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Decomposing the rise in US healthcare costs. Of course, it's not much due to more or better care, but higher charges.

The countrys economic growth could come to a halt in 2050 unless productivity is raised through structural reforms, a state-run think tank warned Tuesday. This gloomy forecast sends out a warning signal for the future of the nation, which is suffering from chronically low growth.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Older people with limited mobility and those with chronic health conditions requiring the use of electrically powered medical devices were especially vulnerable when Hurricane Ian

Merrill Bauchert, 60, sits in his vehicle outside a shelter for people with special needs who were affected by Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Fla., on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022.

Older people with limited mobility and those with chronic health conditions requiring the use of electrically powered medical devices were especially vulnerable when Hurricane Ian slammed into Southwest Florida. Experts

The Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP) under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences held an international symposium on population aging's impacts on economic development in Hanoi on September 16.

SEATTLE - September 13, 2022 - ( Newswire.com )

The Korea Development Institute (KDI) has proposed to raise gradually the standard age of senior citizenship, set at 65 now. If Korea sticks to its current standard, the nations burden of supporting the elderly population will reach the highest level among OECD member countries by 2054, the KDI said. So, the state think tank called for raising the age at which one becomes a senior citizen by one year every decade - ending at 74 in 2100.

Population aging, income disparities and living standards as well as labour migration pose great challenges to the poor and poverty reduction.

/PRNewswire/ -- Vitalunga, the biotech startup based on the research led by Professor Einav Gross and Professor Shmuel Ben-Sasson of The Hebrew Universitys...