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With a new flu virus variant circulating, scientists fear more sickness this winter. The vaccine may be slightly less effective, but doctors still urge getting one ASAP.

Even if your health insurance is provided by an employer, your plan may be changing quite a bit in 2015. Here's a guide to the questions you should keep in mind when looking over your options.

People with severe injuries tend to fare much better at specialized trauma centers than in typical emergency rooms. But a study suggests less equipped hospitals are hanging on to patients who can pay.

Brian McCarty's nonprofit provides art therapy to kids who have escaped conflicts, then transforms some of their traumatic drawings into toy dioramas to help people understand the horrors of war.

The Office of Inspector General of the Small Business Administration has released a "landscape of fraud" report highlighting why 17% of PPP and other loans appear bogus.

The council is considering requiring landlords to accept third party payments and a "Pay to Stay" requirement allowing residents time to secure rental assistance up until an eviction judgement.

Monday marks the Juneteenth holiday — a date commemorating the fall of slavery in the United States. While it's a new federal holiday, it's been celebrated since the 1860s.

Diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's spread through the brain like a forest fire. A new study suggests how the fire starts.

Scott Simon discusses the significance of the Nevada caucuses and the Republican primary in South Carolina with Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving.

Michael Mukasey's confirmation hearings for attorney general turn testy as the nominee refuses to say whether he considers waterboarding, a harsh interrogation technique allowed by the Bush administration, to be torture.