Personal Digest: Hundreds of hospitals closed—care in crisis
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hundreds of hospitals — A year of funding cuts has shuttered hundreds of hospitals and left millions exposed, turning access into a public-health emergency.
 | Artificial IntelligenceAI: booming, regulated, litigated and quietly reshaping every office Financial Inclusion (tradersunion.com) · Regulation (modernghana.com) · Business Process Management (facebook.com) |
 | CoffeeCoffee lovers rejoice: a cup a day may guard your liver and save forests Liver Disease (washingtonpost.com) · Liver Scarring (goodnewsnetwork.org) · Deforestation (news.mongabay.com) |
 | ParentingParents are tired, anxious and arguing with screens — but lobbying for leave grows Parental Leave (mother.ly) · Social Media (breakingnews.ie) · Physical Custody (cleveland.com) |
 | BusinessMarkets cheer softer CPI while supply, regs and geopolitics keep CEOs on edge Consumer Price Index (iol.co.za) · Inflation (audacy.com) · Small Business (qz.com) |
| Health CareHospitals close, parasites spread and NIH bets on dementia resilience Hospital (prospect.org) · Cyclosporiasis (cdc.gov) · Health Insurance (naplesnews.com) |
 | ChatbotChatbots: therapists, troublemakers, and your restaurant’s new best friend Psychotherapy (qz.com) · Terrorism (scmp.com) · Adolescent health (brainandlife.org) |
 | CareerAI skills gatekeep entry jobs while firefighters reconsider the front line Artificial Intelligence (ciodive.com) · Wildfires (workerscompensation.com) |
 | EducationSchools scramble to teach for AI while curriculum battles go cultural Artificial Intelligence (mshale.com) · Christian nationalism (aol.com) · Curriculum (nydailynews.com) |
 | TravelBooking rules change and visas get frozen — travel isn’t as simple as packing a bag |
 | ComedyRyan Reynolds buddy comedy trailer drops as NYC preps a comedy feast Action Film (9to5mac.com) · Comedy festival (brooklynvegan.com) |
 | FitnessFrom ringworm in Pilates to AI coaches, fitness is sweaty and smart Combat Sport (msn.com) · Artificial Intelligence (trendhunter.com) · Pilates (usatoday.com) |
 | The economyAI lifts productivity, credit card spending ticks up, but youth disconnection looms Federal Reserve System (fedscoop.com) · Banking (investopedia.com) · Unemployment rate (stlouisfed.org) |
 | The artsVisa headaches threaten tours and make the arts more logistically dramatic than avant-garde |
 | Free speechPress subpoenas and visa blocks make free-speech theater both messy and crucial Freedom of the press (firstamendmentwatch.org) · Visa policy (kfgo.com) · Academic Freedom (arabnews.com) |
 | StoicismStoic memes and ancient counsel: Epictetus, Seneca, and TikTok walk into a bar Social Media (ma-grande-taille.com) · Epictetus (siliconcanals.com) · Seneca (inkl.com) |