Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. This is an edition of The Weekly Planet, a newsletter that provides a guide for living through climate change. Sign up for it here. Living in the days of climate change means we are living in the era of ecological grief. The emotional phenomenon has inspired funerals for glaciers in Iceland, Oregon, and Switzerland. Scientists have reported feeling shock and loss with each consecutive return to the Great Barrier Reef, as new expanses of coral bleach and desiccate. All across the mining country of Central Appalachia, where mountains have…
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Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. In the days after former President Donald Trump declared that he’d make in vitro fertilization more accessible for Americans, the anti-abortion movement went to work. The activist Lila Rose urged her social-media followers not to vote for Trump, equating his enthusiasm for IVF with support for abortion. The Pro-Life Action League asked Trump to walk back his remarks, citing the “hundreds of thousands” of embryos that would be destroyed. Meanwhile, Kristan Hawkins, the president of Students for Life of America, tagged Trump’s running mate, J. D. Vance, in a…
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Something weird is happening on my Instagram feed. Between posts of celebrities with perfect skin are pictures of regular people—my own friends!—looking just as good. They’re in their mid-30s, yet their faces look so smooth, so taut and placid, that they look a full decade younger. Is it makeup? Serums? Supplements? Sleep? When I finally inquired as to how they’d pulled it off, they gladly offered an explanation: “baby Botox.” Like normal Botox, baby Botox involves injections of a muscle paralytic. The difference is that baby Botox is proactive versus reactive: If first administered in youth and repeated every few…
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AI is flooding the internet with low-quality healthcare content that hasn’t been medically reviewed for accuracy. While this can (and should) be viewed as a big problem, it’s also a unique opportunity for hospitals and healthcare systems to stand out as trusted patient resources. We recently sat down with Ed Bennett, Founder of MarTech.Health and a respected voice in healthcare marketing, to discuss how hospitals can use AI tools strategically to outrank unverified AI content. Together with Ed, we share insights for doing just that in our latest podcast. Listen to the podcast: In case you don’t have time to…
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Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. This year, just like last year, the nearly 200,000 kids in Chicago’s public elementary schools spent recess indoors during the first week of school, when the heat index hit 114 degrees. In the past few weeks, outdoor activities were canceled at schools in and around Washington, D.C., where temperatures exceeded 100 degrees last month, and in Southern California too. These schools have good reason to exercise caution: Kids are particularly susceptible to extreme heat, and in a tragic incident last year, a 12-year-old in California collapsed during P.E. and…
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Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. In conversations caught on hidden camera, New York City’s former COVID czar said that he’d organized a pair of sex parties in the second half of 2020, as New Yorkers coped with peak pandemic social isolation. “The only way I could do this job for the city was if I had some way to blow off steam every now and then,” Jay Varma told an undercover reporter with whom he thought he was on a date. In a video compiled from several recordings taken this summer, the onetime senior…
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Search technology has evolved drastically in recent years. “Stop talking about keywords, start talking about queries,” I said in a meeting. What started as simple keyword matching has transformed into a complex, AI-driven system, significantly impacting how we approach digital marketing and SEO. In this two-part series, I explore the evolution of organic and paid search, discuss its impact on your SEO strategy, and share how your healthcare organization can navigate these changes to enhance online visibility and remain competitive. First, let’s review the evolution of search and its impact on SEO. The First Wave: Keyword-Focused Search Remember when you…
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On August 14, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) introduced a rule banning fake reviews and misleading testimonials to improve marketing transparency and authenticity. As a healthcare organization, you already prioritize ethical practices and HIPAA compliance due to the nature of your business. It’s important to adapt to these new changes to maintain patient trust and remain competitive. Here’s everything you need to know about the ruling, its impact on healthcare marketing, and how to ensure you’re in compliance before it goes into effect on October 13, 2024. Key Aspects of the FTC Ruling The Scope Fake or false reviews…
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As you might expect, our agency networks with lots of people in the financial world, including investment bankers and private equity firms. To capture today’s M&A trends and insights, I interviewed Andre Ulloa, a Partner and Executive Advisor at M&A Healthcare Advisors (MAHA), a boutique advisory firm and investment bank. Our podcast interview covered a lot of ground, including the basics—like the differences between finders, business brokers, advisors, and investment banks. Most importantly, however, Andre provides eight tips on how to prepare healthcare businesses for merger and acquisition success. The ideas we discussed apply to many kinds of healthcare businesses,…
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The healthcare industry is under immense pressure to produce content quickly. Generative AI might seem like a quick fix, but the industry’s specific challenges often get in the way. Learn how to streamline your content creation process without sacrificing quality or compliance. Here are our best tips: Prioritize Performance Analytics Determining the effectiveness of content quickly and accurately is challenging, so it’s important to build the right team or partner with the right agency. Track content performance metrics to identify what works and what doesn’t. This way, you can use data insights to refine content strategies and improve future content.…