Navin Singh KhadkaEnvironment Correspondent, BBC World Service Getty Images India is the world’s third-largest carbon emitter At this year’s UN climate summit (COP30), under way in Brazil’s Belem city, all eyes are on India – the world’s third largest carbon emitter. India has not yet submitted a key climate plan that countries are required to…
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Jim Reed,Health reporter, BBC News and Yaya Egwaikhide,Health producer, BBC News BBC Dame Ruth May was England’s chief nurse from 2019 until she retired in July 2024 Nurses bore the brunt of the pandemic, with low staffing levels and difficulties accessing protective equipment, according to England’s former chief nurse. Dame Ruth May told the Covid…
Stern said text messages obtained by authorities show Li boasting about how his father “had engaged in similar business on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party.” Stern alleged the messages also show Li, who works at a hardware distribution company, was aware through news articles he shared that the Nvidia chips were subject to export…
Enterprises everywhere are racing to leverage AI to gain sharper insights, automate workflows, and deliver richer customer experiences. Based on an assessment conducted by Bain & Company, generative AI adoption is soaring, with 95% of US companies using it, up 12 percentage points in just a year. Similarly, an EY survey found that 48% of…
Federal payments to Medicare Advantage plans are adjusted for the health status of the plans’ enrollees through a process known as risk adjustment. Generally, payments are higher for people with more health conditions and lower for people with fewer health conditions. The purpose of risk adjusting payments is to ensure Medicare Advantage plans receive sufficient payments…
This glossary serves as a guide to the sometimes arcane terms that inhabit the world of Medicare Advantage, the private plan alternative to traditional Medicare. Source link
UKHSA’s Prof Susan Hopkins questioned over face masks at Covid inquiry. There is only “weak evidence” that high-grade face masks better protected health workers than surgical ones in the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has been told. Prof Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), said respirator masks – known as…
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BBC at the scene of ‘intense’ fire at COP30 Source link
