The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday recommended pregnant people get Pfizer Inc.’s PFE, -0.49% maternal vaccine to protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus. In an 11-to-1 vote, a CDC advisory committee recommended that the shot be seasonally administered to pregnant people at 32 through 36 weeks’ gestation. CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen…
According to the State Department, over 9 million Americans (excluding military personnel) reside outside the U.S. That’s more than the populations of Los Angeles, Chicago and Phoenix combined. Despite this surprising statistic, many people still harbor varying degrees of trepidation about the idea of living abroad. Thirteen years ago, when we announced to our family…
In the months before the pandemic pause on student-loans payments, interest and collections, Jennifer Booth regularly received unpleasant phone calls from her student-loan debt collector that fueled anxiety and doubt. They’d ask her questions like, “Why would you go to school at all?” Booth recalled in an interview. Outside of those phone calls, Booth felt…
I have been married for eight years. My husband and I have had our ups and downs, as most married couples do. We got married young — he was 26 and I was 25 — which was probably not the best idea, as we had only known each other about a year and a half….
China’s still-floundering economy is only one of a laundry list of worries for foreign businesses active in the country, yet most still plan on investing significant sums into their Chinese operations, according to two much-anticipated reports this week. Uncertainty over Chinese government policy, U.S.-China tensions, toughening local competition and pressure from the Biden administration to…
If you want to dine like the New York media elite — specifically, like Times columnist David Brooks — a New Jersey restaurant is letting you do so, at a far cheaper price. In a now-viral post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the New York Times op-ed writer carped about spending $78 to eat…
More than 75,000 healthcare workers are set to strike for three days in October over what they say are bad-faith negotiations by Kaiser Permanente executives regarding staffing issues, their unions said Friday. The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions issued a 10-day unfair-labor-practice strike notice to Kaiser on Friday, the last day of scheduled bargaining talks before…
Elon Musk’s threat to charge all X members to use the service could hasten what is already turning into an exodus of users. People are spending less time on the service formerly known as Twitter, as well as on its new rival, Meta Platforms Inc.’s META, +2.39% Threads. X had an average of 21 million…
Nippon Television Holdings shares JP:9404 rose sharply Friday morning following its plan to acquire shares in Studio Ghibli to make the animation powerhouse a subsidiary. The shares were recently 12% higher at 1,544.0 yen ($10.46) after rising as much as 22% earlier. Nippon Television said Thursday after market close that it would become the…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is taking steps toward removing all medical debt information from Americans’ credit reports, a move meant to help the millions of Americans whose credit scores drop after bills for expenses like unexpected hospital visits go unpaid. While the information surrounding most unpaid medical debts has already been removed from credit…
Certificates of deposit have a long history of delivering steady, guaranteed returns. Now with rising interest rates and increased competition among banks and credit unions, CDs have become even more lucrative to depositors, with plenty paying APYs of upwards of 5% (see some of the highest CD rates you may get now here). But before…
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T2 Biosystems Inc., a Lexington, Mass.-based developer of diagnostics for rapid identification of dangerous pathogens, has reached a key regulatory milestone that could alter its near-term future, according to one analyst. Ben Haynor, an analyst at Alliance Global Partners, said the Food and Drug Administration’s clearance of the company’s T2Biothreat panel, which detects six pathogens…
Hollywood writers and studios are reportedly near an agreement to end one of the months-long strikes that have brought production of TV shows and movies to a halt. Citing sources close to the negotiations, CNBC reported Wednesday night that the two sides were close to a deal following a face-to-face meeting earlier in the day….
Hulu is stocking up for Halloween this October, with a ton of spooky shows and movies on tap. That includes Season 2 of FX’s spinoff anthology “American Horror Stories” (Oct. 26); the Stephen King thrillers “Rose Red” (Oct. 1) and “The Boogeyman” (Oct. 5); the Starz horror series “Ash vs. Evil Dead” (Oct. 1); the…
Summer is officially over, and companies’ push to bring more workers back into the office is showing initial signs of working, according to one indicator. After Labor Day weekend, the occupancy rate of workplaces in 10 major cities surpassed the halfway mark for the first time since July, hitting 50.3%, according to Kastle Systems’ 10-city…
Meat eaters, beware. The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service recently announced a recall of more than 58,000 pounds of ground-beef products over a possible E. coli contamination. The recalled beef produced by the American Foods Group LLC, which does business as Green Bay Dressed Beef, was distributed…
When their schools received high rankings, college leaders touted the U.S. News best colleges list, but when their rankings dropped a year later, they complained about the list or stopped participating. So what does it mean for a college to offer a high-quality education? That question is at the heart of the continued controversy over…
When it comes to stuff I obsess about, here’s a short list: Why can’t I get a decent piece of pizza in New York City anymore? (I blame the dollar-slice industry.) Which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is his crowning achievement? (I’ve become convinced it’s “Evita,” not “Phantom of the Opera” or “Cats.”) And…
Ford Motor Co. F has publicly attacked the U.K. government after a leak it might reverse its stance on requiring all new vehicles to be electric by 2030. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak late Tuesday said he remains committed to a net-zero target by 2050 but wants to achieve it in a “better, more proportionate way.”…
Dear Quentin, I have a question that might appear like a simple one, especially for all the advanced money-management folks out there and for people with more money than I have. I am 50, have very little savings, and I would like to invest $50,000. What is a good type of account to start with?…