Healthcare prices have grown more slowly than economywide prices since mid-summer, a trend economists describe in a new report as "quite extraordinary."
Novavax may be at risk of losing its frontrunner status of being the largest distributor of protein subunit Covid-19 vaccines. Despite competitors with the same technology taking longer to collect data, they may have manufacturing edge over Novavax.
For many years, Black Friday was the official kickoff to the holiday shopping season. However, this year, it began on October 4 with Amazon's massive Deals for Days promotion. With reports of impending product shortages and expected shipping delays, it's no surprise that people are starting to shop earlier and earlier.
there's something to gain in the space between home and work
For many of us, one of the upsides of 2020 was being freed from the grind of the daily commute. For the 40% of the workforce able to “telecommute[1]”, COVID-19 social distancing measures saved us an average of about an hour a day[2] – and much more for those of us living in the outer suburbs of cities.
There was not any vote taken about mixing and matching,” said N.C. State/public health scientist Dr. Julie Swann. The official guidance is to get the same vaccine for your COVID vaccine booster dose as you did previously.
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Can we really trust AI to make better decisions than humans? A new study says … not always. Researchers have discovered that OpenAI’s ChatGPT, one of the most advanced and popular AI models, makes the same kinds of decision-making mistakes as humans in some situations—showing biases like overconfidence of hot-hand (gambler’s) fallacy—yet acting inhuman in others (e.g., not suffering from base-rate neglect or sunk cost fallacies).
The genetic testing company 23andMe, which holds the genetic data of 15 million people, declared bankruptcy on Sunday night after years of financial struggles. This means that all of the extremely personal user data could be up for sale—and that vast trove of genetic data could draw interest from AI companies looking to train their data sets, experts say.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as the new secretary of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s de facto healthcare czar. He will have influence over numerous highly visible agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration, among others. Given that healthcare is something that touches everyone’s life, his footprint of influence will be expansive.
Health insurance has become necessary, with large and unpredictable health care costs always looming before each of us. Unfortunately, the majority of people have experienced problems when using their health insurance to pay for their medical care. Health insurance serves as the buffer between patients and the medical care system, using population pooling to mitigate the risk exposure on any one individual.
From Tesla to SpaceX to xAI, Elon Musk’s sprawling global business empire will be slammed by Trump’s tariffs regime. Here’s how.
A bipartisan push in Congress would return the power to impose tariffs to the legislature.
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban's question to Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, on energy costs took off on social media on Saturday.
Florida lawmakers have banned wind turbines off its shores and near the coast, saying the bill is meant to protect wildlife and prevent noise.