Rankings and Ratings

Mississippi is the most stressed state in America, and Minnesota is the least, according to an analysis released March 27 by personal finance website WalletHub.  

A new examination of the 50 states and the District of Columbia for innovation-friendliness factors a number of key indicators, from the share of STEM professionals to research and development spending per capita to tech-company density. 

Forty-two percent of adults in the U.S. are living with obesity, meaning they have a body mass index of 30 or higher, according to an analysis from NORC at the University of Chicago. 

Montana, South Dakota and Idaho are the top three places for physicians to practice in the U.S., according to a WalletHub ranking published March 20. The worst places to practice this year are Hawaii, Rhode Island and Alaska. 

The hardest working cities in the U.S. aren't the biggest. New York City barely makes the top 100, according to a recent ranking from WalletHub. 

It is time for hospitals to follow law and medical schools' example by withdrawing from U.S. News and World Report's rankings, two physicians wrote in an article published to Health Affairs. 

Nearly 78 percent of primary care physicians practice in urban regions, and because of the uneven geographic distribution of the healthcare workforce in general, many patients struggle to access primary care at all, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research…

Healthgrades recognized 864 hospitals with its 2023 Patient Safety Excellence Awards and Outstanding Patient Experience Award. Only 83 of those hospitals received both awards. 

The consumer price index jumped by 6 percent in February from a year earlier. In nearly a dozen cities, the growth in CPI was greater.

Three cities in Texas took the No. 1 spot in personal finance website WalletHub's 2023 analysis of the most overweight and obese cities in the U.S.