There is a crisis with potentially grave consequences in health care: drug shortages. The number of drugs in short supply in the U.S. has risen 74% from five years ago, to about 265, according to the University of Utah’s Drug Information Service, which tracks supplies.
Online shopping is driving more foot traffic to brick-and-mortar stores. About a third of shoppers would prefer to have an item delivered to a location other than their home, up from 26% last year, and many of those are choosing to pick up their orders in stores, according to a survey of about 5,100 U.S. consumers released by United Parcel Service and comScore.
One in 10 U.S. adults are invisible to much of the American economy, because they have no credit report or score, a new report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has found. Those 26 million adults – disproportionately Black or Hispanic – have virtually no chance to borrow money or use credit cards.
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