The economic stakes of Federal Reserve independence are immense, Ross Levine and Amit Seru write in a guest commentary.

Recent studies reveal that children and adolescents who contracted COVID-19 face increased risks of long-term health problems. These include kidney, gastrointestinal, and cardiovascular issues ...

Noting the difference from past stimulus checks, he added that DOGE checks would not be inflationary as they would be "exclusively funded with DOGE-driven savings, unlike COVID stimulus checks ...

Federal COVID-19 resource websites, covid.gov and covidtests.gov, now redirect to a White House page promoting the lab leak theory. While the CDC reported low national wastewater viral activity ...

Researchers used a simulation model to estimate the economic burden of long COVID. Costs of long COVID could exceed $2 billion and reach nearly $31 billion, depending on longevity of symptoms.