While her wife was pregnant with their son, Aimee MacDonald took an unusual step of preparing her own body for...

Years ago, just after I finished my psychiatry residency, a beloved supervisor called to say she had some bad news....

RALEIGH, N.C. — People who watch politics in North Carolina say that Phil Berger, a Republican who calls himself a...

WASHINGTON — The dramatic dueling rulings by two federal district judges on Friday about access to a widely used abortion...

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported...

Dr. Colin McCord, a surgeon credited with saving countless lives by championing a draconian ban on smoking in New York...

In March 2020, Yamagata’s trail went cold. The pathogen, one of the four main groups of flu viruses targeted by...

A wave of illness hit New York City, with little warning. Soon, it was sending the death rate rocketing upward. It...

Bronze Age humans have been credited with a number of civilizational advancements: the invention of irrigation, the wheel, writing systems...

One of the first things she noticed was how she had to keep clearing her throat. Everyone does it every...