Inflation slowed in April after seven months of relentless gains, a tentative sign that price increases may be peaking while still imposing a …
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation's Vaccine Monitor survey, published Wednesday, only 18% of parents of children under 5 said they would vaccinate their child against Covid-19 as soon as a vaccine was available. Get that and more COVID news here:
The Federal Reserve yanked a short-term interest rate higher this week, making it more expensive to borrow money to buy a home or fix it up. All in the name…
After downgrading the risk level of many of the world's top destinations last week in conjunction with an overhaul of its travel assessments, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added just one location to its "high" risk category on Monday.
Rates for home loans have pushed above 5%, further straining affordability in an already challenging housing market.
In a world overflowing with discarded things, it’s important to know how long trash will hang around.
Health experts have recently estimated that the BA.2 strain is about 30% to 40% more contagious than the original omicron variant, BA.1.
A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials in the coronavirus pandemic. Here's that and more of today's COVID news.
Looking for workers? Napa County's jobless rate dropped again.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveiled its new system for travel risk assessments on Monday.
As the number of Covid-19 cases grows in the United States, experts wonder if the country fully understands the current threat from the pandemic.
Inflation soared over the past year at its fastest pace in more than 40 years. The consumer price index jumped 8.5% in March from 12 months earlier.
A new study found that women in the US face the highest rates of preventable and maternal mortality when compared with women in 10 other wealthy nations.
April mortgage rates forecast Mortgage rates probably will rise in April, continuing this year’s upward trend for interest rates of all kinds. Prices are going up for everything, including interest,…
The youngest group eligible to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in the US, children ages 5 to 11, is also the least vaccinated one.
Student loan refinance is often the best way to reduce your payment, cut total loan costs and pay off your debt faster. If you’ve already refinanced, you have a way…
The federal interest rate recently increased for the first time in more than three years. Host Teri Barr talks with Chanelle Bessette, a finan…
Around 6 million people will buy homes this year, and they will confront two complications: Home prices will keep going up, and so will mortgage rates.
Private student loan borrowers, whose payments aren’t suspended and who won’t benefit from any federal cancellation, may be wondering if now is their last chance to refinance at interest rates near historic lows.
In a higher rate environment, banks may start raising rates on savings accounts to attract new customers. This puts competitive pressure on other institutions to increase their rates.
What the Federal Reserve did and why The Federal Reserve raised a bedrock interest rate on Wednesday. As a result, mortgage interest rates probably will go up, and rates on…
It's been a year full of worries for investors, from geopolitical conflict to inflation to the pandemic, and it doesn't look like the concerns will ease anytime soon.
Used car prices keep going up at a record pace and it's jumping higher and faster than the rate of inflation.
Demand for the COVID-19 vaccine has dropped significantly, and states are scrambling to use up their stockpiles of vaccines before they expire. Plus, more of today's COVID news.
THURSDAY, March 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Suicide mortality increased from 2000 to 2018, then decreased from 2018 to 2020, according to a February data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics.