10-year Treasury yield is little changed after tame inflation report
Economy

10-year Treasury yield is little changed after tame inflation report

The 10-year Treasury yield was little changed Wednesday as investors assessed a key inflation reading that came in as expected. The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed less than 2 basis point to 4.451%. The 2-year Treasury yield fell about 7 basis points to 4.275%. One basis point is equal to 0.01%. Yields and prices […]

Annual inflation rate hit 2.6% in October, meeting expectations
Economy

Annual inflation rate hit 2.6% in October, meeting expectations

Inflation perked up in October though pretty much in line with Wall Street expectations, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. The consumer price indexwhich measures costs across a spectrum of goods and services, increased 0.2% for the month. That took the 12-month inflation rate to 2.6%, up 0.2 percentage point from September. The readings […]

Amazon shuts down secret project to develop fertility tracker
Economy

Amazon shuts down secret project to develop fertility tracker

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during the GeekWire Summit in Seattle on Oct. 5, 2021. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon has discontinued a secretive effort to develop an at-home fertility tracker, according to internal documents and people familiar with the matter. The company had been working to launch a fertility monitoring device […]

Arsenal, PSG win transfer window; Liverpool biggest losers
Sports

Arsenal, PSG win transfer window; Liverpool biggest losers

ESPNSep 2, 2023, 03: 00 AM ETThe summer transfer window has been incredible, as the top clubs around Europe spent millions — nay, billions — to try to strengthen their sides.According to Transfermarkt, clubs across the English Premier League spent a colossal €2.79 billion during the window — the most ever — and there were… […]

Under-prescribed Menopause Relief: Women Suffer Needlessly
Health

Under-prescribed Menopause Relief: Women Suffer Needlessly

Written by Lindsay Kalter4 min read Sept. 1, 2023 — An alarming gap bedevils menopause care in the United States – thanks to enduring myths about hormone replacement therapy and flaws in how new doctors are trained. The result: Countless women grapple with the physical and emotional toll of this life transition.These shortcomings have led… […]

How Your Smartwatch Could Help Unlock Secrets of Disease
Health

How Your Smartwatch Could Help Unlock Secrets of Disease

5 min read Sept. 1, 2023 – The future of public health could be in your hands – or on your wrist, to be precise. Researchers are using smartwatches and fitness trackers to do rigorous large-scale studies that would have been impossible in the past. It’s a growing trend that may vastly expand our knowledge of… […]

5 Questions for COVID Experts: How Concerned Should We Be?
Health

5 Questions for COVID Experts: How Concerned Should We Be?

Aug. 30, 2023 – COVID-19 hospitalizations have been on the rise for weeks as summer nears its end, but how concerned should you be? SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID, continues to evolve and surprise us. So COVID transmission, hospitalization, and death rates can be difficult to predict. WebMD turned to the experts for their take on… […]

Q&A: What to Know About the New BA 2.86 COVID Variant
Health

Q&A: What to Know About the New BA 2.86 COVID Variant

Aug. 31, 2023 –The CDC and the World Health Organization have dubbed the BA 2.86 variant of COVID-19 as a variant to watch. So far, only 26 cases of “Pirola,” as the new variant is being called, have been identified: 10 in Denmark, four each in Sweden and the United States, three in South Africa, two in… […]