If you’re becoming more and more forgetful as you get older — and who among us isn’t — there are two things you can do about it this Memorial Day weekend. Take a multivitamin. And go for a 30 minute walk. Oh – and then keep them both awake. So point to peer-reviewed scientific studies … Read more
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management said this week that it has advanced two transmission projects proposed by utility NV Energy that would facilitate the development and delivery of renewable energy in Nevada. The agency will initiate an environmental review of the Greenlink North project, which will span more than 450 miles to connect … Read more
Federally funded scientists have proposed a definition of long Covid based on symptoms identified in a large study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The definition is based on 12 symptoms that most separate people with a long history of Covid from people who haven’t had the coronavirus. There is still no … Read more
Last updated: May 24, 2023 at 4:35 p.m. ET First published: May 24, 2023 at 4:32 p.m. ET Executives from Nvidia Corp. predicted record earnings far beyond anything the company saw on Wednesday, pushing the stock into record territory. Nvidia Guided NVDA to $11 Billion Q2 Revenue, Plus or Minus 2%; the chipmaker has never … Read more
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday that “tough choices” will have to be made about which bills will remain unpaid if the debt ceiling is not raised. President Joe Biden said Republicans “need to get out of their extreme position” at a press conference ahead of his departure from the Group of Seven Summit … Read more
CNN — The Treasury Department is steadily draining the funds it has to pay the nation’s bills during the debt ceiling standoff. The Treasury had $57.3 billion in cash as of Thursday, according to federal data. The amount rebounds as the agency collects revenue and makes payments, but the balance has shrunk from $238.5 billion … Read more
In an aerial view, a modified corporate sign is displayed outside Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco, April 10, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Elon Musk and X Corp. — the Musk-backed parent company of social media platform Twitter — are being investigated over building code violations at Twitter’s San Francisco … Read more
The CDC has urged those most at risk of mpox to get vaccinated. The CDC’s call for people at risk to get up to date on their vaccines comes after a cluster of at least 21 cases of mpox was reported in the Chicago area this month. Many people who caught mpox in the Chicago … Read more
With the “X date” of June 1 approaching, the sooner the US government could run out of money to pay its bills if leaders fail to reach an agreement to lift the debt ceiling. The Bipartisan Policy Center think tank has modeled Treasury Department cash flow, noting the day bills are paid. The calendar provides … Read more
Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay $75 million to victims of sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein to settle a federal lawsuit accusing the bank of enabling and profiting from Epstein’s sex trafficking of young women. The explosive deal still leaves JPMorgan Chase to defend its own potential class action lawsuit by Epstein’s accusers in US District … Read more
