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An AI startup in SF focused on identity verification has set a lofty goal: securing government contracts.Daniel Yanisse, the CEO of Checkr, told Business Insider that the company wants to help the government reduce “fraud and waste” by not only screening new employees but also verifying people’s eligibility for benefits such as Medicare and Social Security.Though Yanisse said the company isn’t ready to make any product announcement yet, he said a frictionless government assistance system may be just years away.AI and safety experts, however, told Business Insider that there are legal and technical hurdles for any company to undertake the…
Without better prevention and early detection, the number of women living with cardiovascular disease will increase substantially in the coming decades, the American Heart Association said Wednesday.Using historical trends from two national health surveys and census estimates of population growth, the heart association forecast that the percentage of women with at least one type of cardiovascular disease will climb by more than a third, from 10.7% in 2020 to 14.4% in 2050.Cardiovascular disease is already the leading cause of death for women in the U.S.The most common form is coronary heart disease, which occurs when fatty deposits called plaque build…
President Donald Trump’s surgeon general nominee is appearing before the Senate on Wednesday for her confirmation hearing.Dr. Casey Means was originally scheduled to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee in October, but it was postponed for four months after she went into labor.If confirmed, Means would become the nation’s top doctor, leading more than 6,000 members of the U.S. Public Health Service, including physicians, nurses, scientists and engineers working at various federal health agencies.Dr. Casey Means, Trump’s surgeon general nominee, has hearing delayedMeans’ views largely mirror those of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,…
If there are two things I love, it’s processed meats and not-exactly-maliciously messing around with internet tools. So I was determined to beat the BBC’s Thomas Germain at his own game of exploiting ChatGPT and Google Gemini results to be crowned tech journalism’s No. 1 hot dog eater.To my great embarrassment and the shame it brought upon the House of Business Insider, I failed.Last week, Germain published a fun article for the BBC about how he created a page on his personal website claiming he was a hot dog-eating champion and had beaten several other tech journalists in a competition.…
OpenClaw’s creator says the vibes of “vibe coding” are bad — and he doesn’t appreciate the dismissive undertones of the term.The viral agent OpenClaw is a product of AI code editors. The developer behind it, Peter Steinberger, used OpenAI’s Codex to build it. Its original name, Clawdbot, referenced Claude Code.One term has emerged to describe this type of work: vibe coding, or prompting AI to generate code. On OpenAI’s “Builders Unscripted,” Steinberger said he wasn’t a fan of the phrase.”There are these people that write software the old way, and the old way is going to go away,” Steinberger said.…
By Rishika SadamMUMBAI, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Indian drugmaker Dr Reddy’s Laboratories is likely to launch its generic semaglutide injection in the country in March under the brand name Obeda, according to two people familiar with the matter as well as images reviewed by Reuters.Patent protection for semaglutide expires in India in March 2026, triggering a rush among Indian drugmakers to prepare lower-cost versions. The compound is the active ingredient in Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic and weight-loss drug Wegovy.Hyderabad-based Dr Reddy’s has applied to trademark the Obeda brand and logo, a government filing showed.”As semaglutide is…
Ornate packaging paired with enticing advertisements that claim expensive shampoos are elixirs to all hair woes can leave one wondering: Are the higher prices really worth it? Should I abandon my $8 drugstore mainstay for a $42 premium brand?Experts say affordable shampoos and conditioners found in grocery stores and pharmacies can do the job as well as the pricey versions with tempting messaging and testimonials on social media. They advise consumers to evaluate the ingredients in products, their own scalp and hair concerns, and their entire hair care routine — and to check with a doctor when in doubt.Premium brands…
U.S. childhood and teen obesity rates have reached record-highs while adult obesity rates may be slowing, according to two new reports published early Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Researchers used measured heights and weights from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) — run by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics — to track trends over more than six decades.In the first report, the team found that, in the most recent survey conducted between August 2021 and August 2023, 40.3% of adults aged 20 and older were found to be obese, including 9.7% with severe obesity and…
For some young children in Columbus, Ohio, reading assessments don’t start in the kindergarten classroom — they happen first in the doctor’s office.With concerns rising about lagging childhood literacy rates across the country, Nationwide Children’s Hospital has begun screening children’s literacy skills starting at age 3 during pediatrician visits. The idea is to catch reading struggles early on and guide parents on how to help their kids.“They are all doing developmental screenings, they’re all talking to parents repeatedly,” said Sara Bode, the hospital’s medical director of school-based health. “So this is an opportunity.”The pediatric hospital chose clinics to provide the…
2026-02-25T04:04:30.948Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. President Donald Trump said he’s told top tech companies they must pay more for electricity near data centers. Trump made the announcement during the State of the Union. He did not name the companies. Big Tech’s data center push is driving up US electricity demand and costs. President Donald…