November's election will test President Donald Trump’s grip on his adopted state and Democrats’ ability to resurrect Florida as a national political battleground.

Aug 19 • 10:56 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org

New York’s physician shortage is creating a health care crisis

Congress must act to stabilize Medicare payments to help encourage more physicians to establish practices in high-need communities.

Aug 19 • 10:45 AM EDT • Health • rochesterbeacon.com

Opinion: The Tijuana River Valley pollution crisis is trapped in politics

San Diego residents will continue to bear the cost.

Aug 19 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • sandiegouniontribune.com

Cuba has plenty of doctors. So why is its healthcare system collapsing?

The crisis reveals a forgotten variable in the health equation: energy.

Aug 19 • 8:30 AM EDT • Health • vox.com

Surging Unemployment Is Milei’s Biggest Political Threat in Argentina

President Javier Milei lowered inflation and poverty in Argentina, while eliminating its budget deficit. But the nation’s labor market is still mired in the crisis he was elected to confront.

Aug 19 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • bloomberg.com

We cannot arrest our way out of a mental health crisis, in Kansas or elsewhere

We cannot arrest our way out of a mental health crisis. Behavioral health professionals can solve problems that police officers cannot.

Aug 19 • 4:33 AM EDT • Health • kansasreflector.com

Massachusetts governor reacts to mental health crisis response in hill towns

As NEWS10 continues to follow mental health responses in the hill towns of Massachusetts, officials are working to establish a task force for alternative response. In July, $250,000 was allocated t…

Aug 18 • 7:29 PM EDT • Health • news10.com

Legislation introduced aimed at increased mental health crises training for police

The legislation would mean training vetted by behavioral health experts to cover de-escalation and crisis response

Aug 18 • 6:46 PM EDT • Health • uppermichiganssource.com

Lindsay Clancy: Why her mental health providers didn't see a crisis

Lindsay Clancy was under the care of several mental health professionals — so why couldn't they connect the dots? She went from "a loving mother" to a defendant

Aug 18 • 5:55 PM EDT • Health • katu.com

Lindsay Clancy: Why her mental health providers didn't see a crisis

Lindsay Clancy was under the care of several mental health professionals — so why couldn't they connect the dots? She went from "a loving mother" to a defendant

Aug 18 • 5:55 PM EDT • Health • komonews.com

Iran is losing control of the Strait of Hormuz

The battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz has become the focal point of the Iran war. Over the past several months, both Iran and the United States have claimed the upper hand – and the competing rhetoric has caused considerable confusion and doubt.

Aug 18 • 2:17 PM EDT • Business • cnn.com

Loneliness Is A Health Crisis, But Doctors Alone Can't Cure It, Analysis Argues

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Aug. 18, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Loneliness is contributing to illness, but it’s a fool’s errand to expect doctors alone to cure this particular ailment, a new study says. Social isolation — whether it be from loss, health problems or other factors that ...

Aug 18 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • usnews.com

'We cannot survive in this landscape' — Sony CEO confirms the PS6 has no fixed launch date and it needs to 'take some action' as the RAM shortage continues

Sony CEO Hiroko Totoki has confirmed that the PlayStation 6 release date remains undecided due to the ongoing manufacturing component crisis and trade wars.

Aug 18 • 5:58 AM EDT • Technology • tech.yahoo.com

Officer injured while responding to mental health crisis call, Atlanta police say

A police officer is expected to recover after he was shot while exchanging gunfire with a man having a mental crisis in a southwest Atlanta neighborhood, officials say.

Aug 17 • 1:14 PM EDT • Health • ajc.com

Sony still hasn't chosen a PlayStation 6 release date, says CEO, as RAM crisis continues

There is still no internal release date for the PlayStation 5 successor, according to Sony's CEO.

Aug 17 • 10:58 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net

Reform’s Tice says people should stop tackling climate crisis and ‘enjoy’ heat

Deputy leader says it is ‘arrogant’ to try to stop global heating, despite UK being left reeling by summer firewave

Aug 17 • 10:51 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com

'Not a crisis, but Wolves must improve to go up'

Fan writer Dazzling Dave reflects on Wolves' 2-2 draw with Blackburn and the work needed in the transfer market.

Aug 17 • 9:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Top U.S. commander acknowledges mental health issues on USS Lincoln

Cooper's visit and statement come after reports of widespread morale and mental health concerns aboard the Lincoln.

Aug 16 • 3:58 PM EDT • Health • cnbc.com

Science & Medicine: San Antonio's fungus lab is on the front line of a growing drug-resistance crisis

When doctors can't identify a fungal infection, they often turn to UT Health San Antonio's Fungus Testing Laboratory, which has discovered more than 60 new species since 2013. The lab is now racing to fight drug-resistant fungi while helping bring new antifungal treatments to market.

Aug 16 • 7:29 AM EDT • Science • tpr.org

Perez Hilton created the internet culture that watched his mental health crisis unfold

The celebrity gossip blogger became as famous as the stars he covered before social media upended his business model.

Aug 16 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • latimes.com

Inside America's health insurance 'death spiral'

The Affordable Care Act is facing what policy experts call its most serious affordability crisis since it began widely offering coverage more than a decade ago

Aug 16 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • qz.com

City breaks ground on MAPS 4 Mental Health Crisis Center

OKC’s summer of groundbreakings continued Monday as officials broke ground on the upcoming Robert Ravitz Crisis Center, a central project of MAPS 4

Aug 15 • 7:59 PM EDT • Health • freepressokc.com

Zelensky regains control after a month of political crisis

After dismissing his popular defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, and sparking anger in the streets and within the opposition, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to have contained the unrest, but has emerged weakened.

Aug 15 • 12:01 PM EDT • Politics • lemonde.fr

Measuring Whether Behavioral Health Crisis Systems Reach People in Need

Since passage of the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021, the United States has made significant investments in behavioral health crisis response systems,

Aug 14 • 2:47 PM EDT • Health • milbank.org

Coe warns on interference in sport: Keep politicians on the bus but out of the driver's seat

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has discussed topics including track and field’s ban on Russian athletes, private equity in sports and FIFA’s credibility crisis following a controversial overturned red card at the World Cup

Aug 14 • 1:15 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com

UMW Expands Mental Health Resources for Students With 24/7 Crisis Support Line

byThe University of Mary Washington is expanding access to mental health support for students through TimelyCare’s CrisisNow service, providing immediate, around-the-clock access to trained mental health professionals during moments of crisis. This additional service adds a direct phone line through UMW’s Talley Center for Counseling Services, available anytime, including outside of traditional business hours. “We want […]

Aug 14 • 12:55 PM EDT • Health • umw.edu

Perez Hilton Felt ‘Empty’ and ‘Hopeless’ Days Before Mental Health Crisis

Perez Hilton‘s behavior started to change weeks before his “suicide attempt.” The gossip blogger’s sister Barbara Lavandeira has finally broken her silence and addressed “one of the darkest days my fa...

Aug 14 • 4:26 AM EDT • Health • yahoo.com

Hot topic: why is Burnham so reluctant to talk about the climate crisis?

Extreme heat is harming wellbeing of ordinary people the PM champions, yet little has been said on the topic

Aug 14 • 1:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com

When is a mental health crisis too severe for telehealth? Warning signs families shouldn't ignore

Lindsay Clancy's psychiatrist had 14 virtual visits but never met her in person, raising questions about telehealth mental health treatment limits.

Aug 13 • 11:01 PM EDT • Health • foxnews.com

More than 80% of Georgia parents want more school-based mental health screening, treatment

Georgia parents overwhelmingly support school-based mental health services to help address the nation’s youth mental health crisis.

Aug 13 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • gpb.org

Business leaders say child care crisis is holding back Texas workforce

Aug 13 • 6:29 PM EDT • Business • yahoo.com

Another Ship Reportedly Taking USS Abraham Lincoln’s Place In Middle East After Reports Of Mental Health Crisis

The USS Abraham Lincoln has been supporting military operations in the Middle East against Iran for more than 260 days.

Aug 13 • 1:15 PM EDT • Health • forbes.com

How to Support Your Partner Through a Health Crisis

A surprise diagnosis can change a relationship overnight. Here’s how to show up for your other half without losing sight of yourself.

Aug 13 • 1:00 PM EDT • Health • gq.com

Maine shifts focus to mental health as PFAS crisis deepens

State policymakers will use emotional aid and peer mentoring to address the stress of impacted farmers.

Aug 13 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • pressherald.com

Allegheny County 911 dispatchers are confronting a mental health crisis

For years, Allegheny County’s 911 dispatchers have quietly grappled with a growing mental health crisis that has forced them to face, firsthand,...

Aug 13 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • post-gazette.com

Abbott to pump up blood supply with $1M college sports prize amid US crisis

Abbott is again tapping into the competitive spirit of Big Ten universities to drive blood donations,

Aug 13 • 3:39 AM EDT • Sports • fiercepharma.com