Japan has introduced a new health insurance ID system which uses individual number cards, commonly known as My Number Cards, as the main means of identification required to receive insured medical ...

Terri Tanielian ([email protected]) is a senior behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation in Arlington, Virginia. Carrie Farmer is a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation in Pittsburgh, ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Mira Norian / Investopedia A bank identification number (BIN) is the initial set of four to ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Dec. 15, 2025 Natural killer cells act as the immune system’s rapid-response team, but the stress of anxiety and insomnia may be quietly thinning their ranks. A study of young women in Saudi Arabia ...

Freedom of speech is a bellwether: how any society tolerates those with minority, disfavored, or even obnoxious views will often speak to its performance on human rights more generally. In ...

Overall, 53% of Americans say it is extremely or very important for the U.S. to take an active role in world affairs. Overall, 50% of adults disapprove of the Trump administration’s approach to ...

Many U.S. adults (35%) have moved on from the religion of their youth. Yet most Americans have not, including a majority – 56% – who still identify with their childhood religion. Fresh data delivered ...

Michaela Benthaus joins ABC News live to discuss her experience on the recent Blue Origin mission to space. Instacart is ending a program where customers saw different prices for the same product ...

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