AstraZeneca’s Covid Vaccine May Have Posed a Higher Heart Risk for Young Women, Study Shows

The AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is one of the most widely administered vaccines globally, with more than 300 million doses given. However, recent studies have shown that the vaccine may pose…

Biden’s $6.8 Trillion Budget Proposes New Social Programs and Higher Taxes

“We must cut wasteful government spending,” Mr. McCarthy and the other members of his leadership team said in a joint statement issued after Mr. Biden’s budget was released. “Our debt…

Opinion | ‘The Death Knell for Higher Education in Florida’

One exception is Robert Pondiscio, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, who addressed the complexity of the debate in an email: Higher ed and K-12 are different. States…

Fed Chair Powell Says Interest Rate Raises Likely to Be Higher Than Expected

Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, made clear on Tuesday that the central bank is prepared to react to recent signs of economic strength by raising interest rates higher…

Why Companies Are Pushing Premium Products With Higher Prices

Six Flags, the theme park operator, recently shifted to a more premium model by raising prices and limiting discounts, which Selim Bassoul, the chief executive, described as “bold changes to…

Walmart Warns That Shoppers Are Feeling the Squeeze of Higher Prices

Walmart on Tuesday reported strong sales and profits last quarter but said that times would be tougher this year, a warning that consumers were starting to pull back as they…

Higher Bills Are Leading Americans to Delay Medical Care

About one-fourth of respondents in Gallup’s poll said they put off care last year for what they considered a “serious” condition. When Margaret Bell, 71, found that her cancer had…

RSV hospitalization rate for seniors is 10 times higher than usual for this point in the season

CNN  —  The respiratory virus season has started early in kids this year and flooded children’s hospitals in many parts of the country – especially with respiratory syncytial virus, known…

Maternal and infant death rates are higher in states that ban or restrict abortion, report says

CNN  —  The rates of mothers and newborn babies dying during pregnancy, at birth or postpartum are much higher in states that currently ban or restrict abortions than in states…

Nurses in UK Strike for First Time, Seeking Higher Pay

LONDON — Nurses across Britain went on strike on Thursday for the first time in the 74-year history of the National Health Service, underscoring critical challenges facing the long-revered system…