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Morgan Creek Capital Management’s Mark Yusko is on bitcoin pullback watch. But he also makes a long-term case for it to hit $250,000 in five years.

Given that reality, neither the U.S. nor China is managing their rising tensions with adequate skill or durable strategy.

The risk of mRNA Covid booster shots causing heart inflammation in young adults continues to worry top scientists.

Members of the Food and Drug Administration’s key advisory committee on vaccines criticized the speed with which the agency was reviewing Johnson & Johnson’s Covid booster trials as well as the lack of verified data presented before the panel Friday. Their comments came before the panel of outside experts unanimously voted to recommend the company’s booster shots for all...

Social Security beneficiaries will see bigger checks next year due to inflation. But future annual adjustments may not be as generous.

The endorsement is a crucial step before the U.S. can start giving third shots to some of the millions of Americans who originally received Moderna’s vaccine.

A new survey shows retirement age investors are concerned rising inflation could make it difficult to find steady income from their investments.

President Joe Biden is close to nominating former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf to lead the agency once again.

The number of long-term unemployed remains high, but fell to its lowest level in a year in September.

Doctors at Providence Alaska Medical Center have been forced to choose who might live or likely die as Covid patients stretch the hospital’s resources thin.

A key FDA panel is holding a meeting Thursday to discuss and vote on the use of booster shots of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine.

The Bank of England’s deputy governor for financial stability, Jon Cunliffe, has warned that cryptocurrencies could spark a global financial crisis unless tough regulations are introduced.

Foreclosures are starting to surge as programs designed to help homeowners contend with the Covid pandemic have begun to expire.

The Senate’s top Democrat in charge of banks wants Fed chief Powell to halt deregulation until Biden nominates members to the central bank.

The NIH study on “mixing and matching” Covid vaccines included more than 450 adults who received J&J’s, Moderna’s or Pfizer’s shots.

Covid deaths are declining in every region of the globe except Europe, but vaccine inequities continue to plague much of the developing world.

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment will be 5.9% in 2022, the Social Security Administration announced Wednesday.

The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill to raise the U.S. debt limit, the final hurdle to averting a first-ever default.

This is a critical step forward to winning formal clearance to be administered to people who received the first two doses.

The Littoral Combat Ship has experienced ups and downs over a two-decade development. Now, the Navy has to find a way to use these multimillion dollar warships.