Measles is the most contagious disease known. It can rip through a population without immunity like wildfire. Just look at what's happening in Pennsylvania, says Patsy Stinchfield, executive director ...

For hours, bullets tore through the home, hitting neighboring houses and cars. Inside, a man wanted by police for allegedly killing his ex-girlfriend was holed up with his new girlfriend. As the SWAT ...

Fall has only just begun, but it's already time to start thinking about the quintessential winter bug: the flu. The annual flu season usually starts in October or November. But this year, it looks ...

When's the last time you asked yourself: What do I love to do? What makes me feel alive? Earlier this year, as Ailsa Chang planned her 50th birthday party, I welcomed her to this side of life. Ailsa ...

A decade after telling Facebook's origin story in The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin returns to familiar terrain by sounding the alarm on some of the collateral damage caused in more recent years by a ...

As Jayeleauna Lewis listened to an automated voice system describe the unauthorized charges on her food assistance card, a pit formed in her stomach. She pictured her 3-year-old daughter and their ...

A version of this essay first appeared in the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get the news you need to start your day — plus a little fun — every weekday and Sunday. Four weeks from now, the ...

The belief that heat can benefit the mind and relieve psychic suffering has a long history across human societies. But when Eva Hilland scanned the scientific literature for the kind of evidence that ...

Hurricane Isaias, the first Atlantic hurricane of the season, is expected to make landfall on Friday evening near the Alabama Gulf Coast and Florida panhandle. Days ago, the oil industry around the ...

Cornell University's president has said the institution "must do better" following a civil lawsuit filed in recent weeks alleging a gang rape at a fraternity house in 2024. In an eight-minute video ...

Maria Ressa, the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner and one of the world’s most prominent advocates for journalism as a bulwark of democracy, joins Brian Lehrer for the second Democracy Dialogues ...

The music of Goran Ivanovic and Fareed Haque combines the rhythms and melodies of flamenco, jazz, classical, rock and the ...