Category: medical_science
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Yale Researchers Use Washington State Cannabis Licensing Lottery to Measure How Retailers Respond to Nearby Rivals
The study by Yale School of Management's Kosuke Uetake and two colleagues examined how competitors moving in next door change retailers' prices and product selection.
HealthBusinessScience & TechnologyMediaEducationMedical ScienceFilm and TVLegalEconomyClimate ChangeAgriculture Yale UniversityKosuke UetakeYale School of Managementcannabis retailWashington Stateretail competitionresearchUniversitysoil carbonAlexander PolussaAldo ParisotYale School of Music
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Media Monitor: TIME Profiles Teen Creator Salish Matter and Her Father Jordan Matter
TIME reports on 16-year-old Salish Matter and her father Jordan Matter, whose online following has grown into a skin-care line and a Netflix series debuting Nov. 28.
MediaEntertainmentHealthBusinessDigital and Print PublishingFilm and TVMedical ScienceSocial Issues Salish MatterJordan MatterTIMENetflixModernaRichard AvedonTIME100 Most Influential CompaniesTIME magazine
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Lamont Launches First Responders' Time to Own Homebuyer Aid of Up to $25,000
Applications for the forgivable down payment and closing cost assistance open November 16, 2026, under a program run by CHFA and the Department of Housing.
Politics and GovernmentHealthBusinessLaw EnforcementState GovernmentsReal EstateMedical ScienceEmployment and LaborLegalSocial Issues Ned LamontFirst Responders' Time To Ownhomeownership assistanceConnecticutworkers' compensationFuture of Oncology SummitRichard RobinsonConnecticut Governors OfficeConnecticut Housing Finance AuthorityPublic Act 26-12first respondersConnecticut Department of Housing
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Media Monitor: Boebert Ousted in Colorado Primary; Electoral College Movement Gains After Democratic Wins
The Washington Post reports Rep. Lauren Boebert lost Colorado's 4th District primary to Democrat Eileen Laubacher, and that a national popular vote movement gained ground after Democratic wins.
HealthPolitics and GovernmentScience & TechnologyElectionMedical ScienceComputers and InternetCongressDemocratic Party Lauren BoebertEileen LaubacherColorado 4th Districtelectoral collegenational popular voteADHDWiFiThe Washington Post
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DC State Board of Education to Host Panel on Virtual Learning Readiness at November 18 Meeting
The DC State Board of Education meets November 18 at 5:30 pm to hear public testimony and an expert panel on preparing for educational continuity when in-person learning is disrupted.
Politics and GovernmentHealthEducationState GovernmentsSocial IssuesMedical Science DC State Board of Educationvirtual learningpublic meetingKIPP DCOffice of the State Superintendent of Educationeducational continuityWashington DC
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Rice Business Named Top U.S. School for Graduate Entrepreneurship for Eighth Straight Year
Rice Business tops The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine's graduate entrepreneurship ranking for an eighth consecutive year, as Rice breaks ground on a new Houston research hub and researchers unveil compact CRISPR enzymes.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessScience & TechnologySportEnergyEconomyEducationElectionMedical Science Rice UniversityRice BusinessPrinceton ReviewEntrepreneur magazineBaker Institute for Public PolicyKinder Institute for Urban ResearchCRISPR
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Cornell Chronicle Reports Seaweed Yarn Wearables, Big Red Nights and Rare Gettysburg Address Display
The handwritten copy of Lincoln's address, one of five in his own hand, goes on view Nov. 19, the anniversary of its delivery.
Science & TechnologyEducationHealthArtificial IntelligenceComputers and InternetMedical ScienceEnergySocial IssuesEnvironment Cornell ChronicleCornell UniversityCindy Kaowearable technologyVietnam veteransGettysburg AddressAndrew RamageBig Red NightsAbraham LincolnWeill Cornell
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Yale Scholars Draw on Mediterranean Roots to Study Olive Oil's Health Benefits
Two Yale School of Public Health professors with personal ties to Mediterranean olive groves explore olive oil's health benefits, part of a Yale Today roundup also covering law, melanoma research and events.
HealthScience & TechnologyEducationMedical ScienceEnergyLegal Yale Universityolive oilYale School of Public HealthTassos KyriakidesVasilis VasiliouYale Law Schoolmelanoma researchUniversity
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Game Changer Products Recalls All Lots of 10 Day Forecast Capsules Over Undeclared Sildenafil and Acetaminophen
Game Changer Products is recalling all lots of its 10 Day Forecast male enhancement capsules after FDA testing found undeclared sildenafil and acetaminophen, which carry serious health risks.
HealthBusinessLaw EnforcementMedical ScienceLegal Product RecallUS Food and Drug AdministrationGame Changer Products10 Day Forecast capsulessildenafilacetaminophendietary supplementsFood RecallsFDADrugs
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Media Monitor: PolitiFact Rates Donalds' Hormuz Oil Claim Mostly False, Explains FDA Warning on GLP-1s
PolitiFact fact-checks Florida Gov.-elect Byron Donalds on Strait of Hormuz oil flows, rating his claim Mostly False, and explains the FDA's new GLP-1 blindness warning labels.
Politics and GovernmentHealthMediaEnergyMiddle EastElectionMedical ScienceTrade Byron DonaldsStrait of HormuzIran warPolitiFactFood and Drug AdministrationGLP-1 drugsOzempicPolitiFact's Ellen Hine
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Harvard Gazette Highlights: Data Centers, Reading and Math, and 'Epigenetic Age'
Harvard Gazette newsletter spotlights analysis that data centers' impact on electric bills is overstated, the debate over reading and math instruction, and a study linking "epigenetic age" to lung cancer survival.
HealthScience & TechnologyEducationEnergyMedical ScienceComputers and Internet Harvard Gazettedata centerselectric billsreading and mathepigenetic agelung cancerPeabody Museum
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Media Monitor: Brain-Implant Trial Volunteers Publish Ethics Guidelines for Researchers
MIT Technology Review reports that BCI trial participants, led by Ian Burkhart, published guidelines urging researchers to compensate volunteers, protect brain data and maintain implants after trials end.
Science & TechnologyHealthMedical ScienceComputers and InternetLegalSocial Issues brain-computer interfacesBCI Pioneers CoalitionIan BurkhartMIT Technology Reviewneuroethicsclinical trialsbrain data privacyMITsciencetechnology
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Dartmouth Study Reports Rare Disorder That Makes a Man See Cat's Eyes in Human Faces
A new Dartmouth study documents a rare face-perception disorder in which a man saw cat's eyes in human faces after brain surgery, alongside other Dartmouth news on AI ethics and a new Astros manager.
HealthScience & TechnologySportMedical ScienceArtificial IntelligenceEducation Dartmouth Collegeface-perception disorderbrain surgeryDartmouth AI ConferenceTuck Center for Digital StrategiesBrad AusmusHouston Astros
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Nine Honored at Penn's 2026 Alumni Award of Merit Gala
Nine University of Pennsylvania alumni and faculty will be honored at the 2026 Alumni Award of Merit Gala, including Stuart Weitzman and Salamishah Tillet.
HealthScience & TechnologyEducationSportMedical ScienceSocial Issues University of PennsylvaniaAlumni Award of Merit GalaStuart WeitzmanSalamishah TilletSigal R. Ben-PorathYoung Alumni AwardHigher Education
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Nvidia Privately Told Lawmaker Chip Tracking Is Feasible, Despite Industry Group's Doubts
Rep. Bill Foster says Nvidia representatives told him the Chip Security Act's anti-smuggling measures could be implemented, though the Semiconductor Industry Association called them "new, untested, and potentially infeasible."
Science & TechnologyBusinessPolitics and GovernmentHealthArtificial IntelligenceComputers and InternetMedical ScienceAstronomy and SpaceLegalCongressGeneral PoliticsTradeAsia MIT Technology ReviewSilicon ValleyDonald TrumpNvidiaChip Security ActMicrosoft outagebrain implantsMITsciencetechnologyBill FosterAI chip smugglingJensen HuangSemiconductor Industry Associationchip smugglingNational Defense Authorization Act
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Beneath a Pile of Rubble at Haʻakulamanu: How Jaggar's 1922 Wells Began a Century of Kīlauea Geochemistry
USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory marks over 100 years of gas research that began with Thomas Jaggar's hand-drilled wells at Haʻakulamanu (Sulphur Banks) in 1922, as new labs are planned.
Science & TechnologyEnvironmentUSAHawaiiMedical Science HaʻakulamanuKīlaueaThomas JaggarHawaiian Volcano Observatoryvolcano geochemistryHawaiʻi Volcanoes National ParkSulphur BanksU.S. Geological Survey
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Beshear Urges Trump to Remove RFK Jr. From HHS, Touts $55 Billion in Kentucky Investment
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear calls on President Trump to fire HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., citing foodborne illness and measles outbreaks, while touting record economic growth and new state funding.
Politics and GovernmentHealthBusinessState GovernmentsEconomyElectionMedical ScienceTransportation Andy BeshearRobert F. Kennedy Jr.Department of Health and Human ServicesSAFE Banking Actmedical cannabiseconomic developmentKentuckyKentucky Governor's Office
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Media Monitor: Voices for Vaccines Counters Claims on Autism, Aluminum and COVID-19 Shots
Voices for Vaccines is rebutting claims that vaccines cause autism, that aluminum adjuvants trigger food allergies and that COVID-19 shots killed more people than the world wars.
HealthScience & TechnologyMediaMedical ScienceSocial IssuesMedia Bias Voices for Vaccinesvaccines and autismaluminum adjuvantsfood allergiesCOVID-19 vaccinesAaron SiriPeter McCullough
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Medicare Open Enrollment for 2027 Now Open, Ends December 7
Medicare's Open Enrollment for 2027 is underway, with officials urging beneficiaries to compare plans on Medicare.gov before the December 7 deadline, warning that plans can change every year.
HealthPolitics and GovernmentFederal GovernmentMedical Science Medicare Open EnrollmentMedicareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDepartment of Health and Human Serviceshealth insuranceprescription drugsDr. Oz
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NIH-Funded Scientists Map the Brain's Basal Ganglia in Unprecedented Detail
A NIH BRAIN Initiative atlas catalogues millions of cells in the basal ganglia across development and species, offering new clues to autism, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease.
HealthScience & TechnologyMedical ScienceAstronomy and SpaceFederal Government NIH BRAIN Initiativebasal gangliabrain atlasBICANParkinson's diseaseautismneuroscienceNational Institutes of Health
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DHS Lab Publishes Market Survey of Telemedicine Tools for Emergency Medical Services
DHS Science and Technology Directorate's NUSTL has released a SAVER report identifying 11 commercially available telemedicine products to help EMS and first responder agencies evaluate and procure field solutions.
HealthScience & TechnologyPolitics and GovernmentMedical ScienceComputers and InternetFederal Government TelemedicineEmergency Medical ServicesDepartment of Homeland SecurityNational Urban Security Technology LaboratorySAVER programFirst RespondersScience and Technology DirectorateU.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Yale Honors Veterans Past and Present on Beinecke Plaza
Yale's Veterans Day ceremony on Beinecke Plaza honored Yalies who served from the American Revolution onward, including those whose service to others continues after military life.
HealthScience & TechnologyEntertainmentEducationClimate ChangeMedical ScienceFilm and TVEnvironment Veterans DayYale UniversityBeinecke PlazaCOP31psychedelics researchhigher educationUniversity
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Harvard Gazette Newsletter Highlights COVID-Era Physician's New Book, AI Threat Panel
Harvard Gazette newsletter spotlights a physician's book on navigating global and personal anxieties, a Harvard Law panel on AI as an existential threat, and wildfire smoke autism research.
HealthScience & TechnologyEducationMedical ScienceArtificial IntelligenceComputers and InternetEnvironmentEnergy Harvard GazetteCOVID-19Hugging Faceautism researchbabesiosisHarvard Law School
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George Mason Names Arlene Evans and Barry Dewberry School of Nursing After $15M Gift
George Mason University has officially named its nursing school after Arlene Evans and Barry Dewberry, honoring their $15 million gift, alongside news of a $3.8M NIH grant and two Stevie Awards for Mason Korea.
HealthBusinessEducationMedical ScienceSocial IssuesAsia George Mason UniversityArlene Evans and Barry Dewberry School of NursingMason KoreaStevie AwardsNational Institute on Drug AbuseForbes America's Kindest CompaniesDavid J. King Teaching AwardGeorge Mason University NewsFairfax CountyReston
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Five Penn Pioneers Reflect on 150 Years of Women at the University
At the 2026 Silfen Forum, five Penn pioneers marked 150 years of women at the University, sharing lessons on leadership, mentorship, resilience, and creating opportunities for future generations.
Science & TechnologyHealthSportEducationAstronomy and SpaceMedical ScienceArtificial IntelligenceSocial Issues University of PennsylvaniaSilfen ForumJudith RodinAmy GutmannCherelle L. ParkerAndrea Mitchellwomen in leadership
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Media Monitor: Cornell Chronicle reports veterans' plaque donation, AI safety center and antibiotic monitoring research
Cornell Chronicle reports Vietnam veterans donating a plaque to Cornell's ROTC brigade, a new statewide AI safety research center, and research on antibiotic monitoring to fight superbugs.
Science & TechnologyHealthEducationArtificial IntelligenceMedical ScienceComputing and InternetState Governments Cornell ChronicleVietnam Veterans of AmericaCornell ROTCartificial intelligence safetyKathy Hochulantibiotic resistanceJohn Kasich
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Barnard's Big Sub Returns at 529 Feet as Columbia Celebrates Fall Traditions
Barnard's Big Sub measured 529 feet with 300 pounds of meat, 130 pounds of tomatoes and 125 pounds of grilled veggies, as Columbia marks fall traditions and honors Marie Tharp's Hall of Fame induction.
EducationScience & TechnologySportEntertainmentMedical ScienceMusicAstronomy and SpaceSocial Issues Barnard's Big SubColumbia UniversityMarie TharpNational Women's Hall of FameColumbia NursingEmmet CohenColumbia Field Hockeynewsletter
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Penn's Annenberg School to Undergo Major Renovation Backed by Gutmann and Doyle Gift
Annenberg School for Communication Dean Sarah Banet-Weiser announces an ambitious renovation to create new spaces for learning, research and collaboration, supported by a leadership gift from President Emerita Amy Gutmann and Michael W. Doyle.
HealthScience & TechnologyEducationMedical ScienceEnvironmentSocial Issues University of PennsylvaniaAnnenberg School for CommunicationAmy GutmannJ. Larry JamesonrenovationveteransCarl June
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Five States Join FTC Lawsuit Against Hims and Hers Over Privacy and Billing Claims
Five states have joined the FTC's lawsuit against telehealth provider Hims and Hers, which is accused of sharing sensitive health data with ad platforms and misleading users on billing and cancellation.
HealthLaw EnforcementBusinessLegalFederal GovernmentMedical Science Federal Trade CommissionHims and Herstelehealthprivacylawsuitbilling practicesconsumer protection
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California Opens $4 Million in Funding for Psychedelic Treatment Research Aimed at Veterans
California's precision medicine initiative will award up to $4 million over three to four years for psychedelic treatment research conducted with veterans, with applications opening under a new request for applications.
HealthPolitics and GovernmentScience & TechnologyState GovernmentsMedical ScienceMilitarySocial Issues Gavin NewsomCalifornia Initiative for Precision Medicinepsychedelic treatment researchveterans healthCalifornia Department of Veterans AffairsPTSDRequest for ApplicationsCalifornia Governors Office