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By Emma Rumney-At least 15 million people aged 13 to 15 use e-cigarettes globally, with young people on average nine times more likely to vape than adults in countries with data, the World Health Organization said on Monday.In its first global estimate of e-cigarette use, the WHO said more than 100 million people worldwide are now vaping, including at least 86 million adults, mostly in high-income countries.The figures come as global tobacco use continues to decline, with the number of tobacco users falling to 1.2 billion in 2024 from 1.38 billion in 2000.As ever-stricter regulations help cut tobacco use, the…
Imagine walking into your pharmacy, handing over your prescription and having it denied. Now imagine that the reason is not insufficient insurance coverage or the wrong dose, but a pharmacist who personally objects to your medication. What right does a pharmacist have to make moral decisions for their patients?Lawmakers have wrestled with this question for decades. It reemerged in August 2025 when two pharmacists sued Walgreens and the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy, saying they had been punished after refusing to dispense gender-affirming care medications that go against their religious beliefs.According to the pharmacists, Walgreens refused their requests for a formal…
The tech hiring market is being pulled in two directions: a flood of candidates for certain roles and stark shortages in others.New survey data from Indeed highlights the unevenness of the tech talent landscape and the profound impact of AI on reshaping the skills employers need most.While many tech jobs attract an oversupply of applicants, the study found that key areas, such as cloud computing, data analytics, and AI development, are still starved for qualified professionals.”What began as a cyclical downturn in tech hiring may now be entering a new phase — one shaped by the rise of AI, increased…
By Patrick Wingrove, Maggie Fick and Julie Steenhuysen(Reuters) -U.S. Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. could deliver a policy win for the Trump administration in just a few months after the Food and Drug Administration enlisted GSK to help it fast-track approval of a decades-old drug to treat an autism-related disorder.The FDA’s unusual move will allow it to bypass a lengthy label update for generic versions of the drug, leucovorin, or new clinical trials, a tactic academics, lawyers and doctors questioned.A GSK spokesperson told Reuters it plans to complete the new use application for the branded version of leucovorin “as…
2025-10-06T09:46:01Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link 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. Driverless cars are spreading to more US cities. Many are run by Waymo, both directly and through a partnership with Uber. I hailed a ride in a Waymo car in San Francisco to see what it’s like. Robotaxis are becoming common in some big US cities, but they’re still…
Silicon Valley is in the midst of a coding renaissance, according to Lovable CEO Anton Osika.While coding was once the domain of computer science whizzes and workers with serious technical chops, the advent of vibe-coding has made space for workers with no engineering expertise to unleash their creativity.”That characteristic — these super creative brains — are our most dedicated users,” he said.Vibe-coding, also known as AI-assisted coding, is the latest obsession among both tech giants and startups. The concept is simple: developers use natural language to instruct AI tools to generate code. Over the past several months, AI coding platforms…
BRANTFORD, Ontario (AP) — Wearing protective gloves and earplugs, a worker feeds lengths of wood into a machine that makes an earsplitting whine as it automatically cuts a groove into the end of each piece. Nearby, stacks of wooden wedges wait to be slotted into those grooves to form the beginnings of a hockey stick. Further down the Roustan Hockey production line, other workers are busy shaping, trimming, sanding, painting and screen printing as they turn lumber into a Canadian national symbol. It’s a typical day on the job for the 15 workers at Canada’s last major hockey stick factory,…
Olwyn Patterson was scrolling LinkedIn when she spotted the profile of someone she thought would be the perfect person to help promote an upcoming event put on by her company, a platform that connects startups with VCs.She typed up a quick introduction in her usual efficient staccato.”I run a biannual demo day that reaches 4,000 startups a year, one of which I noticed is also in your program. We also have a 15k-plus founder, VC, and angel investor newsletter. There seems to be a natural crossover between our communities. It’d be great to share opportunities with each other.”Moments later, her…
(Reuters) -AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s precision drug Datroway improved survival prospects in patients with an advanced form of breast cancer in a late-stage trial, the drugmakers said on Monday, paving the way for broader approvals.The trial was for patients with a type of aggressive and advanced breast cancer for whom immunotherapy was not an option, AstraZeneca said. The treatment was given early and compared with chemotherapy.The company added that Datroway was the first therapy to significantly improve overall survival in this group, and that it also significantly improved progression-free survival and met the dual main goal of the study.”We expect…
Sunday was filled with sloppy football, silly mistakes and head-scratching decisions.Another NFL player gave away a touchdown by carelessly dropping the ball before he crossed the goal line. A roughing-the-kicker penalty erased a touchdown return in a different game. The Super Bowl champions ignored their record-setting running back. The most egregious play of Week 5 occurred when Cardinals running back Emari Demercado turned a 72-yard touchdown run into a touchback by slowing down near the goal line and releasing the ball as Titans cornerback L’Jarius Sneed swiped at his arm. Officials initially ruled it a touchdown but a video review…