This year’s flu season is shaping up to be a nasty one—driven by a new variant of the influenza virus that may be able to slip past our vaccine defenses. A mutated form of the influenza A strain H3N2 ...
There's a divide in how Americans are doing financially. NPR's Stephan Bisaha explains a tool economists are using to explain it - the letter K. STEPHAN BISAHA, BYLINE: You might think of economists ...
Marcus Satterfield has a good job in Virginia Beach and makes decent pay, and he has never really had to fret about providing for his young daughter – especially around the holidays. Normally, the ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Wealthy shoppers browse Ralph Lauren on Rodeo Drive while struggling consumers hunt for bargains at Ralphs grocery ...
Flu season in America is underway with a new variant called subclade K, recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data shows. In the week ending December 6, the first full week after ...
U.S. sales of Korean cosmetics, known as K-beauty, are expected to exceed $2 billion in 2025, up 37% from last year, according to a NielsenIQ report. Retailers including Ulta, Sephora, Walmart and ...
Many commentators today observe the U.S. economy is increasingly bifurcated, with the rich getting richer while poor and middle-class families are falling farther behind. Some refer to it as a ...
On the right side, you can see the upper diagonal heading up, while the one on the bottom falls to the ground. Now substitute upper-income Americans for the topmost diagonal, heading up and away, and ...
After years of narrowing wage inequality, the workplace has become a tale of two economies again. This time, unlike in the postpandemic period, trends favor the top 25% of the U.S. workforce, whose ...
To understand how Americans are faring economically these days, it's helpful to consider the eleventh letter of the alphabet. Experts describe the current U.S. economy as "K-shaped," a reference to ...
Fact 1: America’s economy and stock market keep growing, buoyed by robust consumer spending and AI mega-growth. Fact 2: Hiring is at a standstill, inflation is rising, loan defaults are abundant and ...
Americans are increasingly diverging in their spending, with wealthier shoppers flexing their purchasing power while lower-income customers start to pull back. Sectors like food, automotives and ...