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Hepatitis C can be referred to as a “silent killer” because you can have it for years without knowing—until it’s too late. For many Black Americans, this hidden danger increases the risk of liver disease and cancer. It is a severe viral infection that attacks the liver and often goes undetected for years. Without treatment, hepatitis C can lead to chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and is known to be a leading cause of liver cancer in the United States. How Hepatitis C is Transmitted Often, the virus spreads through contact with infected blood. This can include: The reuse or inadequate…

Caitlin Clark had 14 points, 13 assists and a career-high-tying five steals, Kelsey Mitchell scored 20 points and the Indiana Fever beat rookie Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings, 102-83, on Sunday in the first matchup between the past two No. 1 overall WNBA draft picks.Bueckers made 9 of 15 from the field and finished with 21 points, four rebounds and four assists.Clark, on a minutes restriction in her third game back from lower-body injuries, had her second career game with at least 10 points, 10 assists and five steals and became just the fifth player in WNBA history with…

[SYDNEY] Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, said on Tuesday its valuation had reached A$252 billion (S$213.2 billion) as it pared back its US market exposure to boost investments in Germany and Japan.The fund delivered a 12.2 per cent return in the year ended June 30, which the Future Fund said was double its government-mandated target of 6.1 per cent.The portfolio update for the June quarter published on Tuesday showed the Future Fund now had A$65.13 billion invested in developed markets, accounting for a quarter of the fund’s total investments. It was up from A$46.83 billion at the same…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has made several changes to its internal security posture following a cyber intrusion that prompted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to purge two dozen of its technology staff in a dramatic move announced late last month.The firings were made public on Aug. 29, following a routine review of the agency’s systems, which uncovered a vulnerability “that allowed the threat actor to breach FEMA’s network and threaten the entire department and the nation as a whole,” the Department of Homeland Security said at the time. The terminations also targeted the disaster response agency’s top technology and cybersecurity officers.The…

It took five years for the $2.8 billion antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA and five major conferences to reach a settlement. Now comes the process of implementing it.The following are significant dates:June 6, 2025Settlement approved; settlement-related NCAA rules are effective, as adopted by the NCAA Division I Board on April 21, 2025.June 11, 2025NIL Go portal launches.June 15, 2025Opt-in deadline for non-defendant schools to fully commit to revenue sharing.July 1, 2025First date for direct institutional revenue-sharing payments to student-athletes.July 6, 2025Opt-in schools must “designate” student-athletes permitted by the settlement to remain above roster limits.Start of 2025-26 academic yearExcept for the…

The upheaval sparked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine skepticism has now spread beyond the CDC to the agency that funds vaccine research. Dr. Jeanne Marazzo, former acting director for the National Institutes of Health, says she was ousted after speaking up about the importance of childhood flu vaccines.

Investors are now awaiting US producer price data on Wednesday and consumer prices on Thursday for further clues on the Fed’s policy path[BENGALURU] Gold prices hovered near a record high on Tuesday (Sep 9), holding firm above the US$3,600 level, as growing expectations for a US Federal Reserve interest rate cut this month lifted demand for the precious metal.Spot gold was up 0.1 per cent at US$3,640.41 per ounce, as at 9.03 am. Bullion rose to a record high of US$3,646.29 on Monday. US gold futures for December delivery edged 0.1 per cent higher to US$3,682. US job growth weakened sharply in…

Intel announced a series of top executive changes on Monday, including the departure of products chief Michelle Johnston Holthaus, at a time when CEO Lip-Bu Tan intensifies efforts to turn around the struggling U.S. chipmaker.Holthaus, who will leave after more than three decades with Intel, had held numerous senior leadership roles, including interim co-chief executive officer following the ouster of former CEO Pat Gelsinger last year. She will remain a strategic adviser over the coming months.Reuters reported earlier this year that Tan seeks to flatten the company’s leadership team, with most important chip groups reporting directly to him, while also…

Automakers have curtailed multi-billion-dollar bets on the technology that they made earlier this decade[NEW YORK] Already sluggish adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in the US will slow even further after a US$7,500 tax credit for EV buyers expires later this month.Battery-powered cars will account for half of US auto sales in 2039, five years later than previously predicted, according to a new forecast by EY, a unit of consultant Ernst & Young Global. Growth in EV sales will barely budge this decade, reaching 11 per cent of the US market by 2029 compared with 8.1 per cent last year, EY…

At the end of February, Apple made a bit of history by releasing its first product to use its a cellular chip of its own design. The Apple C1 is a 5G-capable modem that lacks some of the most advanced features (like mmWave support) and should be, on paper, not quite as good as the Qualcomm-made modem in the regular iPhone 16 line. Apple’s focus appears to be on reliability and power efficiency with the C1, with analysts expecting Apple to catch up on performance with the next-generation C2 modem. In our own limited testing, we found the iPhone 16e…