California Vote Upholds Flavored Tobacco Ban
California became the largest U.S. state to ban flavored tobacco products on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports, with voters upholding a law that restricts the sale of products…
More Than 70% of Americans Feel Failed by Health Care
More than 70% of U.S. adults feel the health care system is failing to meet their needs in at least one way, according to new data from the…
How to Work from Home Without Burning Out
Working remotely is a luxury—but it’s also an acquired skill. For employees lucky enough to be able to work from home at least some of the time, the…
Teens Are Increasingly Underestimating Their Weight
By many measures, teen obesity is an international public health crisis, with data showing that 340 million adolescents worldwide are affected, a number that’s risen tenfold in the…
The Case for Wearing Shoes In the House
Every day, people with foot pain hobble into Dr. Priya Parthasarathy’s podiatry office, and she asks them the same three questions: “What do you do for work? Where…
The Virus Hunters Prepping for the Next Pandemic
Nobody saw SARS-CoV-2 coming. In the early days of the pandemic, researchers were scrambling to collect samples from people who had mysteriously developed fevers, coughs, and breathing problems….
April retail sales set for take off, but don’t expect fireworks – CBI
So let’s start with the positive. The latest monthly Distributive Trades Survey survey – which aggregates the views of 142 businesses, including 66 retailers – shows expectations that retail sales volumes…
BFC unveils Institute of Positive Fashion Forum schedule
Designed “to galvanise key players in the British fashion industry to collaborate to achieve a circular fashion ecosystem in the UK by 2030”, the event will focus on…
Some cosmetics could increase the risk of endometriosis
A chronic disease that can be disabling, endometriosis is characterized by “the presence outside the uterine cavity of tissue similar to the uterine lining which will be affected…
South Africa clears 3 more accounts of Steinhoff insider trading
The accounts were among scores suspected of insider trading after Steinhoff’s stock turned volatile before the company disclosed massive accounting irregularities in December 2017.“We found no reason to…