The U.S. economy expanded at a healthy annual 2.4% pace the final three months of 2024, supported by a year-end surge in consumer spending, the government said in a slight upgrade of its previous estimate of fourth-quarter growth. But it’s unclear whether the United States can sustain that growth as President Donald Trump wages trade
By Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — A deadly, drug-resistant fungus that preys on the sick and old is continuing to spread in hospitals and senior care facilities across the country, killing more than 1 in 3 infected. Candida auris, a type of yeast that can cause life-threatening illness, was first identified in
WASHINGTON — In a major overhaul, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and shut down entire agencies, including ones that oversee billions of dollars in funds for addiction services and community health centers across the country. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized the department he oversees as
The House Democrats redrafting Gov. Maura Healey’s budget won’t adopt her plan to add new taxes on prescription drugs, House Speaker Ron Mariano said Wednesday. Mariano told top pharmaceutical and biotech leaders at MassBio’s “State of Possible” conference that the House would drop the idea that the governor put forward in her $62 billion annual