In the U.S., 516 publicly listed firms have filed for bankruptcy from January through September 2023. Many of these firms have survived for several years with surging debt…
Read more Zombie firms are filing for bankruptcy as the Fed commits to higher ratesShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Some firms sustain their businesses by taking on more debt that they can repay. Economists…
Read more How the Fed fights zombie firmsJapan is home to an untold number of conveniences and delights that American consumers regularly go without: Faster public transit! Better sunscreen! Lychee KitKats! But as we head…
Read more America May Be Missing Out on a Better COVID TreatmentMarijuana users have elevated levels of cadmium and lead in their blood and urine compared to those who abstain, a troubling new study found. Analyzing data from a…
Read more Marijuana users have higher levels of heavy metals in blood – Medical Marijuana Program ConnectionWhen Jelani Cobb was named dean of the Columbia Journalism School, he became the 14th person and the first African American to lead the institution, which was founded…
Read more Jelani Cobb on J-School Sticker Shock, Education Wars, and the Trump Coverage ConundrumShelby Kendrick, a teaching assistant at the University of California at Berkeley, started playing around with ChatGPT in February, a few months after the large language model appeared,…
Read more How Professors Scrambled to Deal With ChatGPTNewswise — New research reveals differences in the gut microbiomes of people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) compared to those of healthy controls. ME/CFS is characterized by unexplained…
Read more Microbiome disturbances reported as signature of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitisA gynecologist who molested patients during a decades long career was convicted of federal sex trafficking charges Tuesday after nine former patients told a New York jury how…
Read more Robert Hadden, former Columbia University gynecologist charged with sexually assaulting patients, convicted of sex traffickingNewswise — COVID-19 is changing household behaviors related to how we are exposed to various household chemicals linked to poor health outcomes. People surveyed earlier in the pandemic…
Read more COVID is changing how we are exposed to household health risksNorah O’Donnell interviews Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Person to Person: Norah O’Donnell interviews Hillary and Chelsea Clinton 24:02 Former secretary of state and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton…
Read more Hillary Clinton joins Columbia University facultyNewswise — December 14, 2022–Significantly higher arsenic and uranium concentrations in public drinking water have been linked to communities with higher proportions of Hispanic/Latino, American Indian/Alaskan Native, and non-Hispanic…
Read more Highest metal concentrations in US public water systems found among Hispanic/Latino and American Indian communitiesNewswise — While some feared that New Yorkers would re-fill prescriptions to stockpile opioid medications in the early weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown much in the way people…
Read more COVID lockdown did not lead to a rush on opioid prescriptionsColumbia University announced a $165 million settlement Friday with 147 women who said former gynecologist Robert Hadden committed sexual abuse and misconduct while he was their doctor. The…
Read more Columbia University agrees to $165 million settlement with 147 former patients of OB-GYN Robert Hadden
