NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fitbit and other wearable devices typically linked to exercise are being studied as ways to identify people potentially infected with COVID-19 before symptoms appear, when they can spread the disease without knowing it. Changes in heart rate, respiratory rate, and other biometric data constantly measured by …

When is bad good? When bad is better than expected. Is when. Verizon Communications (VZ) reported the company’s fiscal performance in the second quarter on Friday morning. Verizon puts a adjusted EPS of $ 1.18 on the ribbon, which exceeded the consensus view. The firm also produced revenue of $ …

Several passengers on an Iranian plane en route from Tehran to Beirut were injured when the pilots changed altitude to avoid two American fighter jets “harassing” them over Syria, Iranian media reported on Friday, but the US military said an F- 15 performed a “visual inspection” from a safe distance. …

The Washington Post is the latest news organization to settle a defamation lawsuit launched by Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann for his failed coverage of a viral confrontation with an elderly Native American man who had portrayed the Kentucky teenager as the assailant. Sandmann announced the victory on …

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – With nine additional deaths, a maximum of one day, reported in Friday data from the Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville has now eclipsed 120 coronavirus-related deaths, and nearly a quarter of those were reported in the past six days. . . According to state data, Duval County …