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HHS Secy Kennedy Jr., Dr. Oz & Admin Officals Discuss Behavioral Health

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, and others announce "Action for Progress," an initiative addressing mental health and addiction.

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Feb 2 • 1:00 PM EST • Health • c-span.org
How Team USA has evolved mental health services for Olympians

U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes will benefit from a robust mental health program despite scrutiny it faced in past years, according to the USOPC.

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Feb 2 • 11:46 AM EST • Health • usatoday.com
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Watch live: Top health officials launch initiative addressing mental health, addiction

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz and other officials on Monday will announce an initiative addressing me…

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Feb 2 • 10:01 AM EST • Health • thehill.com
It’s now easier than ever to navigate publicly available youth mental health data

Youth mental health researcher Hua Min created an easier way to find and analyze publicly available data to advance youth mental health research and outcomes.

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Feb 2 • 7:00 AM EST • Health • publichealth.gmu.edu
The New Science of Craving

We often view our cravings—whether for drugs, alcohol, food, or approval—as indictments of our character. Yet neuroscience and psychology say otherwise; here's why.

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Feb 2 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • psychologytoday.com
EU reaffirms commitment to science-based multilateralism

Countries are meeting in Geneva for the first Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution plenary.

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Feb 2 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • environment.ec.europa.eu
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Colorado's mental health care providers face too many administrative burdens

Colorado should address the administrative burdens associated with becoming a credentialed mental health care provider on insurance panels.

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Feb 2 • 5:30 AM EST • Health • coloradonewsline.com
HHS Secy. Kennedy, Dr. Oz & Others Announce New Mental Health Initiative

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, and others announce "Action for Progress," an initiative addressing mental health and addiction.

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Feb 2 • 12:00 AM EST • Health • c-span.org
Hundreds attend South Bend mental health event urging funding for crisis platform

Hundreds from the St. Joseph County community gathered at the Islamic Society of Michiana's Community Hall in South Bend on Sunday to celebrate the community's

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Feb 1 • 10:35 PM EST • Health • wsbt.com
Mental health impact on children amid immigration enforcement in Minnesota
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Feb 1 • 2:56 PM EST • Health • kare11.com
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Youth mental health barriers still prevalent in Ohio, studies show
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Feb 1 • 2:09 PM EST • Health • 10tv.com
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Leeds Council discusses public projects, water treatment business

Public Works projects and a potential environmental and water treatment business were the subjects of a meeting for the Leeds City Council on Wednesday night after it was rescheduled from Monday due to weather conditions.

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Feb 1 • 1:32 PM EST • Business • cbs42.com
Building Hope Summit County launches behavioral health survey

The nonprofit Building Hope Summit County, in partnership with the Katz Amsterdam Foundation and Professional Research Consultants, is launching its behavioral health survey, inviting Summit County adults to share their experiences and perspectives on mental...

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Feb 1 • 11:00 AM EST • Health • summitdaily.com
Six months on the mental health beat, what Brevard has shared

After six months covering mental health in Brevard County, it's time to reflect on the stories shared and why speaking up matters.

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Feb 1 • 5:03 AM EST • Health • floridatoday.com
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'Brutally honest' Wiltshire art show explores mental health

'Art Heals' is on display in Corsham until the end of February.

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Feb 1 • 2:31 AM EST • Health • bbc.com
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Free Reading health project helped man turn life around

Wassim Chokri says he was drinking too much and battling mental health issues before having a free check-up.

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Feb 1 • 2:22 AM EST • Health • bbc.com
'A pretty clear shift': Local law enforcement increasingly focusing on mental health

It’s no secret that law enforcement is a stressful profession. Compartmentalization is crucial, but one can only compartmentalize so much.

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Feb 1 • 2:00 AM EST • Health • telegraphherald.com
Scientists discover hidden geometry that bends electrons like gravity

Researchers have discovered a hidden quantum geometry inside materials that subtly steers electrons, echoing how gravity warps light in space. Once thought to exist only on paper, this effect has now been observed experimentally in a popular quantum material. The finding reveals a new way to understand and control how materials conduct electricity and interact with light. It could help power future ultra-fast electronics and quantum technologies.

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Jan 31 • 7:00 PM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Delaware basketball teams support mental health services in the 'SL24 Basketball Classic'

To honor the life and legacy of Sean Locke, Delaware basketball teams participated in a fundraising tournament.

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Jan 31 • 5:49 PM EST • Health • 6abc.com
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Hally Leadbetter dishes on her new golf snack, mental health awareness

The brightest, cheeriest booth at the 2026 PGA Show belonged to Hally Leadbetter, who recently launched a new wellness and lifestyle brand,

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Jan 31 • 4:45 PM EST • Health • golfweek.usatoday.com
Wellness Studio offers mental health support in welcoming environment

Baton Rouge clinic features uniquely designed therapy rooms and experienced staff.

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Jan 31 • 4:25 PM EST • Health • wafb.com
Paul George admits to taking 'improper medication' for mental health issue after NBA suspends him for 25 games

George is averaging 16 points per game for Philadelphia, which is currently sixth in the Eastern Conference standings.

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Jan 31 • 12:00 PM EST • Health • sports.yahoo.com
Mental Health Distress in Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Largely Driven by Sociodemographic, Comorbid Factors

These findings suggest the mental health burden in nonmelanoma skin cancer reflects broader social and clinical factors rather than disease-specific effects.

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Jan 31 • 9:10 AM EST • Health • ajmc.com
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Figure skating great Gracie Gold remains a champion as an Olympic mental health ambassador, and other thoughts

Gold is an important voice in the work to remove stigmas about mental health and to coach young athletes in more healthful ways.

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Jan 31 • 5:00 AM EST • Health • bostonglobe.com
Veteran goalie James Reimer to lead Senators vs. Devils

The Ottawa Senators were in dire straits when it came to their goaltending situation. Starter Linus Ullmark recently stepped away to deal with some mental issues, and young backup Leevi Merilainen wasn't ready to replace him.

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Jan 30 • 8:59 PM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
‘It wasn’t about the scale:’ Austin moms find community, mental health benefits through strength training

A 2024 study shows women who strength train lower their risk of death and see benefits faster than men.

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Jan 30 • 1:14 PM EST • Health • kxan.com
DOD ordered to study mental health impacts among military drone pilots

Studies suggest remote warfare requires a level of intimacy with a prospective strike target that conventional air warfare may not.

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Jan 30 • 12:09 PM EST • Health • militarytimes.com
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Vaulted Deep Named Honoree for the Wichita Business Journal Innovation Awards

Vaulted Deep, a waste management and carbon removal company, has been selected as an honoree for the 2026 Wichita Business Journal Innovation Awards. The award recognizes Vaulted's work modernizing waste management infrastructure while delivering tangible economic and environmental benefits for Kansas communities.

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Jan 30 • 10:00 AM EST • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Pace(R) Earns Environmental Business Journal Award for Adding Respirable Crystalline Silica Testing

Company awarded Business Achievement Award for New Practice in 2025 MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA / ACCESS Newswire / January 30, 2026 / Pace® Analytical Services, the preferred provider of regulatory testing and analytical laboratory services, and a Division ...

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Jan 30 • 9:00 AM EST • Business • finance.yahoo.com
A man died covered in feces in the jail's mental health unit. Nothing changed.

There is a desperate need to invest in mental health care in San Antonio, but officials aren’t on the same page.

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Jan 30 • 7:02 AM EST • Health • expressnews.com
Dallas County grapples with mixed signals on federal mental health funding

The White House administration notified mental health and substance abuse and addiction provider organizations nationwide that by executive order, $2 billion in already awarded federal funding would be taken back.

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Jan 30 • 5:58 AM EST • Health • keranews.org
Cramping Alcaraz beats Zverev in epic to reach final

A cramping Carlos Alcaraz draws on every physical and mental reserve to beat Alexander Zverev in a five-set epic and reach the Australian Open final.

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Jan 30 • 4:32 AM EST • Sports • bbc.com
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Philadelphia nonprofit helps people with mental health, intellectual challenges find job opportunities

A Philadelphia nonprofit is finding job opportunities for people with mental health and intellectual challenges.

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Jan 29 • 10:00 PM EST • Health • cbsnews.com
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Gambling could become a mental health crisis for teen boys

A new report from Common Sense Media found that more than a third of boys ages 11 to 17 have gambled in the past year. NBC News Now Daily anchor Kate Snow joins the "Here's the Scoop" to discuss the rise in gambling among teenage boys and why some experts worry it could cause a mental health crisis.

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Jan 29 • 8:03 PM EST • Health • nbcnews.com
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Fundamentals of healthcare delivery science for the non-health systems scientist: the final step in translational research for late-life psychiatric and neurocognitive disorders

Neuropsychopharmacology - Fundamentals of healthcare delivery science for the non-health systems scientist: the final step in translational research for late-life psychiatric and neurocognitive...

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Jan 29 • 7:00 PM EST • Science • nature.com
Fundamentals of healthcare delivery science for the non-health systems scientist: the final step in translational research for late-life psychiatric and neurocognitive disorders

Neuropsychopharmacology - Fundamentals of healthcare delivery science for the non-health systems scientist: the final step in translational research for late-life psychiatric and neurocognitive...

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Jan 29 • 7:00 PM EST • Health • nature.com
Communities unite to address stigma and discrimination affecting people with neglected tropical diseases

Marking World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that millions of people living with NTDs continue to face profound and often unseen suffering due to discrimination, social stigma and untreated mental health conditions. Under the rallying theme "Unite. Act. Eliminate.", WHO and partners urge governments to integrate mental health care into NTD elimination efforts, ensuring that no one is left behind in pain or isolation.

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Jan 29 • 7:00 PM EST • Health • who.int
Health Care Provider Consolidation

I. Issue Overview Ongoing consolidation among hospitals, physician practices, and other providers poses a serious challenge to the U.S. health care system—offering potential benefits to some but also with significant worrying impact on rising health care prices. Provider consolidation remains pronounced among both hospitals and physician practices. The share of hospitals operating independently declined from … Continued

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Jan 29 • 4:21 PM EST • Health • bipartisanpolicy.org
Hill Country floods are worsening mental health issues in Kerr County, report finds

In Kerr County, the July 4 flood is expected to quadruple serious emotional disturbances in children and more than triple adult PTSD cases this year.

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Jan 29 • 11:05 AM EST • Health • texastribune.org
FOX Sports Unveils Historic FIFA World Cup 2026™ Broadcast Schedule - Fox Sports Press Pass

Monumental Slate Features 340 Hours of Live First-Run Programming Across FOX Sports Platforms for This Summer’s Global Event All-New Record 70 Matches on Network Television and Unprecedented 40 Matches in Primetime Every Match will Stream Live and On-Demand in 4K on FOX […]

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Jan 29 • 9:54 AM EST • Sports • foxsports.com
Department Launches Outreach Campaign to Promote Stream Protection, Herd Health

Department Launches Outreach Campaign to Promote Stream Protection, Herd Health Up to 87.5% Cost-Share Available for Most Practices ANNAPOLIS, MD (January 29, 2025) – The Maryland Department of Agriculture has launched a new public awareness campaign to educate farmers about the environmental and animal health benefits of fencing livestock out of streams and providing them with Read the Rest…

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Jan 29 • 9:18 AM EST • Health • news.maryland.gov
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Spring Health to buy Alma as AI rapidly reshapes mental healthcare market

Spring Health, a company that offers digital mental health care and navigation services, plans to acquire Alma to expand its offerings and tap into the startup's deep roster of health plan partners | Spring Health, a company that offers digital mental health care and navigation services, plans to acquire Alma to expand its offerings and tap into the startup's connections to health plans.

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Jan 29 • 8:30 AM EST • Health • fiercehealthcare.com
Spring Health Set to Acquire Alma to Enhance Existing Care Infrastructure

Global mental health benefits platform Spring Health has entered into an agreement to acquire Alma, a digital platform that helps providers streamline

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Jan 29 • 8:00 AM EST • Health • bhbusiness.com
Spring Health Joins Forces with Alma, Expanding Access to Precision Mental Health Care

/PRNewswire/ -- Spring Health, a leading global mental health platform for employers and health plans, today announced it has entered into an agreement to...

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Jan 29 • 8:00 AM EST • Health • prnewswire.com
Rice Business launches new graduate healthcare certificate program to advance leadership in dynamic industry

Rice’s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business today announced the launch of its Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Management program, a 10-month, credit-bearing professional credential designed for current and aspiring leaders seeking deep expertise in the business of healthcare. Situated at the crossroads of Houston’s renowned Texas Medical Center and global healthcare innovation, the program blends rigorous business fundamentals with healthcare-specific strategy, operations and management.

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Jan 29 • 7:00 AM EST • Business • news.rice.edu
Exclusive | Spring Health to Buy Alma in Merger of Mental-Health Startups

Venture-backed digital-health startups are using mergers and acquisitions to expand offerings as AI competition intensifies.

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Jan 29 • 7:00 AM EST • Health • wsj.com
Opinion: Colorado’s plan to cut sexual health education funding would erase real gains for rural students

The statewide program is a key element in Colorado’s commitment to support the mental health and well-being of our young people.

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Jan 29 • 3:30 AM EST • Health • coloradosun.com
UToledo Provided Path for Senior to Discover His Passion for Environmental Science

Brett Polak’s work experience in the GUTS program and on campus led him to jobs with Toledo Metroparks and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

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Jan 29 • 3:00 AM EST • Science • news.utoledo.edu
Survey of over-50s women finds almost two in three struggle with mental health

Of those affected by midlife challenges such as menopause, nine in 10 do not seek help, therapists’ organisation says

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Jan 29 • 2:00 AM EST • Health • theguardian.com
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'Let them sue us': Residents outraged over proposed mental health facility in Horry Co.

A town hall meeting turned heated as residents and mental health advocates debated the location of a proposed mental health facility.

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Jan 28 • 11:31 PM EST • Health • wpde.com
8 Santa Monica Businesses Win Green Certification Awards

8 Santa Monica businesses received Green Business Certification on January 16th at the YMCA, recognizing their sustainable practices and environmental leadership.

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Jan 28 • 9:14 PM EST • Business • smdp.com
Tiny mammals are sending warning signs scientists can finally read

Small mammals are early warning systems for environmental damage, but many species look almost identical, making them hard to track. Scientists have developed a new footprint-based method that can tell apart nearly indistinguishable species with remarkable accuracy. Tested on two types of sengi, the system correctly identified them up to 96% of the time. It offers a simple, ethical way to monitor ecosystems before they quietly unravel.

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Jan 28 • 7:00 PM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Teen Mental Health and School-Based Services in California

About 3 in 10 California teens report serious psychological distress, yet significant gaps exist between the need for mental health care and receipt of services. This report examines teen mental health and access to care across demographic groups and describes how state and district funding have expanded school-based solutions.

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Jan 28 • 5:38 PM EST • Health • ppic.org
Policy Brief: Teen Mental Health and School-Based Services in California

Rates of chronic sadness and suicidal thoughts in teens have been rising in California—and nationwide—since about 2009. Significant gaps exist between the reported need for mental health care and receipt of services. The state has recently invested $8 billion for child and teen mental health, including school-based services.

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Jan 28 • 5:34 PM EST • Health • ppic.org
How violent videos on social media affect mental health

Dr. Varsha Radhakrishnan of Tufts Medical Center discusses how watching violent and distressing videos on social media can have harmful health effects.

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Jan 28 • 5:09 PM EST • Health • wcvb.com
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How Do Menopause and a Treatment to Manage Its Symptoms Affect the Brain and Mental Health?

New research suggests an association between menopause and anxiety, depression and shrinkage in certain brain regions—which hormone replacement therapy might not mitigate

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Jan 28 • 4:59 PM EST • Health • smithsonianmag.com
Pa. county commissioners call for $40M increase to support mental health services

HARRISBURG — County leaders from across Pennsylvania on Wednesday called on legislators and Gov. Josh Shapiro to provide an additional $40 million in funding for county mental health services in

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Jan 28 • 4:10 PM EST • Health • lancasteronline.com
Psychiatrists plan to overhaul the mental health bible—and change how we define ‘disorder’

The American Psychiatric Association has announced big upcoming changes to psychiatry’s big book of mental disorders, the DSM

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Jan 28 • 2:30 PM EST • Health • scientificamerican.com
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Live Nation Entertainment, DF Entertainment, and Dale Play Live Enter Into Long-Term Partnership With Club Atlético River Plate at Mâs Monumental Stadium

Live Nation Entertainment today announced a long-term partnership with Club Atlético River Plate, alongside DF Entertainment, Argentina’s leading international live entertainment company; and Dale Play Live, Argentina’s leading Latin live entertainment company, to further elevate Mâs Monumental Stadium as one of the world’s premier destinations for global touring artists and…

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Jan 28 • 1:00 PM EST • Entertainment • newsroom.livenation.com
Former utility commissioner Tim Echols reflects on Georgia's new power politics

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The Georgia Public Service Commission has entered a new era. After nearly two […]

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Jan 28 • 10:38 AM EST • Politics • wabe.org
Wilmington basketball tournament puts focus on raising funds for mental health

The two-day SL24 Basketball Classic returns to the Chase Fieldhouse to honor Sean Locke, raise funds for mental health programs and encourage open conversations.

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Jan 28 • 10:30 AM EST • Health • whyy.org
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Washington Capitals and Monumental Sports & Entertainment Pride Auction Raises $30,485

Proceeds benefit the Wanda Alston Foundation, with a portion of funds allocated for MSE Foundation

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Jan 28 • 10:28 AM EST • Entertainment • nhl.com
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California mental health hospitals warn over cuts after state hands down staffing rules

Psychiatric hospitals could close beds under proposed state rules if regulators don’t allow implementation time, facilities warn.

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Jan 28 • 8:30 AM EST • Health • calmatters.org
Kemi Badenoch apologises for Suella Braverman mental health claim

But she branded defectors from the Conservative party "drama queens", saying people who did not agree with the direction she was taking the party "need to get out the way".

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Jan 28 • 7:56 AM EST • Health • bbc.com
OpenAI digs in on a fundamental disconnect in new research: AI is ready for primetime, many businesses aren't

The real challenge isn't building better AI—it's actually using it.

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Jan 28 • 7:52 AM EST • Business • fortune.com
Mental health cases in Israel surged 30% during Gaza war, Health Ministry reports

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Jan 28 • 7:04 AM EST • Health • haaretz.com
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Investment and Statecraft: The International Politics of Sovereign Wealth Funds - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

In 1953, Kuwait established the world’s first sovereign wealth fund to invest the country’s oil revenues and generate returns that would reduce its reliance on a single resource. Since then, over 100 separate funds have been created to preserve national wealth and ensure long-term fiscal sustainability. Today, they manage over $10 trillion in global assets. In this discussion with GJIA, political economist Kathryn Lavelle explains the increasingly novel dynamics that surround fund behavior and what the world can come to expect from their growing presence in international financial markets. GJIA: When it comes to the roles sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) play in global markets and politics, what would you say makes them unique? Kathryn Lavelle: Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) operate on behalf of governments as investors. That in itself is a strange relationship. Within them, a core contest takes place between the state’s interests (or sovereign) part of the dynamic, and the money interests (or wealth) part of it, and these two aspects are frequently in contradiction, serving fundamentally different goals. SWFs are also quite fascinating because when you talk to the people who manage these funds, they have an interest in convincing you that the decisions are made almost exclusively on a financial basis—they really will go to great lengths to differentiate their government owners and those who make the management decisions. At the same time, these people ultimately answer to someone in power. Therefore, for most SWFs, it remains deeply unclear who is actually making the investment decisions and for what purposes. Of course, it is not always clear how other vehicles, such as hedge funds and private equity make the decisions they do, but I think what a lot of people find particularly disconcerting about SWFs is that they seem to act on behalf of people who have a different identity from their own. People who could be trying to manipulate politics and markets in a way that would have a long-term effect on their own populations. Regular investors come and go at will, and they only share an interest in profit as far as most of us understand. However, SWFs have that extra “sovereign” part right behind them that obscures their true interest. GJIA: These funds can be found in countries all across the globe, in both authoritarian states and democracies. Would you say SWFs differ in their goals and structures between regime-type? KL: It is not necessarily regime type that makes the goals and structures of SWFs different. It has to do with their economies. Let’s look at a country like China. There’s going to be a debate about exactly how to characterize the regime, but it is a country with many different kinds of sovereign wealth funds, and a particularly opaque state connection to each. At one time, some of the state-owned Chinese oil companies created specialized investment vehicles listed outside Chinese markets that excluded parts of the firms that were more associated with human rights violations. At the same time, the China Investment Corporation (CIC)­—China’s largest SWF—draws a lot of concern, not necessarily because of its investment activities, but because of the dynamics of global politics. So, I wouldn’t really tie differences to regime types themselves in a wholesale way, but rather to how such funds are perceived and how they are structured. Saudi Arabia’s SWF is getting all kinds of attention for its involvement in Hollywood, and this takes me right back to when I was a student in the 1980s, when people were concerned about Japanese investment entities buying assets in Hollywood. They aren’t quite the same in financial terms, but it’s the same kind of concern about foreign investment that drives people to be suspicious, and the whole idea that “foreigners are influencing Hollywood.” This holds true across industries, and it reflects where politics are in places like the United States right now. One metric we can try to look at is transparency, where all the funds will tell you, “we are transparent.” The problem you’ll keep running into with this approach is how you value things. When trying to do comparative studies of equity markets, you’ll find that every country doesn’t use Generally Accepted Accounting Principles like we do in the United States. A fund may appear opaque politically and not want people to show what they’re invested in or what their intent with that investment is, but they could also just not be able to report it because of the way it was purchased, or the kinds of shares they purchased. There are some assets out there that really are difficult to put a monetary value on. GJIA: To what extent do domestic politics shape SWF behavior in both the investing “home” country and the recipient “host” country? KL: This depends on the type of fund present and also on the extent to which voters’ political views are able to influence the fund. For example, in a democratic home state like Norway, the SWF doesn’t invest in nuclear weapons or tobacco because of social concerns, but there is a continuing debate over whether it should invest in oil, even though that’s where most of the money comes from. The degree to which Norway will continue to make those investments, and whether they contradict the government’s overall climate goals, is an open question in Norwegian politics. Because of the way the fund’s governance is structured, it may not be easy to resolve. On the other hand, some people consider pension funds, like the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) in Ohio, to be quasi-SWF. They have a very strict separation between the people who make up the management division and the fund owners. No teacher or professor would want to invest in things that may harm the future of their students. At the same time, a fund manager might see an opportunity in a diversified multinational corporation that offers a good return, despite it deriving part of its revenue from e-cigarettes. These contests are very apparent. Domestic politics can work in host countries too. A good example is Singapore’s SWF, Temasek, investing in Thailand’s telecommunications sector. If you study political economy, you already know that countries everywhere are uncomfortable with foreign ownership of their telecom sectors because a foreign entity could monitor or manipulate our communications with each other. In the case of Temasek, there was significant pushback from Thai citizens surrounding the deal, which went on to influence national political sentiment toward Singapore as a whole, underscoring the risks some SWFs may face with their investment choices. In this case, fund behavior led to the dissolution of the entire Thai government in 2006 and a subsequent coup d’état. GJIA: To address some of this unease, the Santiago Principles were established in 2009 to ostensibly promote trust and transparency. From your perspective, have these mechanisms actually changed fund behavior? KL: In international relations theory, we always like to have a clear set of norms and best practices­—the orientation we want the proverbial ship to be going in. In that regard, the Santiago Principles at least got the discussion going about which direction SWFs should take at a time when people were very skittish about the growing size of these funds. Nobody wanted them to be out there and potentially destabilizing economies, so talks about disclosure, conditions for withdrawal, and the independence of managers were helpful when initiated. The biggest stumbling block was that there wasn’t exactly a good way to measure compliance with the Principles, let alone how to hold funds to them. If you read the Principles, they’re overall quite vague. In general, a fund doesn’t want to reveal how and why they make certain investment decisions because that information is proprietary—a fund makes money off of how and why it makes decisions—so how do you reconcile that with loosely-defined ideas of openness? Some decisions might have a political purpose. The bottom line is that trying to figure out and assign a score to compliance is not easy, and it is therefore the reason why the Santiago Principles never really got off the ground to the point where they could truly direct fund behavior. GJIA: Many emerging markets are looking to build their own SWFs from mineral and oil revenues. Historically, have funds shaped development trajectories in these countries? KL: I think the big story in international emerging markets investment is that the investment is increasingly no longer unidirectional. In the past multinational corporations of primarily Western background were the main form of foreign direct investment in a country. That has changed dramatically, to the point where you have companies from so-called “developing countries” taking over companies in the United States. Therefore, the landscape of international investment has changed, and I think SWFs are certainly a possibility to be the next step in the game. Historically, you didn’t need an entire financial vehicle to reinvest commodity revenues in your country, but as emerging markets get more financially sophisticated, their capacity to operate such funds has increased. SWFs would allow treasuries to move from relying on holding foreign exchange assets like cash or government bonds to having broader financial markets and targeted growth areas, while easing pressure on welfare expenditures. GJIA: With their increasing financial weight, do you see the presence of SWFs being a factor in the political choices leaders will have to make with regard to domestic and foreign policy? KL: It will depend on just how big the funds get. One of the reasons people are already apprehensive is because of their scale, and if certain SWFs in certain countries achieve a large-enough size, the presence will absolutely be cause for concern. The other factor political leaders will have to consider are their objectives. It’s not always clear how to define a SWF, or even where its activity is concentrated, but it is certainly a worry from the perspective of national security of opaque external investment. More than that, I think one of the most interesting questions going forward is whether the United States, the home to the world’s largest financial markets, will develop its own fund, for which the Trump administration announced a plan. There have also been several proposals in Congress. Were it to come into being, it would have tremendous weight. At the same time, one of the hallmarks of U.S. capitalism is a lack of government ownership of shares, so it would not be clear how such a fund would be received in domestic politics, or which direction it would take. Given how politically fragmented the country is, a Democratic administration would likely be concerned about different sectors of the economy, such as healthcare, and want investment there, rather than a Republican administration, which might prefer defense industries. No investment vehicle could thrive under conditions of such instability. Moreover, it remains unclear where the money to fund a theoretical U.S. SWF would come from. It would be a fundamentally different entity depending on whether it is financed with debt, economic surplus, commodities, or the sale of state companies, as in the case of Singapore. If it is debt, or government borrowing of some form, then the fund would have to outperform whatever the cost of that debt is, which is not an easy thing to do. I think our political leaders have enough on their plate. Our system has worked well keeping political and investment functions generally separate. We have seen different forms of business rise and fall, and even the perception of different countries, all of which funds are tied to. Unless a major SWF either starts—like in the case of the United States—or collapses—an issue that concerns the Saudis, I don’t see any political tsunamis on the horizon. . . . Kathryn Lavelle is the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor of World Affairs at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Her research explores the exchange between domestic and international and political institutions with a particular emphasis on political economy and multilateralism. Dr. Lavelle’s first book, The Politics of Equity Finance in Emerging Markets, explored the political circumstances that surround large issues of stock in the developing world. After being granted tenure at Case Western, she was awarded an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship and named the William A. Steiger fellow, a designation given to the most promising political scientist in her class of fellows. While in Washington during 2006-2007, she worked on the staff of the House Committee on Financial Services on issues related to domestic and international monetary policy. Dr. Lavelle holds a PhD in political science from Northwestern University; an M.A. in government and foreign affairs from the University of Virginia; and a bachelor’s degree in international economics from Georgetown University. She is a permanent member of the New York Council on Foreign Relations. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Interview conducted by Sid Mehrotra. Image Credit: Jason Leung, Unsplash Content Licenses, via Unsplash

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