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COVID surges nationwide with highest rates in Southwest as students return to school
COVID-19 rates in the Southwestern United States reached 12.5% — the highest in the nation — according to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Measles vaccination rates drop after COVID-19 pandemic in counties across the U.S.
Childhood vaccination rates against measles fell in the years after the COVID-19 pandemic in nearly 80% of the more than 2,000 U.S. counties with available data -- including in...
Veterinary students are in high demand despite huge school debt and alarming suicide rates
Fourth-year veterinarian student Alexandra Ponkey maneuvered the camera and the surgical tools through the insertions on the belly of a 2-year-old German Shepherd named Jackie. On her last day...
The Fed will likely hold interest rates steady as Trump’s tariffs spark uncertainty
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues are expected to keep interest rates unchanged Wednesday. President Trump has criticized the central bank for not lowering rates. Kevin Dietsch/Getty...
China Cuts Interest Rates to Shore Up Economy Hit by Trade War
China’s central bank cut interest rates and made it easier on Wednesday for banks to increase lending and pump more money into the economy, in the most significant policy...
Ohio graduate says school choice program ‘saved’ his life as vouchers boost graduation rates
A new study revealed the drastic benefits Ohio's school choice voucher program provided for students, specifically helping minorities, low-income families, males and struggling learners thrive in the classroom. American Federation...
Stocks Extend Gains as Investors Weigh Fed Rates and Tariff Talk
Stocks rose on Thursday, extending a two-day rally as investors hope for an easing of President Trump’s trade wars and weigh comments on its impact from a Federal Reserve...
Fires, tariffs and high interest rates: L.A. housing construction plunged at start of year
Housing construction in Los Angeles plunged during the first quarter of 2025, according to a new report, a drop-off that could ultimately worsen the city’s affordability crisis. Developers pulled...
Tariffs threaten to push auto insurance rates even higher
Men repair the brakes on a truck in the parking lot of an auto parts store in Middletown, Ohio, in 2024. Prices of car parts, car repairs and car...
RFK pushes to find ‘environmental’ cause of autism, calls rising rates an ‘epidemic’
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference autism rates on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption toggle caption Jose...
