What to know about Boulder, Colorado, the Sundance Film Festival’s new home – The Associated Press
What to know about Boulder, Colorado, the Sundance Film Festival’s new home The Associated PressUtah tourist economy takes $132 million hit with Sundance moving to a new city SFGATEUtah Governor Pledges To Create New Film Festival After Sundance Leaves; LGBTQ+ Flag Ban Now Law DeadlineSundance Institute Announces Boulder…
BREAKING: Filipinos will hold a protest for Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday in Budapest!
Former President Duterte is currently in the Heague facing human rights crime charges. #icc #duterte #prrd #crime #budapest #protest…
First statewide agreement to improve early childhood care and reduce waiting times approved in Spain
Plataforma de Infancia, Eurochild Spanish member, participates in the expert group that developed the first statewide agreement to improve early care. Since 2022, the Early Childhood Care Technical Group has been collaborating with the Autonomous Communities, civil society actors specialised in childhood and disability, and has been coordinated by various ministries: Social Rights…
The relationship between sleep deprivation and juvenile crime
Eurochild member Francesca Braga shares in her blog how sleep deprivation and disturbances are significantly linked to juvenile delinquency, highlighting the critical need for better sleep management to prevent violence in adolescents. Francesca, a lawyer with extensive experience in human rights, civil and criminal law, serves as the Consultant for the European Child Guarantee in…
Human trafficking | Lombardy East residents living in fear
JOHANNESBURG – Lombardy East residents fear a human trafficking syndicate may be operating in the area. This follows the discovery of yet another suspected human trafficking ring on Wednesday. Police rescued 32 Ethiopian nationals – mostly minors – after they escaped captivity from a house in the area. [READ: Foreign nationals escape reported hostage in
A 21st Century HHS Should Serve People, Not Bureaucracy
Secretary Kennedy’s announcement of a shake-up at the Department of Health and Human Services spotlights the need for major reform at the bloated agency…
The first trial of generative AI therapy shows it might help with depression
The first clinical trial of a therapy bot that uses generative AI suggests it was as effective as human therapy for participants with depression, anxiety, or risk for developing eating disorders. Even so, it doesn’t give a go-ahead to the dozens of companies hyping such technologies while operating in a regulatory gray area. …
“Spare” living human bodies might provide us with organs for transplantation
This week, MIT Technology Review published a piece on bodyoids—living bodies that cannot think or feel pain. In the piece, a trio of scientists argue that advances in biotechnology will soon allow us to create “spare” human bodies that could be used for research, or to provide organs for donation…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: The Ax Falls at HHS
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced a proposed reorganization for the department — which, counting those who already have left the agency, amounts to about a 25% cut in its workforce. And its planned “Administration for a Healthy America” will collapse several existing HHS agencies into one…