California lawmakers have passed legislation to ban most law enforcement officers from covering their faces during official business.

Democratic leaders can use budget negotiations to protect science — and democracy

Nearly half say they worry about future vaccine access for children.

Nearly one-quarter of heatwaves would have been ‘virtually impossible’ without global warming — and can be attributed to the emissions of individual energy producers.

Media framing shapes people’s understanding of the world. A political communication scholar says that journalistic outlets’ failure to call Donald Trump an authoritarian is a problem for democracy.

A new study found that, on average, infant deaths increased by more than 7% in states with laws that limited abortions.

The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.

Despite changing federal vaccine policies, Massachusetts will require local health insurers to cover new COVID boosters and other routine shots recommended by the state.

We are surveying CHOP healthcare professionals to learn what topics families are telling them are common sources of conflicting information. We’ll display the trends on this site each month, so you kn...

Governor Maura Healey essentially wrote a prescription for COVID boosters for every person in the state over the age of 5, as Florida moved to lift all vaccine mandates.

It is clear that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is on a dangerous and fast-moving path to make COVID-19 vaccines totally unavailable here in the U.S. With COVID-19 cases on the rise in many parts of the US an...

A whistleblower complaint says the personal data of over 300 million Americans was copied to a private cloud account to allow access by former members of the Department of Government Efficiency team.

Just 2½ hours of online instruction made students a lot better at identifying misinformation on YouTube and TikTok.

The decision will hinder lawsuits against grant terminations, legal specialists say.

National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

Northeast states are seeking closer collaboration amid Trump's public health policies.

“We did everything according to state law, everything was compliant,” said Patty Sheehan, the city’s first openly gay elected official. “FDOT never moves that quickly with anything.&#82…

Target has named an insider as its next chief executive officer. The announced on Wednesday comes as the discount retailer tries to reverse a persistent sales malaise and to revive its reputation as t...

Detailed data that US government agencies collect and make available has underpinned research about people, medicine, science, crime, jobs, housing, climate and the economy.

Unlike our distant governing boards, we will not give up easily — no matter what kind of deals are signed in our name.

RFK Jr.'s "MAHA Strategy" report is delayed. Defend Public Health launches a preemptive strike against MAHA, with its own suggested strategies for improving our health.

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As federal guidelines shift away from science-based vaccine policy, Massachusetts weighs a break with Washington.

As National Guard troops head to the streets of Washington, and likely civilian encounters, a new survey reveals service members’ understanding of the distinction between legal and illegal orders.

Long before any campaign gets started, the one-payer idea is drawing criticism from Colorado groups representing insurers and hospitals.

The team has a network of practitioners in Illinois who don’t rely on payments from the federal government, which threatens to cut funding to gender-affirming care providers.

The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division had brought lawsuits accusing Louisiana of confining prisoners longer than they should and South Carolina of keeping mentally ill people in unreasonably restrictive gro...