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Brookside Gardens Children’s Day returns September 19 with free activities and live entertainment
WHEATON, Md. – Montgomery Parks invites families to experience the wonders of nature during Children’s Day at Brookside Gardens on Saturday, September 19, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sponsored by the Friends of Brookside Gardens, the free annual event offers hands-on activities and live entertainment designed to inspire children and their families. What: […]
Mamdani announces lawsuit against Trump admin over ‘public charge’ rule
New York joins 22 other states and Washington DC in suing to block the “Public Charge” rule which would give immigration officials wide discretion to deny green cards, visas, or admission if they are deemed likely to need public benefits such as food stamps, Medicaid or housing vouchers. The legislation is set to go into effect on Friday.
Tourism task force closes in on draft of management strategy
“The bottom line is tourism’s here to stay, and the residents are here to stay,” said J.E. Austin’s president, Joe Lowther, who led the discussion in person at the meeting.
Free Health & Wellness Fair To Offer Screenings, Vaccines And More In St. Mary’s County
LEONARDTOWN, Md. – It’s that time of year again! The 2026 Community Health & Wellness Fair, hosted by St. Mary’s County Government’s Department of Aging & Human Services, will be held on Friday, October 9, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the University of Maryland Southern – Maryland, located at 44219 Airport Road in California, […]
MDCalc Co-Founder Graham Walker Returns in New Role
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 14, 2026--
Southern Glazer's names MD of new Gold Division
Southern Glazer’s has formed a new Gold Division to oversee the Anheuser-Busch portfolio, and operations in New York and Colorado.
The rising power of American Muslims
Is this a new era for American Muslims?American Muslims are building their own cultural institutions – New York Magazine and The Guardian have reported on flourishing ecosystems of cafes, magazines, dance nights, meetups and readings for Muslims and/or people with heritage from the SWANA region. And on a political level, Muslims like Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani have become prominent faces of the left. On the one hand, this swell of Muslims coming up in politics and building cultural institutions is not surprising – there are over 4 million Muslims in America. On the other hand, this shift is pretty significant given how deeply Islamophobia and racism are rooted in our culture. So what's changed for American Muslims in recent years, and what’s stayed the same? What does it mean that Muslims are accruing a little more political and cultural capital now, and that non-Muslims are noticing?To get deeper into it, Brittany is joined by Dr. Donna Auston, cultural anthropologist, and Dr. Tazeen Ali, scholar of Islam in America and associate professor of religion and politics at Washington University in St. Louis.Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.
Med Center Health holds 16th annual NICU reunion
Med Center Health held its 16th annual NICU reunion, bringing together families and the medical staff who cared for their premature or medically complex newborns.
The US right still paints Muslims as the ‘enemy’. But they are fighting for a brighter future for Americans
Progressive politicians such as Zohran Mamdani offer answers to the bitter post-9/11 legacy of failures at home and abroad, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
US SECTORS CALL: Energy, Information Technology & Health Care
Rising bond yields and oil prices weighed on stocks last week, though a mostly in-line CPI report on Friday sparked a rebound. The S&P 500 still fell 0.8%, with nine of the 11 sectors declining. Energy (OW) led, rising 2.0%, and it tops the sector derby
INTERVIEW: Mamdani shows the way for EU socialists, Athens mayor says
'This is the new model we should follow in Europe: to be bold and to confront the problems head-on,' he told Euractiv
Yankee Stadium cooling tower positive for Legionnaires' disease, city health department says
The city health department advised anyone who has been in or around Yankee Stadium since late August to get tested for Legionnaires' disease.
'Back in Black' review: Christopher Walken is hilarious as a quirky undertaker
Ella Ballentine goes from "Anne of Green Gables" to "The Vampire Lestat," to a killer comedy.
Trump unloads on AOC, Mamdani for laughing during sacred 9/11 ceremony at Ground Zero
President Donald Trump called the moment "terrible" after video showed AOC and Zohran Mamdani appearing to laugh during the Ground Zero ceremony.
Grassroots initiative bringing candidates' stances on science issues
Salisbury, Md. – With election season underway, a nationwide grassroots initiative is working to put candidates’ stances on certain science policy issues in front of voters. Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) is a non-partisan, grassroots coalition of early-career scientists and researchers. As midterm elections get closer, they’re working to make sure voters know their candidates’ positions on science and...
Report: Macomb mental health-substance abuse efforts rise with need
“We use full geo-location technology. If you’re physically in Macomb County and dial 988, or our 586-307-9100 phone number, you’re getting the same group of people, which is local individuals.” — Macomb County Community M…
The secret ballot has been an article of faith in US elections. That's being tested in Georgia
There's a flaw in Georgia’s voting equipment that can allow voters to be matched to their ballots after they’ve been cast.
MDH Home Health & The MDH Hospice Both Earn CHAP Accreditation
Community Health Accreditation Partner, Inc., (CHAP) announced that McDonough District Hospital Home Health Care and The MDH Hospice have both been
Bone Health Without the Hype
I am at the Australasian Menopause Society meeting and we had a fantastic lecture on Bone Health on Day 2, called, “Everything you need to know about bones - except the boring bits!” Spoiler alert, there were no boring bits. The lecture was given by Dr. Amanda Beech, who is a senior staff specialist in Obstetric Medicine and Endocrinology at the Royal Hospital for Women, where she is director of the Bone Density Unit. I want to summarize my top 10 take-aways for you. Share Osteoporosis is a disease of low bone mass, disruption of bone microarchitecture, and fragility of the skeleton. It is a silent disease…until someone develops a fracture. The diagnosis of osteoporosis is based on either fragility/minimal trauma fractures or a T-score of less than -2.5 on a DXA (Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry) or bone scan. It is important to recognize that about 50% of minimal trauma fractures occur when women have low bone mass (often referred to as osteopenia), but not osteoporosis. This tells us that bone strength is more complicated than a number on a DXA report. I am going to add a little here that wasn’t in the talk (one can only include so much in 25 minutes), as many women might read the above paragraph and think, “Shouldn’t we be treating everyone with low bone mass if this is when 50% of the fractures occur?” Many fractures happen for women with low bone mass because there are so many women with low bone mass –it is a statement about the population on a whole, not about the fracture risk of low bone mass. For you as an individual, bone density is only one component of fracture risk and many women with lower bone mass will not have a significantly elevated fracture risk. This is why individualized risk assessment matters. Subscribe We build bone in our teens and twenties, and by the time we are about thirty we have reached peak bone mass. This is why, when we discuss risk factors for osteoporosis, it is important to consider factors that might have affected us in our teens and twenties when we were actively building bone, such as nutritional restriction/energy imbalance. It is important to ask women about a history of eating disorders, and for those with such a history, getting a bone scan in perimenopause or at age 50 is likely warranted. (This image below isn’t from the talk, but is similar to one that was). Bone mass is relatively stable until about two years before the final menstrual period, and perimenopause marks a time of rapid bone loss for women. Using urinary markers of bone loss we know that the time of significantly accelerated bone loss starts about 1 year before the final period and ends about 2 years after the final period. The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) shows that over the menopause transition women lose an average of 10.6% of the bone at their lumbar spine and 9.1% at the femoral neck While this wasn’t covered in the lecture, I want to add that the rapid bone loss during perimenopause is clearly related to more than estradiol, because during this time estradiol levels can be erratic and not uniformly low. Bone loss during perimenopause is likely a multi-hormone event. For example, rising FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) tracks with bone loss better than estradiol, and there is evidence that FSH may act directly on bone. While decreased estrogen matters, there is clearly more going on. FSH and bone is an active area of research. Subscribe Screening for osteoporosis was recommended fairly broadly before age 65, and was taken from the “Practitioner’s Toolkit for Managing Menopause,” from Monash University. Here is a screenshot from the toolkit that was used as a slide: I am going to add a little bit more about body weight here for clarification. Low body mass (typically 152.1 lb): 0 points (risk neutral) 60–69 kg (132.3–152.1 lb): 3 points (adds some risk)
Marshall Health Network hosts vaccine drive-thru
The Marshall Health Network offered free drive-thru vaccine clinics Saturday morning.
Governor Candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms (D-GA) on Reproductive Health Care
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms delivers remarks on reproductive health care rights in Atlanta.
Brief 9/11 ceremony exchange between Mamdani, AOC sparks political backlash
A brief video of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a 9/11 ceremony sparked backlash and debate over its context.
Arsenal at Sunderland match thread: tricky traveling test
Arsenal travel to the Stadium of Light to take on Sunderland on Premier League MD4. The Gunners owe the Black Cats one from last season. Regis Le Bris’ side pegged ‘em back in the 94th minute to snatch a draw. Ultimately, it didn’t matter — Arsenal still won the league — but I’d bet the […]
Women’s Wellness Social to offer free evening of health and self-care in Fulton
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AMD sets $189 price for Ryzen 5 7500 and $99 for Ryzen 5 5500F
AMD's Ryzen 5 7500 and Ryzen 5 5500F now have confirmed US pricing. The Zen 4 AM5 model costs $189, while the Zen 3 AM4 chip is priced at $99.
Ilika, Genflow Biosciences, EnergyPathways, Ariana Resources, Tertiary Minerals, Light Science Technologies - Small Cap Week in Review
The politics and possibilities of ‘AI could kill us all’
I found myself fielding a lot of questions from folks who don’t usually talk much about AI this week. They were mostly along the lines of “do you think AI is going to kill us all?” or “how worried should I be about this human extinction stuff?” Motivating this wave of existential anxiety was the highly dramatic resignation of now-former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon, who quit his job while publicly sharing his concerns about safety practices at the leading AI companies. More specifically, he declared that almost everyone at OpenAI and Anthropic, the leading AI labs, believes that there’s a decent chance the AI systems they’re producing could “kill us all” by the end of the decade, and the companies aren’t “acting responsibly.” Other AI safety researchers, including those still employed at Anthropic and OpenAI, all confirmed that yes, Coxon is correct, they’re all worried that their company’s products might prove fatal for the entire human race as well. Two more AI employees quit and joined the chorus. Now, the warning shot has been covered everywhere from the Wall Street Journal to Fox News to WIRED to the Guardian. I understand why all this sounds scary, but my response to those who have asked, has generally been: No, you don’t need to worry that AI will kill go rogue and kill us all. But that does not mean we shouldn’t worry, period. Far from it. The companies building AI products are now among the wealthiest and most powerful entities in the world. And they very much are building enormous engines of mass surveillance, extraction, and automation. They can and have allowed their AI systems to carry out felony hacks of other companies, provided the government with autonomously generated kill lists, and sold enterprise technology to firms around the world that is explicitly intended to replace jobs. But “AI” has done these things not because they have all-powerful minds of their own but, ultimately, because people have programmed, calibrated, and directed them to. In other words, it’s not AI we need to worry the most about. It’s the people and corporations working to profit from and gain power by deploying it. The technology is sophisticated, sure, and, especially in cybersecurity contexts, potentially disruptive to plenty of existing systems. But if we want to stop this predatory, profiteering, and extractive form of AI—and it’s worth noting that at this point, most people do—we absolutely can. A quick note/plea: I can only do all of this with the support of readers like you, so if you find value in independent, critical tech journalism and analysis, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. I want to keep as much of this un-paywalled as absolutely possible, and I need your support to do so. Many thanks to all who continue to chip in, it’s very much appreciated. Onward. Subscribe First, some context: AI industry folks like Coxon have been discussing the prospect that AI will destroy humanity for years. Even before the beginning of the AI boom, many working in the industry, from the executive staff to the rank and file researchers, have obsessed over ‘x-risk’, or the possibility that AI will become sentient or semi-sentient and move one way or another to exterminate humanity. This is ostensibly why Elon Musk bankrolled OpenAI in the first place, and is the grounds for his lawsuit alleging OpenAI betrayed its charter by abandoning its nonprofit status to become a commercial enterprise. Many AI engineers and startup founders have calculated their own personal p(doom), or the probability that the tech product they are working on will initiate an actual humanity-extinguishing apocalypse. 10-25% p(doom)s are pretty common. (I wrote about a long weekend I spent among these folks at one of their top conferences here, to give you an idea of their ideas and belief systems.) Sam Altman himself drove the narrative of the imminent rise of a super-powerful AI, or artificial general intelligence, to prominence by declaring that the technology he was building posed an existential risk to humanity. This idea is in other words baked into the DNA of modern AI companies and into the products they engineer. It’s also why the industry is routinely accused, by myself and others, of “doom marketing,” ie, using such proclamations and framings to impart the sheer power of the technology behind your product onto investors, partners, consumers, and the state. Some ambient understanding of this tendency may have helped prevent the press from repeating the claim every time one of the x-risk folks made it over the years, including when they quit their jobs at AI companies while doing so. Yet Coxon’s AI x-risk alarm has broken containment, as they say, and has exposed the idea to the mainstream media once again. This has happened, I think, for a number of reasons. First, when AI CEOs were going around saying AI might kill everyone in 2023, their companies were well-capitalized, but not nearly to the extent they are today. They were more easily dismissed as eccentric geeks of the sort that Silicon Valley is supposed to produce. Now, not only do their products have much greater market saturation, but people are more aware of a) the often unethical ways the executives and companies comport themselves b) the other adverse impacts of AI that have already arrived, and c) the physical cost of building these systems, particularly when it comes to data centers. Finally, toss in the constant stream of headlines in 2026 about AI models going rogue or potentially upending the world’s infrastructure. [ ](https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-backlash-to-data-centers) [ With the backlash to data centers, Flock and AI glasses, a mass opposition to big tech is underway. Silicon Valley is in denial. ](https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-backlash-to-data-centers) Brian Merchant · Aug 27 [ Read full story ](https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-backlash-to-data-centers) As a result, general sentiment was already overwhelmingly skeptical of AI and its overlords, so the table was pretty well set for someone to come along and say ‘just a reminder, the companies that are building the product that promises to take your job and leave a data center in your neighborhood also think that it might exterminate the human race’ and get a strong reaction from the media and the public. The question is: Should we understand this stuff as hype, strategically fanned to feed already swelling valuations? Is it doom marketing? Genuine cause for alarm that the infrastructure that undergirds modern life is facing a novel threat vector? Or reason to be sincerely worried that AI companies are amassing too much power, and that their products are genuinely dangerous? The answer, I’m afraid, is “yes.” Let me try to untangle all of this a bit, because arguments over how to navigate this moment are extremely heated right now, as they are essentially arguments over how to approach the politics of AI at a moment where there may be a unique opening for action. Those sympathetic to AI alignment concerns and x risk arguments—which increasingly includes a faction on the left who want to shut down AI over safety concerns—argue that people who dismiss AI as all hype have their heads in the sand. Meanwhile, critics of the x-risk narrative—which I might note includes a cadre of investors and tech folks on the right, too—argue that it is hype and can be used to further inflate valuations or for pursuing regulatory capture. The challenge is that many feel that dismissing AI as just hype or purely marketing also diminishes the urgency of taking on the AI industry as the novel and threat to labor, civil society, and the public sphere it is; others that by accepting the industry’s own terms, we imbue it with undue power and enable it. But let’s be clear: Declarations that AI is so powerful it might end the world are a kind of marketing, and anyone who says otherwise is just as off base as those who say that’s all that it is. If you don’t think that these sub-trillion dollar companies have higher-ups who noticed that when their founders talked about super-powerful dangerous AI they got spikes in media interest and phone calls from investors, or that those founders didn’t notice that themselves, and lean into certain narratives to advantage their products, then I don’t know what to tell you. Not all marketing is a Pepsi ad campaign with a celebrity spokesperson. Yet confronting the AI industry should certainly be considered an urgent project. Do I share the x-riskers’ fear that out-of-control, super-intelligent AI agents might end the world? I do not. I’ve read a good deal of AI extinction literature over the last couple of years and I have not come across a credible, step-by-step documentation of how exactly AI might move from self-recursively improving AI to killing every single human on the planet. Most of what I’ve read seems predicated on a sort of reverse Ian Malcolmian logic: Eventually, it becomes smart enough and AI, uh, finds a way (to exterminate humanity). Are the AI companies also overstating and dramatizing what their products can do? Yes, pretty much all the time. They’re in a knife fight for market share and are trying to win customers and government contracts before their investors come knocking. And yet. They have concentrated enormous amounts of compute, have extensive data collection and surveillance capacities, have inserted themselves into the state in numerous capacities, including military kill chains, and they are being run by egomaniacal billionaires who are rushing to monopolize an entire new market. The way I think about their most recent frightening-seeming exploits is not as a “swarm of rogue AI agents building a new civilization” or whatever, but as corporations with a hitherto-unimaginable amount of compute at their disposal recklessly experimenting with automation programs, completely unafraid of any repercussions because we have been unwilling or unable to impose any on them. So I think we should welcome any newfound imperative to hold them accountable. I also think that ultimately, the AI critics, Pause AI folks, leftists, doomers, effective altruists, and, honestly, most of the public, want a lot of the same things: legitimate checks and limits on AI companies’ power, actual transparency into what the companies are doing, and for more of AI to be under public control. (Ultimately, a lot of what animates the x-risk fears are rooted in just that: a fear of losing control.) How we move towards all this, exactly, is the question of the day, and while there’s much to be argued over in terms of building a viable political platform to challenge the AI industry’s power, I do want to cast a vote against one particular approach. Not to pick on Chris here, as there are a lot of folks out there proposing stuff like this, and the policy ideas actually stem from AI safety groups. But not only would this be challenging to land politically (I can already hear the ‘China will beat us to AGI’ calls) and all but unworkable in practice, this approach is a) far too limiting, b) fails to address the current harms caused by AI and c) would likely only wind up serving Anthropic and OpenAI; it’s what regulatory capture looks like in action. Full model transparency is the floor for what should be on offer here. If these companies believe their products will kill us, the very least we deserve is to know how. It’s in the public interest. I would also argue we might get a lot of the way to stopping any currently envisioned robot apocalypse simply by forcing AI companies to assume liability, and to submit to the full brunt of the law. If Sam Altman were liable to be charged with a felony for approving the hack on Hugging Face1, if Google was forced to pay defamation fines each time it published a false and injurious AI Overviews, these companies might suddenly find cause to restrain their models’ output, and we might hear less about rogue AI. We would need to introduce new frameworks and available tools for tracking automated lawbreaking, to be sure, but I’d wager that little would frighten the AI companies more than actually being held accountable for what their products enable. To that end, Illinois has passed an AI liability law, which the industry fought tooth and nail, and Florida is considering one. The next steps would be towards moving AI under public control; again, it’s only reasonable, since everyone, not just AI insiders, should get a say over how a technology whose developers say might kill us is developed and deployed. Dismantling the whole industrial project as currently structured should be on the table, too, pending democratic input. But that’s for another post. For now, suffice to say that while I won’t be losing any sleep about an AI-enabled extinction event, Mr. Coxon and co. have given us an opportunity to underscore the urgency of the clear and present damage AI companies are doing, the extreme power they wield and the extent to which they hold themselves unaccountable, and the abundance of political capital there is out there for taking them on. Subscribe 1 Purely speculative! I do not know if he did or not.
President Trump Remarks to U.S. Embassy Personnel & Business Leaders in Ireland
President Trump delivers remarks to U.S. embassy personnel and business leaders in Ireland.
J.K. Rowling responds to Lilly Wachowski’s accusation of ‘funding trans genocide’ (exclusive)
J.K. Rowling’s representative responded to Lilly Wachowski accusing the author of ‘funding trans genocide’: ‘She does not support legal actions aimed at harming transgender people.’
The dirtiest places on an airplane; testing for a breast cancer gene mutation; the evolution of esophageal cancer; plus other stories with Vanderbilt Health sources
William Schaffner, MD, Professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted by several news outlets about public health issues, including: WKRN News 2 (heat-related illness); NBC News (how bad will flu and COVID be this winter?); AAA’s The Extra Mile (the dirtiest places on an airplane); WKRN News 2 (again) (measles in Tennessee); and The Tennessean and Healthline (new COVID vaccines). Schaffner also spoke to the EMJ European Medical Journal for a Q&A interview. Tuya Pal, MD, Professor of Medicine, was quoted in a New York Times story about testing for a breast cancer gene mutation. Michael Gibson, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, was quoted in a MedPage Today story about the epidemiologic evolution of esophageal cancer. Medpage Today writer Shannon Fritz quoted Shravani Durbhakula, MD, Associate Professor of Pain Medicine, who answered questions about a street drug called cychlorphine. Becker’s Behavioral Health picked up the story. WSMV Channel 4 News reporter Diana Rocco interviewed Michael Caucci, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology, for a story about postpartum psychosis and the trial of Lindsay Clancy.
Mamdani draws fury from 9/11 mourners over Ground Zero appearance: ‘Disrespectful’
Footage captured Zohran Mamdani greeting Rudolph Giuliani at Ground Zero as victims' families and first responders criticize his 9/11 attendance.
Giuliani Manages to Be Cordial to Mamdani at Ground Zero
The former mayor, who has launched a series of Islamophobic broadsides against Mamdani, appeared to offer words of encouragement on Friday.
Giuliani and Mamdani Shake Hands at 9/11 Memorial
Rudy Giuliani and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani shook hands at Ground Zero during the 25th anniversary commemoration of 9/11.
Ask the Experts: Access to healthcare
Kevin Curwick, president of ConvenientMD’s Advance Primary Care, discusses how healthcare organizations can actually reduce costs while delivering better care to patients by following through on the promise of value-based care.
Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet To Discuss “Marine Science & Technology Leadership In Turbulent Times” At St. Mary’s College
LEXINGTON PARK, Md. – The Patuxent Partnership and the Steny H. Hoyer Center for the Study of Democracy at St. Mary’s College of Maryland will present an evening with Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, Ph.D., USN (Ret.), on Wednesday, September 30, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the College’s Dodge Performing Arts Center. Gallaudet, former acting administrator of […]
9/11 Firefighter on Rudy's Mamdani Attack: 'Leave Politics Out of It'
In the National Geographic docuseries, Bill Spade, the sole survivor of Staten Island’s Rescue Company 5 crew, finally tells an NYPD officer’s sons about their father’s last moments.
Al Franken, other Jewish Americans endorse El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee in the Michigan Senate race, has faced a backlash from some Jewish Democrats for his intense criticism of Israel.
Emma Bonino, prominent humanist in Italian politics, dies at 78
A tireless defender of human rights, Emma Bonino served in the Italian and European parliaments, as foreign affairs minister, and as European commissioner. The historic figure of the Italian Radical Party died in Rome on Friday.
Leeds MD Robbie Evans Q&A: Daniel Farke contract, transfer business and SCR situation
Leeds United managing director Robbie Evans spoke to the media after the end of the transfer window
Cosm Detroit wins raves as sold-out crowd sinks into immersive experience
Fans filled the sold-out venue Thursday to watch the San Francisco 49ers blitz the Los Angeles Rams in Melbourne, Australia.
Longboat Key Chamber to honor local business leaders at 2026 Membership Awards Gala
The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce will recognize local businesses and community leaders during its 2026 Membership Awards Gala on September 24.
Pages - Maryland Department of Health observes World Suicide Prevention Day, highlights statewide efforts and resources
An official website of the State of Maryland.
Previewing the 2026 Science of Skin Summit
Patricia K. Farris, MD, co-founder of the Science of Skin Summit and Co-host of the Science of Skin Podcast, previews the upcoming 2026 meeting. which is slated to take place from Sept. 17 to 20, 2026 in Austin, TX.
St. Mary’s County Health Department Receives $3.5 M for Connected Care Initiative
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Uganda: Catholic Caravan 2026 brings healthcare to underserved communities
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Drink up: Centreville raises a glass to successful community, business engagement events
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Morpholio Trace for Business Brings a New Way for Firms to Buy and Deploy at Scale
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Mamdani invites New Yorkers to sleep under the stars at the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Park
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Interra Health now supports CMS’ GLP-1 Bridge Program
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The politics of politics
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Home health care jobs expected to skyrocket amid "critical" need in Tennessee
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Oswego Players announce 2026 Don McCann contest winners
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Bunkerhill Health Names Dr. Azita Hamedani as First Chief Clinical Officer
SAN FRANCISCO, September 10, 2026--Bunkerhill Health, whose long-horizon AI agent helps health systems translate their goals into outcomes, today announced the appointment of Azita G. Hamedani, MD, MPH, MBA, as its first Chief Clinical Officer.
Nightingale Health and Genom to launch risk detection test in Croatia
Nightingale Health and Genom have partnered to introduce a blood-based risk detection test to clinics and laboratories throughout Croatia.
Zia Yusuf: the polarising figure in Reform’s ranks
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UMD researchers explain the science behind why leaves change color
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UMD researchers explain the science behind why leaves change color
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W.Va. expands Medicaid school-based health services
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Acadia Chamber opens new visitor center
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Despite steady rain, more than 70 residents, business owners and town officials turned out for an open house hosted by the Acadia Chamber of Commerce at its
Danganronpa 2×2 launches January 14, 2027
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Riding for a cause: Friends jet ski for mental health awareness
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Town Hill VIS welcomes new governing board
The new board's first official meeting will be held next Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Town Hill Community Hall, next to the
Southern Maryland nonprofit fills financial gaps for mental health resources
Over the last 25 years, Jennifer Voorhaar of Charlotte Hall has seen how financial barriers can prevent people from prioritizing their mental health.
Report that Netanyahu was warned before October 7 triggers political earthquake in Israel
An investigation published by 'Haaretz' claims the Israeli prime minister was informed by UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed, 10 days before the attack, that Hamas was planning a major operation against Israel.
Epic v. Health Gorilla: “Working as Designed”
We’ve been on a bit of a legal bender since just before Labor Day, so let’s keep a good thing going! As predicted, Epic does not want its case against Health Gorilla consolidated with the data breach cases, so it filed a motion to vacate the conditional transfer. And because they had to explain to the Panel why this case is different, they put a good chunk of previously unseen Epic v. Health Gorilla discovery record on the public docket! Roll the tape! The Case Against Consolidation Before we get to the fun stuff, let’s do the housekeeping. Epic's motion boils down to three arguments (sorted in ascending order of how well they land): A judge has already decided this. Judge Olguin declined to relate the fraud action to another ELU case (Patterson v. UVA Health), holding that the two do not call for determination of substantially similar questions of law or fact. Epic asks the Panel to treat that (a Rule 42 ruling) as law of the case. The overlap is thin. The three common questions Health Gorilla and the Panel identified are neither numerous nor complex (the qualities the Panel looks for before centralizing). Moreover, they are outnumbered by the questions unique to each side: The breach cases turn on security architecture, notification timing, and patient-level access. The fraud action turns on false treatment attestations and breaches of the framework agreements. Consolidation costs more than it saves. 17 of 21 parties in the fraud action do not appear in a breach case. The cases are also at very different stages: Olguin has a scheduling order running through a January 2028 trial while the breach actions are much more nascent. I like the last two more than the first because they attack the basic economics of an MDL: there just may not be enough shared discovery here to justify dragging all the defendants and a relatively mature fraud case all the way to Florida. On the other hand (while I know exceedingly little about MDL and Rule 42), I have a hard time seeing why a district judge's decision about his own docket would control what the Panel does with the separate § 1407 question. I might be reading between the lines too much, but I sorta think Epic's own brief half-concedes this, framing the two provisions as "two sides of the same coin" but then adding "respectfully submit" (which is often lawyer speak for “we know this is a reach”). The Ladder Gets More Rungs Anyway, the arguments are not why you're here (aside from the lawyers, maybe). Back in June, we discussed how Epic was using the smaller defendants to build an evidentiary ladder toward Health Gorilla and Unit 387. Turns out discovery has been adding a few rungs of its own.
Ralph Alvarado kept outside jobs while working as Tennessee health commissioner
Reports show that Alvarado, now a GOP congressional candidate, worked for Kentucky nursing homes and other facilities while in Tennessee.
Troves of new 9/11 docs suggest NYC officials knew of air quality health risks
“For too long, New Yorkers have had to fight for access to records that should have been available to them,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
Southwest Harbor's newest Select Board member resigns
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Kalie Hess has announced her resignation from the Southwest Harbor Select Board, stepping down less than a year after being elected.
Netanyahu will make a quick trip to speak at the UN after Mamdani urged his arrest, diplomat says
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making a whirlwind 24-hour trip to speak at the U.N.’s annual gathering of world leaders this month after New York’s mayor urged his arrest over the war in Gaza, That's according to Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon on Tuesday | WWJ Newsradio 950
Netanyahu will make a quick trip to speak at the UN after Mamdani urged his arrest, diplomat says
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making a whirlwind 24-hour trip to speak at the U.N.’s annual gathering of world leaders this month after New York’s mayor urged his arrest over the war in Gaza, That's according to Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon on Tuesday | K-DAWN
Hegseth claims another scalp in Pentagon purge
Dan Driscoll resigned and warned the resident that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is doing serious damage to the military
Independent Kansas health systems launch shared services organization
Five Kansas health systems have launched a regional collaboration, called Astra Health, to pool resources and coordinate services while retaining their independence. | Astra Health's five founding members, who serve more than half a million patients annually, hope to improve quality and trim costs at scale while maintaining their independence.
DMV high school football rankings (9/8/26)
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Here are this week’s high school football top 25 rankings compiled by DC News Now sports reporters Jake Rohm and Alex Flum. Areas eligible for these rankings are based on our coverage zone and viewing area: Washington, D.C., Montgomery County, Prince George’s County, Frederick County (MD), Fairfax County, Loudoun County, […]
Government land-grab agenda hits key Senate race as Dem backs property takeovers echoing Mamdani
Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson suggested the state should take over mobile home parks, echoing NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's housing agenda.
Can the Mamdani model travel?
David Morales, a 27-year-old democratic socialist, is trying to knock off the mayor of Providence, Rhode Island.
Mamdani to release documents related to 9/11 health impacts
Mamdani to release documents related to 9/11 health impacts
NYC voters give Mamdani high marks, say mayor is doing better than expected
A new Suffolk University poll also finds New York voters disagree with GOP calls for Mayor Zohran Mamdani to stay away from 9/11 memorial.
Kansas City psychiatrist explores the science behind high emotional sensitivity
Dr. Sasha Hamdani's new book, "Too Sensitive," aims to provide a science-backed, empathetic framework for understanding why some people experience high emotional sensitivity. The Kansas City psychiatrist joined KCUR's Up To Date on Tuesday.
Tick-Borne Disease Center Hosts NY State Health Commissioner
New York State Health Commissioner James McDonald, MD toured Stony Brook Southampton Hospital’s Regional Tick-Borne Disease Resource Center and Clinic Sept. 1.
UC Berkeley Law event targets Trump science policies as ‘censorship’
The University of California, Berkeley School of Law organized an Aug. 25 discussion focused on resisting censorship and protecting academic freedom in scientific research.
I’ve already picked my National Television Awards winners - here’s who I think will be bringing home the trophies
The competition is fierce, but I know who I want to come away from the ceremony with a gong
MDI Health to Honor Mount Desert Nursing Association with 2026 Impact Award
BAR HARBOR—MDI Health will honor Mount Desert Nursing Association (MDNA) as its 2026 Community Partner of the Year during the organization’s Annual Meeting and Community Celebration on Tuesday, September 15. MDNA will receive the 2026 Impact Award in recognition of its longstanding commitment to providing in-home nursing, physical and occupational therapy, and medical equipment to the Island region. By caring for people where they live, MDNA helps patients remain safely and independently at home, providing reassurance and support to their families. “Mount Desert Nursing Association exemplifies the power of community partnership,” said Chrissi Maguire, President and CEO of MDI Health. “Its nurses bring skilled, compassionate care directly into people’s homes, helping patients navigate illness, recovery, and some of life’s most difficult moments. We are deeply grateful for MDNA’s service and the important role it plays in the health of our community.” MDNA works closely with MDI Health providers and care teams to support continuity of care following hospitalization, surgery, illness, or changes in health. Its personalized services extend care beyond the hospital and help ensure patients receive the support they need close to home. “For 77 years, MDNA has been here for our community, helping our neighbors recover and remain safely at home. Our long-standing partnership with MDI Health is an important part of making that possible. Together, we help ensure a seamless transition from hospital to home and provide patients with the continued care they need. We are incredibly grateful for this recognition and especially proud of our talented and hardworking team,” said Amy McVety, Executive Director of Mount Desert Nursing Association. The Impact Award will be presented during MDI Health’s Community Celebration from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Bar Harbor Club. The event will also recognize outstanding employees, volunteers, and trustees; celebrate MDI Health’s achievements over the past year; and mark a transition in Board leadership as Madeleine Braun, PhD, MBA, prepares to succeed Martha Wagner, PhD, as chair. The celebration will feature music, refreshments, the MDI Health Auxiliary Raffle, and a cash bar. MDI Health’s Annual Business Meeting will take place from 3:30 to 4 p.m. via Zoom. These events are free and open to the public, but space is limited. To reserve your spot, contact Patrianna Anderson at 207-288-5082, ext. 1432, or visit mdihospital.org/communitycelebration. Subscribe Share Leave a comment
WATCH LIVE: Mayor Mamdani holds 9/11-related press conference
The New York City mayor announces the release of more than 170,000 pages of documents related to the air quality around the World Trade Center site in the months after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Trove of new 9/11 docs suggest NYC officials knew of air quality health risks
The Mamdani administration is releasing nearly 200,000 pages of post-9/11 air quality reports Tuesday. What did NYC officials know of the potential health consequences, and when?
Singer collapses onstage at Ryman, leaving fans stunned, praying: ‘Really unsettling’
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Rate My UCL MD1 Fantasy Team
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Two years after Helene, Labor Day brings reopened parks and businesses
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Mamdani creates new DSA-inspired office to help NYC workers unionize: 'Concerning for small business'
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N.Y. officials rebuke Giuliani after he says Mamdani shouldn’t attend 9/11
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani said he was “offended” that Mamdani would attend.