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Hair-loss treatment stocks emerge as Korea's latest market theme
Hair-loss treatment stocks have emerged as the latest theme in Korea's equity market, drawing investors searching for the next big pharmaceutical trade after the boom in obesity drugs, market watchers said Monday. Shares of JW Shinyak and Samik…
Employment is America's load-bearing institution, AI will test it | Opinion
Engineers have a rule: never design a system with a single point of failure. A bridge should not collapse because one cable snaps. A power grid should not go dark because one transformer fails. Resilient systems distribute risk, build in redundancy…
This Labor Day, It's Time for a New Social Contract With Workers
On Monday morning, a teaching artist leaves a Bronx public school after leading music class. In the afternoon, she edits a nonprofit newsletter. That evening, she performs at a community theater. She works three jobs and pays taxes on every dollar…
The FTC didn't just save you money on prescription drugs. They got outsmarted
To understand why these deals fail, you have to look at what Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) actually do. They started decades ago as simple administrative middlemen. Today, the big three PBMs control 80% of all prescription claims in the country.
I left Texas for Europe more than a decade ago. Living in France is affordable, and I'm happier.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Leah Young, a 34-year-old from Dallas who moved to Spain in 2015. Young is the founder of Fearless Abroad, a company that helps Americans working remotely relocate to Europe. The conversation…
60 People Predict The Biggest Problems Society Could Be Facing Ten Years From Now
I think many industries will eventually discover that they basically destroyed the pipeline that creates senior experts. AI will remove a lot of the boring junior work, but that's also the work that actually makes people good at their job. For…
Cravings 'like heroin withdrawal': what happens when weight-loss drugs don't work?
When Mercedes was told by her doctor that she could be prescribed GLP-1 weight loss jabs in 2024, she broke down. “[When] she said yes, I cried in her office. And I didn't really stop crying for a week,” she said. “Finally…
AI isn't just for work - 7 ways retirees and empty nesters can use it daily
The one thing I've started to notice for the older folks in my family is how they're still a bit wary of AI. Some of them refer to AI as “that ChatGPT thing,” just like I remember them referring to video games as just…
Everyone Wants to Win Working-Class Voters. But Have They Realized Many Are Women?
This story was originally reported by Chabeli Carrazana of The 19th. Meet Chabeli and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Congressional candidate JoAnna Mendoza can quickly rattle off prices from the grocery store in the…
Women who remember life before Roe are turning away from Susan Collins
This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra of The 19th. Meet Shefali and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Lisa Kushner still recalls the fear and anxiety she felt upon learning she was pregnant. Kushner has…
Hundreds gather at Kirby Park for annual NEPA-Que
WILKES-BARRE — Hundreds of workers, union members, and families gathered at Kirby Park on Sunday for an afternoon of free food, music, and activities during the fifth annual NEPA-Que, a Labor Day weekend celebration of organized labor and…
EDITORIAL: Colorado's Medicaid monster devours the budget
What goes up, must come down — except when it comes to Colorado's mushrooming Medicaid spending, it seems. Even as the number of people enrolled in the government health insurance program for the poor and disabled has declined, its cost…
Insurance Claims Lose the Paper Chase as AI Gets to Work
The shift is happening inside the world's largest reinsurers, inside U.S. state insurance regulators, and inside the banks and carriers deploying agentic AI to automate the functions that have historically consumed the most time and introduced the…
Only one in five Irish people believe they'll be able to retire and stop working
Only one in five Irish people believe they will be able to fully retire and stop working in a traditional sense, a study has found. Nearly 30 per cent reckon they will gradually reduce their working hours, while 24 per cent expect to continue…
Top US doctors offer updated flu and COVID vaccine recommendations, aiming to ease confusion
Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall, banding together Wednesday to issue shot guidelines — and highlight the science behind them — saying they hope to ease confusion…
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