Month: April 2023

House Committee’s Hearing on Government Accountability Office’s 2023 High Risk List

U.S. House Oversight Committee holds a hearing on The Government Accountability Office’s 2023 High-Risk List at 10:00 a.m. ET on April. …


LIVE NOW: House Committee’s Hearing on Government Accountability Office’s 2023 High Risk List

U.S. House Oversight Committee holds a hearing on The Government Accountability Office’s 2023 High-Risk List at 10:00 a.m. ET on April. …


FDA Issues Safety Concerns Over Amniotic Fluid Eye Drops

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued an alert to patients and health care practitioners about safety concerns surrounding amniotic fluid eye drops that have been marketed and distributed to treat or mitigate dry eye disease and similar conditions. The FDA noted that manufacturers of the amniotic fluid eye-drop products of the brands…


FDA Issues Safety Concerns Over Amniotic Fluid Eyedrops

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued an alert to patients and health care practitioners about safety concerns surrounding amniotic fluid eye drops that have been marketed and distributed to treat or mitigate dry eye disease and similar conditions. The FDA noted that manufacturers of the amniotic fluid eye-drop products of the brands…


Swedish Crown Softens After Market Sees Riksbank Dovishness, Euro Rebounds

LONDON—The Swedish crown weakened sharply on Wednesday after the country’s central bank was less hawkish than expected, while the euro rebounded from losses a day earlier when jitters about the U.S. banking sector helped the safe-haven dollar. The euro rose as much as 1.05 percent against the crown to 11.426, set for its biggest one-day…


German President Ending Visit to Canada in Northwest Territories

Germany’s president is to arrive in the Northwest Territories today to begin the final leg of his four-day official visit to Canada. Frank-Walter Steinmeier is to be welcomed at the Yellowknife airport by territorial commissioner Margaret Thom and Mayor Rebecca Alty. He is set to join Gov. Gen. Mary Simon at Joint Task Force North…


ANALYSIS: PSAC Strikes at Ideal Time, but Can Ottawa Afford Union’s Demands?

News Analysis Job action by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) has come at an opportune time for the union, but some analysts and private sector advocates insist that neither the Treasury Board nor taxpayers can afford generous public pay hikes. More than 155,000 federal public servants represented by PSAC have been on strike…


IN-DEPTH: US Debt Default Fears Spark Rising Unease Among Investors

The cost of insuring exposure to United States sovereign debt rose on Wednesday to its highest level since 2011 after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that failure to lift the federal borrowing cap would trigger an economic catastrophe, suggesting investors are growing more nervous about the debt ceiling deadlock in Washington. Spreads on U.S. five-year…


Stress Ages You but Can Be Reversed: Study

While stress such as surgery, pregnancy, COVID-19, and the vaccines themselves can significantly age a person biologically, the body is able to naturally reverse this effect and increase longevity, a new study from Harvard University has found. While chronological age is defined by the number of years you have been alive, biological age represents how…


ATF Director Dettelbach Testifies to House Committee Oversight Hearing

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director Steven Dettelbach testifies at a U.S. House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing at 10:00 a.m. ET April 26. …