Candida auris is a yeast responsible for many infections. Resistant to most antifungal drugs, this fungus causes several deaths around the world. BSIP | Universal Image Group | Getty Images An often drug-resistant fungus has spread at an “alarming rate” in healthcare settings across the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and … Read more
President Joe Biden at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 15. Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images Isn’t it weird that so many troublemakers turn around and become heroes by solving the same problems they created? Between the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion US bailout and the $738 billion Green Inflation Reduction Act and paying people not … Read more
Butter. Burgers. Sausages. Store-bought pastries, cakes and cookies. Oh, and sodas, sweet or diet. They’re all bad, and they all increase our risk of dementia – by a lot. So reports one of the largest and most chilling studies ever, involving around 60,000 people in their 40s, 50s and 60s. The study, involving massive numbers … Read more
I inherited a house in San Francisco from my aunt. My aunt had rented her basement to an older couple (probably illegally) for a few years at below market prices. I don’t believe there was a lease, and it’s probably against building code to have tenants in the basement. The couple’s family lives nearby. I … Read more
Meta Platforms, parent company of Facebook Inc. created a tool to predict the structure of hundreds of millions of proteins using artificial intelligence. Researchers say promises to deepen scientists’ understanding of biology, and perhaps accelerate the discovery of new drugs. Meta’s research arm, Meta AI, used the new AI-based computer program known as ESMFold to … Read more
The Bank of England announced on Friday that, “in the absence of any other significant information”, it would place Silicon Valley Bank UK in insolvency proceedings. More than 200 companies – depositors with SVB UK – wrote to the UK Treasury on Saturday asking for help. HSBC UK announced at 7am London time on Monday … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, people familiar with the matter say, after the California lender was taken over by regulators last week amid a historic race on its deposits. The separate investigations are in their preliminary stages and cannot lead to … Read more
Novo, one of the biggest sellers of insulin in the United States and around the world, announced on Tuesday that it will reduce the list price of its NovoLog insulin by 75% and the prices of Novolin and Levemir by 65% from from January 2024. In addition, Novo plans to reduce the prices of its … Read more
UberTechnologies Inc., UBER -0.93% Lyft Inc. LYFT -2.87% and other companies won a victory with a California court ruling that preserves their independent contractor model in the state and could bolster their efforts to maintain that model elsewhere. A state appeals court said workers should continue to be treated as independent contractors under a California … Read more
Employees stand outside the closed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Big names in Silicon Valley and the financial industry are publicly calling on the federal government to push another bank to take over the assets and liabilities of Silicon Valley Bank after … Read more
