How will declining childhood vaccination rates affect the risk of outbreaks and reemergence of previously eliminated infectious diseases in the US? At current state-level vaccination rates, measles ma...

Analysis finds more than 4 million Americans lost Snap benefits, or food stamps, from July 2025 to March 2026

At every stage of childhood, the Trump administration is withdrawing a protection. It is also dismantling the tools that would measure the harm

Ridley Mentzer, 14, knows teens struggle to make sense of news and other information today. That's why he donated $100 to the News Literacy Project.

From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key ta...

The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending bu...

A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

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Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.

“Please do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation,” a State department hotline said when NOTUS called Tuesday afternoon.

In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...

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Lila Dominguez was working on an article as agents came on to school grounds – their presence has jolted Minneapolis’s young people

ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away

The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.

Good lord, has this man done a lot.

A guide for journalists and news organizations assessing voting- and election-related rumors in the weeks leading up to the 2022 midterms.

Close to a deadline for mailing your ballot, tax return or legal document? To make sure it gets a postmark on time under the latest USPS changes, you may want to send it early or visit a post office.