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Costa Rica entered 2026 with an economy that combined strong growth and persistent deflation, a combination economists describe as unusual. Headline inflation reached -2.7 percent year-on-year in ...

The wars' impact on the economy; ASU Veteran's Writing Circle, Mayo colon cancer clinic Gas prices have reached their highest levels since 2023, and recent logistics reports indicate how the conflict ...

New research from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center reveals a breakthrough in colon cancer prevention.

Lately, there has been a lot of news about declining alcohol sales in North America, and speculation as to why that might be. As director of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the ...

The U.S. Navy is imposing a sea blockade against Iran — the latest escalation in the war that has seen the flow of key energy ...

WITH the effects of the prolonged Middle East crisis now creeping into food prices, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced measures to keep cooking gas affordable and reduce the operational costs of ...

ConvenientMD is trying to re-establish what it means to have a primary care physician — one that is accessible, that isn’t hurried by the stack of patients in the waiting room, that is focused on ...

Medicare may not provide things entirely "for free," but some items and services are covered with no out-of-pocket costs ...

The Iran conflict risks driving “cost‑push” inflation in Japan through higher energy costs, not the wage‑driven price increases the BOJ wants. Analysts estimate oil price spikes could add 0.3%–0.7% to ...

The war in the Middle East risks worsening an inflation problem that the Federal Reserve has struggled for years to subdue. By Colby Smith and Ben Casselman Colby Smith covers the Federal Reserve. Ben ...