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NEW DELHI: With the global banking sector plunging into turmoil after the Silicon Valley Bank collapse in US, the Centre on Saturday asked all public sector lenders (PSBs) to assess various financial health parameters.The direction came at…

SINGAPORE: The Singapore banking system has “insignificant exposures” to the failed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank, which collapsed in recent days, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Monday (Mar 13). “Banks in…

Firefighters have a 9 percent higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer and a 14 percent higher risk of dying from the disease than the general adult U.S. population, according to studies by the National Institute of Occupational Safety…

Among firefighters, the risk of having an irregular heart rhythm, known as atrial fibrillation (AFib), increases with the number of fires they respond to, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart…

Higher lead levels in a mother's blood can increase the chance of her bearing male offspring, according to new research led by Japanese scientists at the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine. The research, published on January 4 in…

A new Dartmouth-led study, published in the journal Environmental International, reveals how prenatal exposure to mixtures of commonly found metals can adversely affect fetal growth. Fetal growth is linked to future health -- infants who…