The balance sheets of American households are showing modest improvement, as are people’s attitudes about their financial health. The Census Bureau found that the median household income increased by ...

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Over the course of a lifetime, the family provides a foundation for financial security. Children’s economic well-being is closely tied to their immediate families’ financial success, and as kids grow ...

Health care organizations are using artificial intelligence (AI)—which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration defines as “the science and engineering of making intelligent machines”—for a growing range ...

Because most households have relatively fixed and expected expenses each month, a single financial shock— such as a major car repair or a sudden loss of income—can make meeting those obligations more ...

This fact sheet has been updated. The latest information is available here. MAT pairs nondrug therapies, such as counseling or cognitive behavioral therapy, with an FDA-approved medication to treat ...

Since 2007, more than 30 states have enacted policies to reverse corrections growth and contain costs, while maintaining the long-term, nationwide decline in the crime rate that began in the early ...

Since March 2020, businesses across the country have endured rolling economic shocks stemming from public health restrictions, shifting consumer behavior, and labor and supply chain disruptions ...

In the aftermath of 2017’s historic hurricanes and wildfires, Congress provided one-time funding of nearly $140 billion. 1 With the increasing severity and frequency of natural disasters, policymakers ...

Advances in 3D printing, also called additive manufacturing, are capturing attention in the health care field because of their potential to improve treatment for certain medical conditions. A ...

In a previous version of this report, an error appeared in the legend of Figure 2.4. The bars were mislabeled, so that those meant to represent 2014 were labeled 2004 ...

Expenditures are a key but often overlooked element of family balance sheets. In measuring household financial security, significant attention is typically paid to income, but much less to whether ...