NASA has selected hundreds of small businesses and dozens of research institutions to develop technology to help drive the future of space exploration, ranging from novel sensors and electronics to new types of software and cutting-edge materials. Source link
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you’re poor and have a severe type of heart attack, the chance you’ll live through it is significantly lower than that of someone with more money, new research shows. The finding underscores the need to close a divide in health care that … Read more
A number of key mortgage rates ticked downward today, keeping with a recent trend. Both 15-year fixed and 30-year fixed mortgage rates decreased. Mortgage rates have been slowly rising since the start of this year, and are expected to increase throughout 2022. Rates are now closer to 2018 levels than the historic lows seen during … Read more
Moscow is ready to make a “significant contribution” to averting a looming food crisis if the West lifts sanctions imposed on Russia over Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said in a telephone call with Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi. “Vladimir Putin emphasises that the Russian Federation is ready to make a significant contribution to overcoming the … Read more
The Swiss Alpine village of Davos greeted the world’s political and corporate A-listers again, but it was not business as usual. There was no snow, no Russians and fewer Chinese delegates — but plenty of rain and Ukrainians. The World Economic Forum is typically held in January under a blanket of snow. But after the … Read more
Finance Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled the new 25% tax on the profits of energy producers such as BP (BP) and Shell (RDSA) on Thursday. The levy will be phased out once oil and gas prices fall back to more normal levels, he said. “The oil and gas sector is making extraordinary profits, not as the … Read more
What thinktanks are saying about Sunak’s cost of living support package Here is reaction to Rishi Sunak’s cost of living support package from two thinktanks seen as being on the left. From Torsten Bell, chief executive of the Resolution Foundation The chancellor has announced a big and very welcome package of support for households facing … Read more
There are 90 cases to date in the UK according to the UK Health Security Agency. Source link
May 26, 2022 – Trishna Bharadia has multiple sclerosis and works as a patient engagement consultant and is often asked to take part in clinical trials. Mostly, though, she turns them down. She has to: A resident of rural England, Bharadia lives hours away from most clinical trial sites. Even if one were closer, the … Read more
The Congress on Thursday termed the 2022-2023 UP budget as “chhal” (deceit) with the people of the state, saying that the Yogi Adityanath government failed to fulfil promises made in its ‘sankalp patra’ (election manifesto). In a statement issued here, Congress Legislature Party leader Aradhana Misra also said that the budget has been infected by … Read more