The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted down a Republican-backed proposal to expand the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s secretive surveillance powers after the mass shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub last week. The measure followed the Senate’s rejection on Monday of four measures that would have restricted gun sales. During Wednesday’s ... Read More »
Many male primary care doctors regard heart disease as a man’s issue and don’t assess risk in female patients, a new French study finds. Many of these physicians “will be surprised by our findings, and I hope this will help them ensure they assess [heart] risk equally in their male ... Read More »
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said she has not scheduled special meetings for Friday or Saturday in order to respond to the “Brexit” vote in Britain over its membership in the European Union. “Brexit is a risk that we are monitoring. We will be watching closely to see what the ... Read More »
Another drop in mortgage interest rates, to their lowest level in three years, sent borrowers back to the bank to refinance home loans. Total mortgage application volume increased 2.9 percent last week on a seasonally adjusted basis from the previous week. Applications are now nearly 35 percent higher than one ... Read More »
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg puts tape over his laptop’s webcam and microphone jack – a move typically used to thwart potential snooping hackers. He shared a photo of himself celebrating the success of Facebook-owned Instagram, which now has 500 million users. But people quickly noticed that the MacBook sitting on ... Read More »
More than 100 child rapes with online links took place in England and Wales in the last year, police figures obtained by the NSPCC show. Data from 38 out of 43 police forces suggested the internet was used in 3,186 sexual offences against children in the year to 31 March, ... Read More »
Despite concerns aired by doctors that advanced practice clinicians are redundant and prescribe unnecessary tests and treatment, researchers suggest they could become a key part of healthcare as more and more people gain access to services. Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles found that, for a range of ... Read More »
The Michigan attorney general on Wednesday sued French water company Veolia and a Texas firm for “botching” their roles in the city of Flint’s drinking water crisis that exposed residents to dangerously high lead levels. Attorney General Bill Schuette said at a news conference in Flint that the civil lawsuit ... Read More »
A vote by Britons to leave the European Union on Thursday may not drag the United States into recession, but its effects on U.S. monetary policy, trade and corporate profits are causing concern in Washington D.C. and boardrooms alike. Market volatility in the immediate aftermath of such an unprecedented decision ... Read More »
Running water is essential to providing basic healthcare, but in developing countries where the population lives without running water, doctors must weigh the danger of not washing hands, instruments or wounds during surgery against not performing a procedure at all. More than one-third of hospitals in developing countries do not ... Read More »
U.S. law enforcement officials have charged 301 suspects with trying to defraud Medicare and other federal insurance programs in 2016, marking the “largest takedown” involving health care fraud allegations, the Justice Department said on Wednesday. The national sweep resulted in charges against doctors, nurses, pharmacists and physical therapists accused of ... Read More »
British astronaut Tim Peake has said he would return to the International Space Station (ISS) “in a heartbeat”. Speaking at the European Space Agency in Cologne, three days after returning to Earth, he added: “I can say that happily because I’ve already spoken to my wife about it and she’s ... Read More »
