The teenage birth rate in the U.S. fell by 7% in 2025, continuing decades of decline, according to a report published Thursday by the National Center for Health Statistics. "A 7% decline is really ...

A new measure developed by researchers provides a reliable and transparent way to compare Medicaid nursing home payment rates across states, according to an April research brief published in Health ...

The latest report from the Iowa Cancer Registry found the state's cancer rates are still some of the highest in the nation. Iowa continues to have the second-highest rate of cancer in the country and ...

We have known for several decades that the universe is expanding. Scientists use multiple techniques to measure the present-day expansion rate of the universe, known as the Hubble constant. These ...

In the past two decades, impact evaluation has become an unavoidable topic in the social sector. Yet beyond the discourse on how to measure social impact lies a structural problem: We are not ...

If the average on the 30-year fixed mortgage moved to 6%, 5.5 million current homeowners would be able to benefit from a refinance. About 20% of borrowers have mortgages with a rate over 6%. A ...

Learn how Hubble is measuring the expansion rate of the Universe in this new explainer from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Producer & Director: James ...

TOKYO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to levels unseen in 30 years, taking another landmark step in ending decades of huge monetary support and near-zero ...

Thanks to its latest decision on Wednesday – its final one for 2025 – the Federal Reserve has now reduced its key overnight lending rate by 1.75 percentage points since it began its rate-cutting cycle ...