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Todd Blanche makes plea for unity at Justice Department
In his inaugural address to the Justice Department workforce on Thursday, Attorney General Todd Blanche pledged to make the department “more faithful to its highest ideals than when I found it.”
Main Street Armory owner applies for new entertainment license
The Armory had the renewal of its entertainment license denied after three people died there in March 2023.
Saints' Jordyn Tyson leaves practice early with worrying hamstring injury
This isn't good news for the Saints' first-round WR.
Journalism is key to combating bad practices in science
Watchdog science journalism has become a fundamental tool to counter scientific malpractice, such as publication fraud, abuse and political and corporate manipulation of science. A study by the Universitat ...
Survey finds most North Carolinians satisfied with mental health services
Most North Carolinians who receive mental health and substance use services say they are satisfied with the care they receive
Trip brings MBCON students, Chinese health providers together
Nursing student Lakeya Spicer-Lynch traveled a lot during her 23-year military career but a summer trip to China with her fellow nursing students was her first trip that wasn’t a […]
NVIDIA GeForce NOW for Linux Officially Arrives
NVIDIA's efforts to enhance gaming on Linux operating systems are increasing. The company announced today that the official, native port of the GeForce NOW cloud gaming service client app is out of beta and now available for gamers worldwide. With months of community feedback integrated into the...
AHA responds to FDA RFI on health and safety benefits regarding non-device software
The AHA Aug. 13 responded to a Food and Drug Administration request for input on the risks and benefits to health and safety associated with non-device software.
Entertainment News: August 13, 2026
Get caught up on the latest in Hollywood, technology, and more with FOX 17 Morning Mix's Entertainment News.
The mindblowing invertebrates you have never heard of
Each year the Guardian runs a competition to find the invertebrate of the year. To find out more about the 2026 nominees science editor Ian Sample hears from climate reporter Petra Stock, environment reporter Oliver Milman and Science Weekly co-host Madeleine Finlay. They each nominate an incredible invertebrate that you might never have heard of, and argue why their choice should come top. Vote for your favourite now and the winner will be unveiled on 17 August
Indigo Girls to share songs, stories at Columbus Commons in September
The Indigo Girls and special guest Linda Perry will perform in the Bicentennial Pavilion at the Commons on Sept. 16.
AI needs science’s search history
“Actually, that’s where the gold is,” said Alasdair Russell, my graduate school friend who leads a pre-clinical genome editing group at Cambridge. He was talking about the winding road of science that is omitted from published papers. “When you’re discussing how to do the experiment, and why this way is better than another way, and what does the data really mean? I know what it shows, but what does it mean?” At RAAIS 2026, he described how his group has begun logging the twisting path of discovery as it happens, recording the verbal and written exchanges that normally disappear. Ideas become nodes in a living graph: they branch when a meeting produces two plausible experiments, merge when separate lines of evidence converge, and go dark when someone quietly stops pursuing them. In his implementation, one agent scores novelty, while another tries to learn “how scientists think and how they navigate through a complex world of data,” so that high-potential nodes can trigger deeper investigation. As frontier AI labs deploy agents toward scientific discovery, giving AI authentic scientific taste remains a trillion-dollar dilemma. The bottleneck is that the record we have kept for centuries of science might be insufficient to get us there. The experiments that never make the paper Peter Medawar, 1960 Nobel laureate and “father of transplantation,” asked in 1963 whether the scientific paper was a fraud, and answered yes: the form of the paper misrepresents the thinking that produced it. Sixty years on, the diagnosis is unchanged. A paper presents a clean progression from hypothesis to result to conclusion. Lost along the way are the unconventional theories, the abandoned or unaffordable methods, and the underwhelming and inconclusive data. It reads like a browser history with every dead end deleted: the ten open tabs, the four rephrased queries, the wrong turn down a subforum. All scrubbed, leaving one clean path from question to answer as the canonical path. What has changed since then is that the discarded material is now worth something. No high-impact journal wants these artifacts, but raw trial and error is the most likely source of the training data required to develop scientific intuition, or what researchers call taste. Earlier attempts to capture the discards were motivated by scientific integrity. The Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine launched in 2002 to publish rigorous studies that disputed established models or exposed ineffective treatments. Its archive preserved negative conclusions after they had become papers, rather than the live alternatives and arguments that produced them. BioMed Central closed it in 2017, saying the mission had been served now that other journals publish null results. A less generous reading is that in fifteen years it published around 200 papers because almost nobody wants to read a negative result, let alone write one up when it will not count toward academic tenure. AI models are different. Even an uninteresting negative result can be useful, provided it is labeled. Earlier this year, Anthropic put a version of this to the test. The company pulled 129 decision points from real Claude Code sessions between January and March 2026, showed models the work up to a human detour, and asked what should happen next. Claude Mythos Preview beat the human choice 64% of the time, while Opus 4.5 managed 51%. The comparison was tilted toward the models because Anthropic deliberately chose moments where the human decision had room for improvement. On 127 further scenarios where the human action was already strong, the models improved on it only about 20% of the time. The study was possible because Anthropic’s researchers work inside a tool that logs by default. The reasoning, detours and outcome are produced in the same working environment. Biology has no equivalent. Its reasoning happens in hallways, at benches, in Slack threads and on whiteboards, while the outcome arrives weeks later somewhere else. The record has to emerge from the work itself. Ask scientists to reconstruct it afterwards and we’ll create another polished account. Subscribe A log is not a label Before any of this becomes training data, a negative result has to say what failed. The first paper published in the Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine examined 234 negative studies across five leading medical journals. Only 30% discussed statistical power, and half clearly defined a primary outcome. Tell a model an experiment failed, without telling it whether the assay was underpowered, a reagent had degraded, or the hypothesis was simply wrong, and it will learn noise with confidence. Decision histories have a second missing label too. When a lab considers five experiments and runs one, only the chosen branch returns an outcome. The other four are experimental counterfactuals. Researchers call this the selective labels problem: the data reveal results only for the actions someone chose to take. Such a record can teach a model to imitate a lab’s taste, but it cannot establish that the taste was good. It also smuggles local constraints into general lessons. A lab that never ran cryo-EM because it did not own a microscope teaches a model that cryo-EM is rarely the right call. Alasdair’s nodes preserve the candidate set, which is the necessary first step. To be useful, each decision record needs six fields: The evidence available at that moment, and nothing that arrived later. The candidates considered, including the ones dismissed in a sentence. For each candidate: the expected result, the confidence attached to it, and the cost in time and money. The route chosen, and the reason. What happened next. How the evidence changed the scientist’s view. These must be timestamped before the outcome, because hindsight turns uncertainty into inevitability. Disagreement also has to survive. Averaging three scientists into one clean rationale reproduces exactly the information loss we are trying to fix. But there is an obvious failure mode here. Once decisions are logged and scored, people log for the record post-facto. Anyone who has watched an electronic lab notebook fill up with retrospective tidying knows how quickly a research tool becomes a compliance exercise. A record that costs a scientist ten minutes of honest reflection per decision is worth far more than one that costs an hour of performance. A publication initiative called Registered Reports offers a useful starting point. Here, researchers submit their rationale, methods and analysis plan for peer review before the data exist, and the journal commits in principle to publish if they follow the approved plan. Nature has now expanded the format across every field it covers. This approach to paper writing timestamps intent before the outcome, but it freezes one plan. A useful search history must also preserve how the plan changed, which alternatives were rejected, when, and on what evidence. Subscribe Run the runner-up Autonomous labs show what happens when decisions and outcomes are connected in a loop. Liverpool’s mobile robotic chemist ran 688 experiments over eight days in a ten-variable formulation space. A batched Bayesian search used each result to choose the next experiments and found photocatalyst mixtures six times more active than the starting formulations. Every completed experiment changed what the system did next. The robot optimized within a goal and search space that humans had already chosen. It did not decide which scientific question mattered. So what this work demonstrates is narrower, but still useful: a search history pays off when the options return standardized outcomes quickly. Open-ended biology is harder because branches can take weeks and the discarded alternatives may never be run. Some exploration therefore has to be bought. Where two branches are plausible and the stakes justify the cost, a lab should sometimes run the runner-up. Otherwise the record captures what today’s scientists usually chose and stays silent on what they systematically overlooked. A funder could ring-fence a small fraction of a grant for the branch not taken, provided that the decision record and the outcome are both deposited. That costs money, but so does having every lab rediscover the same abandoned path. Test whether taste transfers When it comes time to evaluate if our new AI system exhibits taste, the comparison should run across laboratories and fields. At selected decision points in a live research campaign, we should freeze the six fields: the evidence, the candidates, expected results, confidence, costs and the choice made. Experts then rank the options before the outcomes are known, and those outcomes are checked independently later. We could give models one of two diets - papers alone, or papers plus decision histories - and ask them to rank the next experiment on unfamiliar projects. Then, we score information gained per dollar and week, calibration, and how quickly weak branches are abandoned. If histories improve choices only inside the lab that produced them, they amount to useful organizational memory. If they improve choices on unfamiliar problems elsewhere, Alasdair’s group will have captured something science has never managed to write down: a transferable record of taste. Until that happens, a scientific search history is a promising record, not yet a training set.
Baltimore sues Kalshi and Polymarket for offering unlicensed sports betting
The battle between sportsbooks and prediction markets continues, in the form of states and local governments attempting to shut down what arguably amounts to unlicensed bookmaking.
Baltimore sues Kalshi and Polymarket for offering unlicensed sports betting
The battle between sportsbooks and prediction markets continues, in the form of states and local governments attempting to shut down what arguably amounts to unlicensed bookmaking.
Dick Cheney cardiologist: Trump ‘has not looked well’
Dr. Jonathan Reiner, former Vice President Cheney’s cardiologist, on Wednesday wrote that President Trump “has not looked well” during his second term. Reiner, who is also a profe…
Essentia Health welcomes new executive vice president
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Joe Rogan predicts retirement for Islam Makhachev after UFC 330
One of MMA's biggest voices sees Islam Makhachev hanging up the gloves after UFC 330
Matthew McConaughey prompts priceless reaction from Ella Langley after Oscar winner covers ‘Choosin’ Texas’
Matthew McConaughey grabbed a mandolin to perform a bluegrass cover of Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."
Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) Could Be 8% Undervalued As Q2 Earnings Lift The Stock
Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) is back in focus after reporting second quarter 2026 results, with higher sales and net income than a year earlier. This has prompted fresh attention on the stock’s recent move. See our latest analysis for Live Nation Entertainment. At a share price of $185.33, Live Nation Entertainment has gained momentum recently, with a 27.54% year to date share price return and a 116.51% three year total shareholder return hinting at investors reassessing its prospects...
Reflecting Pool's botched repairs threaten to tarnish the National Park Service's reputation
President Donald Trump's handling of repairs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has put the National Park Service in a difficult spot.
New York State Department of Financial Services Introduces Guidance and Proposed Regulation to Strengthen New York’s Surprise Medical Bill Resolution Process
New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Acting Superintendent Kaitlin Asrow today issued new guidance to health insurers, health care providers, and independent dispute resolution (“IDR”) entities implementing improvements to the IDR process signed into law by Governor Hochul as a part of her Fiscal Year 2026-2027 (FY27) Budget.
Inmate dies at Alachua County Jail, officials confirm
Alachua County Sheriff’s Office officials confirm an inmate died at the jail Thursday morning
Microsoft starts merging its Copilot consumer and business apps in advance of ‘Super App’ rollout
Microsoft is combining its consumer and business Copilot apps into a single app, in a gradual transition starting this week. Copilot Podcasts, Group Chat and Deep Research will be retired beginning Aug. 18, along with Mico, the animated character added to Copilot's voice mode last year.
Microsoft starts merging its Copilot consumer and business apps in advance of ‘Super App’ rollout
Microsoft is combining its consumer and business Copilot apps into a single app, in a gradual transition starting this week. Copilot Podcasts, Group Chat and Deep Research will be retired beginning Aug. 18, along with Mico, the animated character added to Copilot's voice mode last year.
Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE) Stock May Be Fully Priced After Record Revenue
Madison Square Garden Entertainment has delivered a very strong share price run over the past three years, while the latest valuation checks suggest the stock now leans expensive rather than like an obvious bargain. The stock has returned 186.8% over the past three years, which puts recent buyers in a very different position to investors who entered earlier in the move. Recent record revenue and higher event activity can support expectations for healthier earnings, while any setback in...
Pokemon Bank is shutting down, announcement released
Today, The Pokemon Company announced that it’s shutting down Pokemon Bank. The service goes offline on February 26, 2027. Once we reach that day, players will not be able to transfer Pokemon from Pokemon Bank to Pokemon Home. It will not be possible to store Pokemon there any longer. Players are advised to send their creatures to Pokemon Home before...
Thurman Thomas on Josh Allen and the Bills
Thurman Thomas on building the new Bills stadium and this season's Super Bowl odds.
Jason Benetti Will Call NBA Games for NBC This Season
Benetti will supplement NBC’s roster, not replace any of its NBA voices.
Pixel 11 moves the NFC antenna to the top of the phone for easier payments, Tap to Share
In a nice quality-of-life change, Google says it has moved the NFC antenna on its Pixel 11 phones to the...
How San Francisco's ridiculous housing prices are defining the race to replace Pelosi
As San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan and Sen. Scott Wiener fight to succeed former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, their track records on affordable housing could be decisive in the tight race for Congress.
An investigation into Commure, and Medicare's new-tech incentives for AI devices
In this edition of STAT Health Tech: a deep dive into General Catalyst-backed Commure, and Medicare's tech incentives for AI devices.
Scientists uncover new clue to how protons maintain their identity
New results from the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) suggest that gluons, the gluelike particles that hold quarks together inside protons, play a central role in the conservation of baryon number, an essential part of a particle’s quantum identity.
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If you’re not looking to the future, then the people on your team aren’t looking to the future either.
The drug lenacapavir is a mighty weapon against HIV. Its rollout gets mixed reviews
It's a twice-a-year injection that is remarkably effective in preventing an HIV infection. Distribution is starting. But questions are being raised about getting it to the areas that need it most.
Yale’s Jasmiry Bennett named Vice President and Chief Advanced Practice Officer for Vanderbilt Health
As Vanderbilt Health's first Vice President and Chief Advanced Practice Officer, Bennett will provide strategic leadership for the APP community across the enterprise and help shape the future of advanced practice.
President of Starz Entertainment Jeffrey Hirsch Buys 6.4% More Shares
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KCK abruptly stops key health services. Advocates say it speaks to a bigger need
Local health advocates said they think area collaboration, increased funding could make a difference to health outcomes in Wyandotte.
In redrawn FL-23, incumbent Rep. Lois Frankel battles political outsider Victoria Doyle
The 78-year-old from West Palm Beach — who has been in elected office since the mid-1980s and in Congress since 2013 — is facing a progressive challenger, Victoria Doyle, 60, a retired intellectual property attorney and local activist.
Some spikes, but hospitals not overwhelmed by World Cup-related visits
State officials reported a "noticeable" jump in alcohol-related visits around games that landed on weekends.
Twitch is training AI on livestreams, says it's an opt out feature as "nobody would opt in"
The chief product officer offered the cold hard truth behind a controversial new addition to the live stream platform.
Attorneys ‘On the Move’: Latham Adds Partner to Capital Markets Practice; Entertainment Lawyer Joins Dorf Nelson & Zauderer
And other announcements of recent hirings and promotions of New York attorneys.
3 reasons for concern from Commanders' joint practice vs Dolphins
It was a good and productive day for the Commanders in their joint practice with Dolphins. But it wasn't perfect.
Veteran entrepreneurs find support in Spokane
Spokane County's large military and veteran community is helping to sustain a significant network of veteran-owned businesses, with local organizations working to connect former service members with the resources needed to start and grow companies.
Small Business, Happy Pets
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Apple TV just added a bunch of classic movies to stream for free
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PENN Entertainment (PENN) Stock Looks Cheap On Sales While Online Risks Linger
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Business Law Section’s AI Task Force helps lawyers navigate a rapidly changing landscape
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Rueben Bain Dominates Bucs’ Joint Practice With Jets
Tampa's prized rookie terrorized the New York Jets, blowing past first-round picks and drawing penalties as the favorite for Defensive Rookie of the Year dominated joint practice.
Rueben Bain Dominates Bucs’ Joint Practice With Jets
Tampa's prized rookie terrorized the New York Jets, blowing past first-round picks and drawing penalties as the favorite for Defensive Rookie of the Year dominated joint practice.
Loma Linda University Health and Lifepoint Rehabilitation Break Ground on new Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital in Loma Linda
Loma Linda University Health and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, an operating division of Lifepoint Health, celebrated a major milestone today as they officially broke ground on the new Loma Linda University Rehabilitation Hospital, a free-standing hospital that will include 80 dedicated rehabilitation beds. “For three decades, our East Campus Hospital has provided comprehensive rehabilitation services to those […]
Aramark Sports + Entertainment to Transform Iowa Cornfield into Full MLB Gameday Hospitality Experience for 2026 MLB Field of Dreams Presented by John Deere
For the third year, Aramark Sports + Entertainment (Aramark; NYSE: ARMK), the award-winning food and beverage, retail, and facilities services partner of eight MLB stadiums, is preparing to transform an Iowa cornfield into a full-scale gameday culinary operation for Major League Baseball’s (MLB) Field of Dreams game presented by John Deere.
Aramark Sports + Entertainment to Transform Iowa Cornfield into Full MLB Gameday Hospitality Experience for 2026 MLB Field of Dreams Presented by John Deere
For the third year, Aramark Sports + Entertainment (Aramark; NYSE: ARMK), the award-winning food and beverage, retail, and facilities services partner of eight MLB stadiums, is preparing to transform an Iowa cornfield into a full-scale gameday culinary operation for Major League Baseball’s (MLB) Field of Dreams game presented by John Deere.
Bronx fire that injured 1 person, damaged businesses being investigated as possible arson, police say
The 11 largest North American sports franchise sales, starting with the Lakers … twice
Teams across major North American sports leagues have been fetching jaw-dropping sale prices in recent years.
Mental health experts share tips to ease students’ back-to-school anxiety
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Former SPLC official charged in Justice Department's broader criminal case against group
A former Southern Poverty Law Center official has been charged in the Department of Justice’s broader criminal case against the Alabama-based civil rights group, a frequent target of conservative critics who claim the nonprofit is politically biased.
Dr. Scott Terrell Named Vice President, Animals, Science and Environment for Disney Experiences
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The Politics of the Fire Service
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Starbreeze Entertainment & VICE Studios Partners with Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and G-Unit Film & Television for PAYDAY
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Asia-Pacific parliamentarians urge bolder action for universal health coverage, climate resilience and responsible AI
Parliamentarians representing 16 countries from across the Asia-Pacific region concluded the Ninth Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health (APPFGH) today, reaffirming their key role in advancing universal health coverage (UHC) amid the risks and opportunities posed by AI and climate change. In adopting the Phnom Penh Communiqué, parliamentarians urged fellow legislators regionwide to strengthen sustainable financing for UHC to widen access to health for all, including the most vulnerable populations; promote responsible governance of AI amid ethical concerns over this fast-evolving technology; and build climate-resilient health systems to anticipate and respond to mounting pressures ranging from rising sea levels in coastal areas to air pollution and other environmental degradation.The National Assembly of Cambodia, with support from Cambodia’s Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO), hosted the Forum in Phnom Penh from 11 to 13 August 2026 – the first time the Forum has convened in a Mekong country.Parliamentarians urge action to close gaps in accessIn the Communiqué, parliamentarians recognized that at-risk and marginalized groups are the ones most severely affected by gaps in access to health services. These groups include people living in poverty, women and children, persons with disabilities, older people, migrants, refugees, and those in rural, remote or island communities. The Communiqué urges fellow parliamentarians and policy-makers to advocate for laws and policies that support sustainable financing to protect people from financial hardship, with a focus on primary health care, prevention and equity. "The Communiqué is a call to action. It sets out ambitious, concrete measures that deliver meaningful impact on the ground. We are all accountable for advancing universal health coverage and translating our commitments into tangible results. Cambodia is fully committed to advancing UHC, including the promotion of ‘healthy people, prosperous country’ campaign,” said Samdech Maha Rathsapheathika Thipadei Khuon Sudary, President of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia.His Excellency Professor Chheang Ra, Minister of Health of the Kingdom of Cambodia, highlighted the need for collaboration beyond the health sector. “Universal health coverage cannot be achieved by the Ministry of Health alone. It requires support, particularly from parliamentarians, across political, legislative, financial, social protection, education, infrastructure, and environmental domains. While each country follows its own path, one factor is universally critical for success: strong governance and leadership. We all believe in this principle, and in our respective political roles, we remain committed to strengthening these key success factors to ensure that no one is left behind.”Promoting responsible AI adoption Parliamentarians acknowledged that, while AI has already demonstrated its ability to improve access to health services and support delivery, careful and ethical governance is necessary to safeguard quality, safety, privacy and public trust. This underscores the importance of parliamentarians in promoting legal and regulatory frameworks addressing liability, records ownership and data governance, while embracing innovation that protects ethical practice.“Without strong governance, safeguards for privacy and data security, sustainable financing, and attention to those most at risk of exclusion, new technologies may widen existing gaps instead of closing them. This is why parliamentarians matter. We pass laws. We approve budgets. We scrutinize government action. We represent communities. We can ask whether health services are reaching rural, remote, ageing, poor, and marginalized populations. We can ask whether innovation is being guided by equity, evidence, and ethics,” said Hon. Man Hee Lee, President of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health.Building climate-resilient health systemsParliamentarians also reiterated that the climate crisis is a direct threat to people’s health and to achieving UHC more broadly, deepening the same gaps in access already faced by at-risk and marginalized communities. They recognized the need for WHO Member States to ensure sufficient national appropriations and oversight, and for parliamentarians to raise awareness in their constituencies and mobilize local action in building climate-resilient and sustainable health systems.“Universal health coverage, climate change and AI cannot be addressed in isolation. The same communities struggling to access health services today are often the ones most exposed to climate shocks, and most in need of the opportunities AI can offer if this technology is governed responsibly,” said Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific. “Having served previously in this Forum myself as a parliamentarian from Tonga, I recognize how the Phnom Penh Communiqué reflects the shared resolve of legislators across the Asia-Pacific region: the laws parliamentarians pass and the budgets they approve help ensure this progress reaches the people who need it most.”As the Forum drew to a close, delegates reflected on what they would carry back to their own parliaments and constituencies.“I wish to share three points here worth carrying home from Phnom Penh: we need to invest in primary health care as the foundation of coverage; we need to remove the barriers that keep people from care, whether financial, geographic or social; and we need to build systems that are inclusive by design, protecting those most at risk of being left behind,” added Hon. Ouch Borith, First Vice-President of the Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia.###Notes for editors:The Asia-Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health (APPFGH) is a platform for parliamentarians to exchange ideas, build political will, strengthen capacity and foster collaboration towards sustainable health action. This was the ninth meeting of the APPFGH, with the theme “Universal Health Coverage in the era of Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence”. Target 3.8 of the Sustainable Development Goals calls on countries to achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health services, and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all. In the Western Pacific, UHC service coverage index (SDG 3.8.1) rose from 63 in 2000 to 81 in 2023 (figures include Indonesia), and roughly one in four people in the Western Pacific have experienced financial hardship (SDG 3.8.2). Progress towards UHC in the Asia-Pacific region remains uneven, with hundreds of millions of people still lacking access to essential health services or facing financial hardship due to health-related expenses. Strengthening the role of parliaments – through legislation, financing and oversight – is central to closing this gap and accelerating progress towards UHC across the region.Parliamentarians participating in APPFGH in Cambodia this week include: Hon. Pehin Dato Adanan YUSOF, Brunei Darussalam; Hon. Rosmawatty ABDUL MUMIN, Brunei Darussalam; Hon. LORK Kheng, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. YOS Phanita, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. KHOUN Khundy, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. HENG Halim, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. KHOENG Noupheap, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. SENG Nhak, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. LY Sukry, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. NHOEURN Raden, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. Dr Ratu Atonio LALABALAVU, Republic of Fiji; Hon. Vijay NATH, Republic of Fiji; Hon. Man Hee LEE, Republic of Korea; Hon. Dr Jiho CHA, Republic of Korea; Hon. Jonghun BAEK, Republic of Korea; Hon. Youngsuk SEO, Republic of Korea; Hon. Dr Phayvanh KEOPASEUTH, Lao People’s Democratic Republic; Hon. Suhaizan Bin KAIAT, Malaysia; Hon. Dr Perpetua KONMAN, Federated States of Micronesia; Hon. Ganmaa DAVAASAMBUU, Mongolia; Hon. Charmaine SCOTTY, Republic of Naoero; Hon. Vincent Ambance KUMURA, Papua New Guinea; Hon. Dr Edwin CRUZADO, Republic of the Philippines; Hon. AUUAPAAU Mulipola Aloitafua Mulipola, Samoa; Hon. ASIATA TAVUI Tafu Salevao, Samoa; Hon. Dr Alani Petelo TANGITAU, Tonga; Hon. Paul PAOLO, Republic of Vanuatu; Hon. Franklyn Ezra WILLIAM, Republic of Vanuatu.For more information, contact: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific: wprocom@who.int National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia (International Relations Department): ir.nacambodia@gmail.com
Boone Health earns accreditation for mastectomy services
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Gov. Hochul puts $7M toward legal services for immigrant minors
The funding is meant to fill a hole left by the federal government that allowed a multimillion-dollar contract to lapse.
Six wanted in Memphis business robbery
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ICE agents could soon use electric shock gloves
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Lawsuit seeks to ban Trump Media from charging for early access to posts
The lawsuit alleges the service to offer paying customers sneak peeks violates the Constitution
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Duke's digital twin technology could take hemodynamic assessments to a whole other level
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Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton was hospitalized late Tuesday after fans called the police during a disturbing TikTok livestream.
Google Unveils $29 Pixel Tag to Take On Apple's AirTag
Google today introduced the Pixel Tag, its answer to Apple's AirTag. Pixel Tag is Google's first item tracker, even though Google implemented an item tracking network two years ago that's been used by third-party devices. The Pixel Tag is made from stainless steel, and it is IP67 water- and dust-resistant. There's a built-in speaker that can play a sound when an item it's attached to is lost, and a button that causes a sound to play on a connected smartphone.
Preseason Power Rankings Roundup: Can Cowboys crack Top 10?
Dallas is looking to turn their recent fortunes around, and may be turning enough heads for onlookers to take notice.
Someone bet $5K on Louisville QB Lincoln Kienholz to win the Heisman
An Illinois bettor is wagering just over $5,000 on new Louisville quarterback Lincoln Kienholz to win the Heisman Trophy this year.
A-List Editors’ Choice Awards 2026: Arts, Culture & Entertainment
SPECIALTY BOOK CLUB Shakespeare Festival Reads If you long for the welcoming embrace of high-school English class as an adult, the Shakespeare Festival Reads book club may be for you. This collab between Left Bank Books and St. Louis Shakespeare Festival guides readers through monthly picks from The Bard and titles that help expand your […]
Hendersonville hospital celebrates opening of Adolescent Behavioral Health Center
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Mercosur is at risk from US tariffs and politics
Some 35 years ago, at a time of economic and political turmoil in South America, a group of farsighted countries signed the Treaty of Asunción, establishing a common market to promote economic development and social justice through economic integration. Since then, the Southern Common Market, or Mercosur, has increased regional trade and delivered an integrated industrial core that has survived to the benefit of its members, comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
RFK Jr. Is Taking On the Fuzziest Category in Food Science
The Health and Human Services secretary has railed against ultra-processed foods. Now he wants to define what they actually are.
RFK Jr. Is Taking On the Fuzziest Category in Food Science
The Health and Human Services secretary has railed against ultra-processed foods. Now he wants to define what they actually are.
iPhone Ultra’s cameras might get very unorthodox placement, per leak
iPhone Ultra will be unveiled next month, and a new leak indicates the device’s front cameras could be positioned in unusual spots.
Health Gorilla lawsuits consolidated into multidistrict litigation
Nine class action privacy suits have been consolidated in federal court, and it could signal that judges are scrutinizing accountability for healthcare data in motion, say privacy experts.
In Good Health: Why Measles Numbers Are On The Rise
Nationwide, students, teachers, and parents are gearing up for the school year.And measles is spreading. The U.S. has already logged more cases this year than in all of 2025. It’s the highest count in 35 years. That’s in large part because measles vaccination rates have slipped below 95 percent – the threshold public health experts say is needed to stop community spread. Last week on CNN, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said children should be vaccinated for measles after being pressed on-camera, even as he used the same interview to push a debunked claim about respiratory syncytial virus. And on Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at upending the childhood vaccine schedule, including changes to the measles vaccine and others. But what will actually change at the doctor’s office?Find more of our programs online. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.
Politicians among mourners gathered for funeral service of Ann Widdecombe
Family, friends and colleagues attend service at Buckfast Abbey in Buckfastleigh, which former MP described as her ‘safe haven’
Exclusive: Former Southern Poverty Law Center CFO arrested on fraud charges
A former chief financial officer at the Southern Poverty Law Center has been arrested in California and for her alleged role in overseeing secret payments to informants inside of White supremacist groups, one of whom she was allegedly living with and had a romantic relationship with at the time, according to a person familiar with the arrest.
Predicting Winners of 49ers Biggest Position Battles
Position battles are one of the most interesting things about training camp and the preseason. The San Francisco 49ershave an elite roster, but that doesn't mean some spots still aren't being fought for. Since then, we've seen several more practices and we've had a depth chart release.
State police investigator, mental health counselor testify at Lindsay Clancy trial
UConn Health Minute: Torn Tendon Repair
Gaelic football player Rory McGloin overcame a serious bicep tendon injury and has returned to play stronger than ever thanks to the support and expertise o ...
This $33 Microsoft Deal Gives Entrepreneurs 8 Apps to Help Run Their Business
Every entrepreneur needs these Microsoft Office tools in their arsenal.
OneGroup taps veteran Rochester team to grow surety business
OneGroup expands its surety practice by adding Kelly and Chris Shea in Rochester to enhance bonding and risk management services.
Screen protector leak shows iPhone Ultra's asymmetric corners
A leaker with a decent track record has shown what is claimed to be a screen protector for the forthcoming iPhone Ultra, and it shows the device's unusual corners.
Goshen College expands medical and mental health services for students
The Goshen College Health and Wellness Office has announced two formal agreements with Maple City Healthcare Center and Center for Healing and Hope along with telehealth medical and counseling services.
Google’s Pixel 11 trade-ins top out at $1,000 with great values for older phones
Amid a price hike on the Pixel 11 series, Google has delivered some solid trade-in values across the board on...
DOE’s Office of Science is now Accepting Applications for Graduate Student Research Awards
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science announced today that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2026 solicitation 2. Applications are due on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. ET.