Health departments struggle to adequately survey for ticks to warn doctors about new species and the diseases they carry.

The state of New Mexico is still not doing enough to improve its foster care system, despite a 2020 settlement and a report earlier this year calling out the lack of progress. That prompted the ...

People who buy their own health insurance are facing significant price hikes next year as federal tax credits passed by Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic are set to expire in December.

Health innovations are everywhere. From a cancer vaccine to an Alzheimer's blood test to a life-changing exoskeleton, we take you on a tour of the economics of health technology.

Trump criticized American museums as "the last remaining segment of 'WOKE.'" The White House said that the administration plans to start with the Smithsonian, and "go from there." Would that be ...

Families and young women in the United States are paying upwards of $3,000 for the chance to get into the sorority of their choice. With the help of sorority rush coaches, they just might make it in.

A new study finds that fish may get pleasure from being cleaned by other fish -- perhaps like the experience of getting a massage.

Ireland is excavating a mass grave where nearly 800 infants are believed to have been buried in a septic tank behind a home for unwed mothers.

As President Trump's tariffs kick in, American companies that rely on imports are worried about rising costs and passing them ...

Following the meetings in Alaska and at the White House on how to bring a diplomatic end to Russia's war in Ukraine, the war ...

A lack of liquidity is hampering Syria’s economic recovery after years of corrupt dictatorship. NPR’s Jane Arraf reports. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Twenty years later, we look at how Hurricane Katrina led to changes at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and where things stand now. The New York Times’ Christopher Flavelle joins us. This ...