Service utilization is the biggest factor behind spending variation, with prices, disease prevalence, and demographics playing smaller roles.

Researchers present the most comprehensive study on U.S. health care spending and variations across 3,110 counties by four ...

Two-thirds of humanity now live in countries where fertility rates have fallen below replacement levels, posing a threat to ...

When formulating the parameters of foreign relations with other states, whether far or near, there are several essential factors that need to be considered.

G reater spending on health should correlate with gains in life expectancy—but the U.S., the planet’s biggest per capita ...

In the GDP per capita ranking for 2025, India stands at the 124th position out of approximately 200 countries. In terms of overall GDP rankings, India ranks 5th in the world, following the USA ...

In sunnier times, trade (read exports) used to be a way to generate economic growth but with Donald Trump as the US ... countries. It is here that CHART 3 helps place India in the global context. It ...

For years, the US has been sending back migrants from Central American countries. However, the Covid-19 pandemic in part spurred record migration across the Western Hemisphere, meaning that more ...

NATO and BRICS are two major international groups. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) is a military alliance of 32 countries, mostly from North America and Europe. It was formed in 1949 to ...

Failure to comply, he warned, would result in severe consequences, including the imposition of 100 per cent tariffs on goods imported from these countries and the end of their access to the US market.

While the federal minimum wage in the United States ... $11.91 per hour, Connecticut at $16.35 per hour, and Nebraska at $13.50 per hour. In addition to state-level changes, cities and counties ...

The US economy expanded at a solid clip in 2024 ... Trump took office on January 20, inheriting solid growth as his term unfolds. For 2024, GDP rose 2.8% from the annual level a year prior.