Global Air Travel Continues to Rebound: June 2023 Sees 31% Increase in Passenger Traffic
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the post-COVID recovery momentum continued in June for passenger markets.
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Real estate pros expect home prices to increase in Nashville, but less than years past
Of the 148 real estate agents surveyed, 84 said they expect prices to increase between 0 and 5% over the next year.
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Covid May Increase the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Researchers Find
Men and people with severe illnesses were more likely to develop the condition within a year. But the data does not prove that the coronavirus causes diabetes.
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China to increase defense spending by 7.2%
China’s defense budget grew by 7.1% last year to 1.45 trillion yuan, faster than the 6.8% increase in 2021, according to official data.
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GM to reinstate quarterly dividend and increase share buyback program to $5 billion
GM is reinstating a quarterly cash dividend and increasing the size of its opportunistic share repurchases to $ 5 billion of common stock.
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Titans CEO Burke Nihill: Metro funding for potential stadium deal limited to hotel tax increase, future stadium sales tax
As the Tennessee Titans explore plans for a potential new stadium, financing is top of mind for the team, state, city of Nashville and its residents. The baseline cost for a new stadium would be $ 1.9 billion, said Tennessee Titans CEO Burke Nihill at the Nashville Business Journal’s Growth of Nashville event Friday morning. Previous reports have estimated that the stadium could cost up to...
Gene variants increase risk of kidney failure in Black veterans with COVID-19: study
by Leigh MacMillan
Gene variants increased the risk of acute kidney injury and death in veterans of African ancestry who were hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
A team of Vanderbilt investigators led the study as part of the VA Million Veteran Program COVID-19 Science Initiative.
The findings may explain some health disparities associated...
Vanderbilt LifeFlight sees large increase in Covid-19 transports
by Jerry Jones
Vanderbilt LifeFlight has transported more than 220 Covid-19 patients since the pandemic started with the numbers rising dramatically in the last few weeks.
A total of 109 patients have been flown by either helicopter and airplane to Vanderbilt University Medical Center or to another receiving facility, with many of these patients coming from a rural part of Tennessee and often...
COVID-19 hospitalizations increase primarily in two Tennessee regions, could hit 1,000 in late July
by Jake Lowary
The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients reached its highest level to date on June 15, when more than 400 patients were hospitalized across Tennessee, according to a report from researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
The researchers stress that with few exceptions, the rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations has not yet...
Coronavirus live updates: Russia sees highest case increase yet, Roche receives US emergency use approval for its antibody test
Russia reported its highest daily rise in coronavirus cases yet on Sunday, its health authorities announcing 10,633 new cases for a total of 134,686.
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