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Nearly One in Four Insured Workers Say They Are Staying in Jobs They Want to Leave

A Gallup and West Health survey finds 24 percent of workers with employer coverage, about 23 million adults, report job lock, up from 16 percent.

Medical Daily · Aug 8

USCIS's Immigration Caseload Climbs Back Past 11 Million as Processing Keeps Slipping

USCIS's pending caseload hit 11.3 million as wait times nearly doubled and denial rates climbed, new government-derived data show.

Latin Times · Aug 8

Getting an HIV Test Is Easier Than Many Americans Think, Including Free Kits Mailed to Your Door

About one in eight Americans with HIV do not know it. Here is where to find free testing, how at-home kits work, and what a reactive result means.

Medical Daily · Aug 8

AI is making disinformation harder to spot – but we’ve found a new way to catch it

Do you ever see comments on social media that seem way off topic, but still manage to wrench the discussion around to divisive political debate?

The Conversation · Aug 7

White House plan for a ‘golden age’ of science ignores the structures that made the US a scientific superpower

A new White House report argues that eight decades of science policy that helped make the United States the world’s scientific leader is too bureaucratic, too focused on institutions rather than individual researchers, and too slow to translate discoveries into economic and technological advantages.

The Conversation · Aug 7

The moral paradox of extreme wealth: Why people oppose it yet are reluctant to take steps to reduce it

In 2026 – up until July – Elon Musk’s estimated wealth was growing by somewhere between US$30 million and $100 million an hour, making him, at least briefly, the worlds’ first trillionaire. By comparison, the typical American worker earns between $23 and $56 an hour.

The Conversation · Aug 7

Trump is laying waste to the agency that keeps hospital patients safe

Few have heard of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, but it has saved tens of thousands of lives and billions of dollars

The Guardian - US · Aug 7

Occupational Pesticide Exposure Linked to About 60 Percent Higher ALS Risk in New Global Analysis

A new review finds workers exposed to pesticides face about 60 percent higher ALS risk. What the evidence shows and what it does not prove.

Medical Daily · Aug 7

Iran plots to deal Trump a blow in midterms by keeping him entangled in war

By dragging out talks, Tehran aims to damage the US president politically – but some fear a bruised and weakened Trump could lash back

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7

Twin Falls Shooting Underlines the Need for Taking Self-Defense Seriously

Armed people at the scene of the crime fired on the attacker and drove him away.

Reason · Aug 7