Illegal crypto mining in a Covid-19 hospital- The Cryptonomist

An IT specialist working for a medical institution in Russia’s Altai Republic was arrested three days ago for illegally mining crypto on the premises of a Covid-19 hospital. Russia: illegal crypto min...

What Does Student Loan Forgiveness Mean For Investors?

Getty Images for We, The 45 Million Key takeaways The Biden administration has just a few days left to extend the student debt moratorium or let borrowers restart payments The moratorium has sparked d...

Movie Theaters Are Being Starved To Death

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – 2020/10/05: A woman wearing a face mask walks past the Regal Cinemas. Regal Cinemas which is the second-largest operator of theatres in the United States, plans to clos...

NBA Taking A Stand With Election Day 2022 Scheduling And Voting Efforts

By Arthur L. Caplan & Lee H. Igel The Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics kneel during the National Anthem wearing VOTE shirts in Game … [+] One of the Eastern Conference Finals during the 202...

Japan Wants Gen Z To Drink More To Cover My $75,000 Tab

A participant chants slogans while holding a bottle of alcohol during Seijinshiki (coming-of-age ceremony) in Yokohama Arena. Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Living in Tokyo ...

This Startup Wants To Bring Disinfecting UV Light Into “Every Physical Space”

Hospitals have long used ultraviolet light to zap viruses, but the devices were too expensive for businesses and schools. Spurred by the pandemic, an unlikely trio started R-Zero to develop a lower-co...

Broadway Star Sues Newspaper For Defamation

Laura Osnes smiling on the red carpet before the 71st Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on … [+] June 11, 2017 (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions) g...

Airline unions urge carriers not to resume buybacks when bailout ban ends this fall

A United Airlines flight crew walks through the terminal at San Francisco International Airport on April 12, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The largest U.S. airlines...

Many Infected With Omicron Covid Infections Don’t Know, Study Suggests

Topline Some 56% of a sample of people who tested positive for Covid-19 during the winter omicron surge were not aware they had the coronavirus, a new study found, adding to concerns that low levels o...

Not Your Hot-Tip-From-Your-Brother-In-Law Biotech Stock

Better-than-expected Covid-19 vaccine sales pushed Moderna past Wall Street’s 2022 second-quarter … [+] forecasts. The company said Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, that its Spikevax vaccine brought in ...

Indian travelers more confident than Japanese, Aussies

For the most part, residents of Asia-Pacific can travel again. But some are more confident about packing their bags than others. Travel confidence is “diverse and nuanced” in the region, a...

Millions Of Young People Worldwide Remain Unemployed Because Of The Pandemic, UN Says

Topline The number of unemployed young people around the world is set to hit 73 million in 2022, a slight improvement from the year before, but still well above global youth unemployment rates before ...

Americans’ Optimism About Covid Plunges, Poll Finds—But They’re Still Getting Back To Normal Anyway

Topline Americans’ outlook of the Covid-19 pandemic has become increasingly pessimistic in recent months, a new Gallup poll found, with a growing share believing things are getting worse instead of be...

Forbes Asia’s Best Under A Billion 2022

– This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Asia’s Best Under A Billion 2022, which highlights 200 Asia-Pacific public companies with less than $1 billion in sales and consistent top...

U.S. Repeating Covid-19 Pandemic Mistakes

In the latest episode of his HBO show “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” John Oliver scored the … [+] U.S. response to the monkeypox outbreak a “no” on a scale of one to 100 (Photo by Rich Fu...

Is Japan open to travelers? It’s where Singaporeans want to travel

Some 49% of Singaporeans say they are considering Japan for their next vacation abroad, according to the market research firm YouGov. Interest may be even higher among young citizens. Some 68% of Sing...

Accelerate Cures Through International Collaboration In Clinical Trials: Cancer Moonshot Pathways

Dr. Nancy Lee Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Note: President Joe Biden in February launched a “Cancer Moonshot” initiative that aims to reduce the death rate from cancer by 50% in the next 25 ...

What this ‘play the recovery’ strategy says about hot bond demand

A recent trend in the exchange-traded funds market suggests bond demand is far from cooling. Corporate, government and high-yield bond ETFs saw inflows last month after lower bond prices and higher yi...

Rapid Covid Test Still Positive After 5 Days? You May Not Be Contagious, Study Suggests

Topline Some 50% of people who test positive for Covid-19 on a rapid test after five days of infection are likely no longer contagious, a Journal of the American Medical Association study released on ...

China’s Problem Isn’t Nancy Pelosi —It’s Turning Japanese

A staff member counts yuan notes deposited by customers at a bank in Haian, East China’s Jiangsu Province, July 12, 2022. CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images Xi Jinping has a growing list o...

Las Vegas’ Best Stock Bet Has Good News for the Las Vegas Strip

While the economy in the United States faces unprecedented inflation, high gas prices, and a tightening job market, the current economic woes look very different than past recessions. The economy has ...

Dierks Bentley Sets The Stage For 10th Album With New Single ‘Gold’

Dierks Bentley attends the 54th annual CMA Awards at the Music City Center on November 11, 2020 in … [+] Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for CMA) Getty Images for CMA D...

Biden tests positive for Covid again, will restart isolation despite no new symptoms

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. July 20, 2022.  Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden on Saturday tested positive for Covid-19 o...

When Does New-Car Supply Bounce Back? Not In July, Or In 2022, Either

Sure, people are complaining about gas prices and interest rates, but that doesn’t seem to be … [+] curtailing high demand, or high new-vehicle prices. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images D...

New Zealand’s borders are fully reopening after more than two years

After more than two years, New Zealand is fully reopening its borders and welcoming back all international travelers. The country is reopening on July 31, some three months earlier than previously ann...

Concept EV, Drive-By-Wire Van Aims To Shake Up Last-Mile Delivery Industry

Proxima battery electric, drive-by-wire concept delivery van during test drive event at the American … [+] Mobility Center, Ypsilanti, Mich., July 27, 2022. Ed Garsten Developers of a new concep...

Biden speaks about his negative Covid test and the broader pandemic effort

President Joe Biden spoke in the the White House Rose Garden after testing negative for Covid-19 and ending the strict isolation measures he had been following since contracting the coronavirus last w...

Coronavirus Likely Emerged In Wuhan Market, New Studies Find

Topline A pair of studies suggest the coronavirus originally jumped from animals to humans in a market in Wuhan, not a laboratory. Two studies find that coronavirus stemmed from the Huanan Market in W...

Fosun Pharma Shares Gain After Tie-Up With New Covid Drug Supplier Genuine Biotech

A silhouette of hands in medical gloves hold a medical syringe and a vial in front of Fosun Pharma’s … [+] logo. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Imag...

Covid Patients Should Take An Antiviral Even If They Don’t Have Severe Symptoms, Study Finds

Topline Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral Paxlovid and Merck’s coronavirus pill molnupiravir appear to guard against hospitalizations and death even when people aren’t experiencing severe symptoms, a ...

President Joe Biden likely has Covid-19 BA.5 variant; symptoms improving

President Joe Biden, who tested positive today for Covid-19 this morning, posts on Twitter “Folks, I’m doing great. Thanks for your concern. Just called Senator Casey, Congressman Cartwrig...

Biden Had Low Fever But Covid Symptoms Have ‘Improved,’ Doctor Says

Topline President Joe Biden’s doctor said Friday Biden’s Covid-19 symptoms have improved since he tested positive for the illness, though Biden suffered a low-grade fever, which has since returned to ...