NFL

Seahawks OT Charles Cross agrees to four-year, $104.4M extension

A day after securing the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs, the Seattle Seahawks secured the future of one of their brightest young players. Offensive tackle Charles Cross agreed to a four-year, $104.4 ...
KVUE

Ascension Texas, Blue Cross Blue Shield reach agreement ensuring continued in-network access

AUSTIN, Texas — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) customers will remain in-network at Ascension Texas hospitals and clinics under a renewed agreement announced Wednesday. The deal ensures ...
KXAN

Ascension, Blue Cross Blue Shield reach agreement on in-network care for Texas patients

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two major players in Texas health care, Blue Cross Blue Shield Texas and Ascension Texas, announced an agreement Wednesday to keep many medical facilities in-network for BCBSTX ...
Austin American-Statesman

Ascension Texas hospitals to remain in-network for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas patients

Ascension Texas hospitals will remain in-network for people who have Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas health insurance plans. The hospital system, which includes Dell Children’s Medical Center, had ...
WIBW

Blue Cross Blue Shield KS: UKHS St. Francis will remain in-network throughout 2026

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas announced Tuesday night that the University of Kansas Health System St. Francis will remain in-network for the next year. The two parties had ...
Medical Xpress

When neural spikes break time's symmetry: Linking the information-theoretic cost of brain activity to behavior

What if we could peer into the brain and watch how it organizes information as we act, perceive, or make decisions? A new study has introduced a method that does exactly this—not just by looking at ...
Austin American-Statesman

Have Blue Cross and Blue Shield and go to an Ascension hospital? You could pay more

Ascension Texas hospitals might no longer be in-network for people who have Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas insurance plans starting Jan. 1. This could mean that anyone with a Blue Cross and Blue ...
KVUE

Thousands could lose in-network care as Blue Cross, Ascension Seton near contract deadline

AUSTIN, Texas — Some Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBSTX) policy holders say they're worried after the insurance provider announced its contract with Ascension Seton could expire on Jan.1. If the two don't ...
Morningstar

Quantum Corridor, Toshiba Demonstrate First Cross-State Quantum Key Distribution Over Live Commercial Metro Fiber Network

Proof-of-Concept Passes Quantum Keys from End-to-End Over Photonic Network Spanning Heart of Chicago to NW Indiana Quantum Corridor, in collaboration with Toshiba International Corporation and ...
Star Tribune

Resolving dispute, Minnesota Blue Cross strikes in-network deal for St. Luke’s in Duluth

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota says it has reached a new contract agreement that will maintain St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth as part of the insurance company’s network of health care ...
Frontiers

DeepAttNet: deep neural network incorporating cross-attention mechanism for subject-independent mental stress detection in passive brain–computer interfaces using bilateral ...

Introduction: Electroencephalography (EEG)-based mental stress detection has the potential to be applied in diverse real-world scenarios, including workplace safety, mental health monitoring, and ...