If minimum wage hikes go into effect after the COVID-19 pandemic, it could benefit workers with jobs but hurt those looking for one.

Political donors like candidates who stick with their party's positions, researchers find. Voters also tend to steer clear of candidates with extreme views.

"If we could decide as a nation to change everything" to remove out-of-pocket costs for COVID-19 care, why not things like diabetes and pregnancy, too?

Lab-grown meat is still too expensive for the large scale, but computer models could make it cheaper, say researchers.

Mandates to give workers paid sick leave in a recent congressional bill could be helping to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say.

Rent assistance and moratoriums on evictions are lagging behind the pandemic's impact on people's ability to pay, researchers report.

When items are scarce, as many items are during the pandemic, people quit using price as a main measure of their quality, new reserch shows.

Economic forecaster Rajeev Dhawhan offers his perspective on the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and how he thinks the next few months could play out.

Patients transported to the hospital in air ambulances may get a shock later when they receive a "surprise bill," a new study shows.

Research shows the last big recession led to more arguments in marriages. The finding comes as couples face financial hardships because of the COVID-19 pandemic.