Tag Archives: Safety

New Summer Camp Safety Laws Follow Texas’ Tragic Floods  The New York Times After catastrophic floods, Texas enacts sweeping camp safety laws to protect kids  CNN Camp Mystic parents who lost their daughters are fighting to protect future Texas campers  NBC News Sirens, summer camps and weather alerts: Here’s what is changing in Texas after the special session  KUT New Texas laws ban youth …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Courageous and plucky with “absolutely killer style,” 8-year-old Cile Steward was a force of nature, her family says. It’s been two months since an entire summer’s worth of rain fell on July 4, triggering the flash floods that rushed through Texas Hill Country and converged around Camp Mystic, killing at least 26 campers and counselors in …

Common Sense Media, a kids-safety-focused nonprofit offering ratings and reviews of media and technology, released its risk assessment of Google’s Gemini AI products on Friday. While the organization found that Google’s AI clearly told kids it was a computer, not a friend — something that’s associated with helping drive delusional thinking and psychosis in emotionally vulnerable individuals — it did …

Former Vuelta a España winner Sepp Kuss (Visma–Lease a Bike) has added his voice to the calls for increased rider security after pro-Palestine protests led to the suspension of the race’s stage 11 at Bilbao. Although the bulk of the stage through the Basque Country took place, the last three kilometres were cancelled as protestors rendered it impossible for the …

Scotty Edwards has been to LaVell Edwards Stadium more times than he can remember. But on Saturday night, he’ll get to play there for the first time. A Salt Lake City native, Edwards grew up a BYU fan, and now as a starting safety at Stanford he’ll take the same field he said he stormed in celebration on multiple occasions …

Tesla has moved its safety monitor from the passenger’s seat to the driver’s seat in its ‘Robotaxi’ service in Austin, Texas, as it expands onto highways. However, the timing may be more closely tied to regulations. When Tesla launched its ‘Robotaxi’ service in Austin, we warned that the move was more about optics than safety, as the automaker basically deployed …

ChatGPT Will Get Parental Controls and New Safety Features, OpenAI Says  The New York Times A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.  The New York Times OpenAI announces parental controls for ChatGPT after teen’s suicide  Al Jazeera ChatGPT to tell parents when their child is in ‘acute distress’  BBC OpenAI outlines new mental health guardrails for ChatGPT  Axios Source link

SWEDEPAD re-opens paclitaxel safety discussion, finds drug-coated devices do not improve outcomes  Vascular News Drug-Coated Devices Fail in Peripheral Artery Disease  Mirage News Source link

CDC confirms cuts to program that tracks foodborne pathogens  Food Safety News CDC cuts back foodborne illness surveillance program  CIDRAP The CDC Is Scaling Back a Major Food Safety Program—What It Means for You  health.com CDC dramatically scales back program that tracks food poisoning infections  AP News Tough to swallow: The Trump administration’s approach to food safety gets even worse  MSNBC News Source link

In a massive surprise nine days ahead of the season opener, the New England Patriots are releasing safety Jabrill Peppers, a stalwart of their defense, a league source confirmed to The Athletic. It’s unclear why coach Mike Vrabel is making the move so close to the season, especially since Peppers, 29, has been good for the Patriots in recent seasons …