The trend of prioritizing growth over profit has been a common theme for Amazon investors for the majority of the company’s existence. However, the tide seems to be turning as the company reported a significant milestone in its first-quarter earnings report. With Amazon’s operating margin reaching double digits for the first time on record, it
A recent cross-sectional study conducted by Jennifer Flythe, MD, MPH, and colleagues from the University of North Carolina Kidney Center revealed alarming trends in the prescribing practices of QT-prolonging medications with known torsades de pointes (TdP) risk to older dialysis-dependent patients. The study found that a significant percentage of Medicare patients with kidney failure receiving
President Joe Biden recently announced an updated policy aimed at protecting U.S. critical infrastructure sectors such as energy and financial services from foreign cyber attacks, particularly from China. This new policy is a revision of the Obama administration’s Presidential Policy Directive, or PPD-21, which was introduced in 2013. The reimagining of this policy was initiated
Blockchain technology has been gaining significant attention in recent years for its potential to revolutionize various sectors, including governance. IIT Madras, a prestigious engineering college in India, has been at the forefront of exploring the use of blockchain in the governance sector. By moving its student election systems from traditional servers to blockchain, the institute
A federal judge in New Jersey recently made a crucial ruling regarding Johnson & Johnson and Bristol Myers Squibb’s legal challenges to the Biden administration’s Medicare drug-price negotiations. This decision is seen as a significant win for the White House in its ongoing battle with various drugmakers over the price talks. The judge’s ruling not