Understanding Negative Convexity: Definition, Risks, and Calculation

Discover how negative convexity affects bond prices, key risks, and how to calculate it. Learn why mortgage and callable ...
The New York Times

Trump Executive Order Restricts ‘Gain of Function’ Research on Pathogens

Scientists have long debated the merits and risks of tinkering with viruses and bacteria, which the president claims caused the coronavirus pandemic. By Carl Zimmer and Emily Anthes President Trump ...
CNN

HHS issues new definitions of terms like ‘sex,’ ‘man’ and ‘woman’ that critics say ignore science

In one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first moves as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the agency released guidance Wednesday for the US government, external partners and the ...
Reuters

Top US health agency updates definitions of female and male in line with Trump order

WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance updating its official definitions of terms such as sex, female, and male on Wednesday following ...
The New York Times

Citing ‘Biological Truth,’ Kennedy Issues Guidance Recognizing Only Two Sexes

The new guidance follows President Trump’s demand that the Health and Human Services Department align with his executive order barring transgender athletes from women’s sports. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg ...
Mother Jones

Trump’s Definitions of “Male” and “Female” Are Nonsense Science With Staggering Ramifications

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A few hours after taking the oath of office Monday, President Donald Trump issued an ...
PopSugar

I Took 100+ Lab Tests Through Function Health — Here's What I Learned

As a person with a chronic illness, I'm no stranger to bloodwork. I used to pore over my lab results, googling the various meanings, and trying not to panic when a test fell out of range. Function ...
Newsweek

Science Fact Check: Was the Definition of COVID Vaccine ‘Changed’?

COVID-19 vaccination has been the subject of immense scrutiny and misinformation since the vaccines were first administered in the U.S. nearly four years ago. In the first year alone, it is estimated ...
JSTOR Daily

The Function of Definitions in Social Science

The Journal of Philosophy was founded in 1904 as The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology, and Scientific Methods by Frederick J. E. Woodbridge and J. McKeen Cattell. In 1906, Wendell T. Bush became ...
New York Post

NIH official finally admits taxpayers funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan — after years of denials

At long last, National Institutes of Health (NIH) principal deputy director Lawrence Tabak admitted to Congress Thursday that US taxpayers funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of ...
Health Affairs

What Is Rural? Challenges And Implications Of Definitions That Inadequately Encompass Rural People And Places

In 1987 Congress formed the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) within the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to advise the secretary of the Department of Health and Human ...