Producing food that no one eats wastes the water, fuel, and other resources used to grow it. That makes food waste an environmental problem. In fact, Royte writes, “if food waste were a country, it would be the third largest producer of greenhouse gases in the world.”If that’s ...
More new or expecting mothers are dying in the United States today compared to 25 years ago, a trend opposite that of the rest of the world. More than 1,000 new or expecting U.S. mothers died in 2015, up from over 670 in 1990. The number of maternal deaths globally dropped by rough...
These characteristics explain why MMAs are "typically used for emergency funds or as a safe harbor if someone is hesitant to take market risk, but not sure where else to invest. They may also need the liquidity that MMAs offer," says Charisse Mackenzie, president of Saturn Wealth, an investm...
Cardiovascular disease DALYs remained twice as large among men compared with women. Ischemic heart disease was the leading cause of CVD DALYs in all states, but the second most common varied by state. Trends were driven by 12 groups of risk factors, with the largest attributable CVD burden due...
Gen Z digital buyers have been flocking to these alternative payment services in larger numbers than their millennial counterparts have. By the end of 2022, 44.1% of Gen Z digital buyers ages 14 and older will have used BNPL services at least once that year, compared with only 37.2% of mil...
Cancer deaths averted are expressed relative to the US, where positive values indicate more deaths in the comparator country compared with the US. Countries in the gray region had lower spending and mortality than the US. Compared with countries in the blue region, the US spent between $1 and...
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This year’s volatile economic and financial environment is having a huge impact on the fortunes of the super-rich. Asia-Pacific still boasts the largest population of billionaires in world, but their number has slipped to 1,084, down 59 from the previou