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By focusing on the end of the epidemic, writes infectious disease specialist Nahid Bhadelia, we miss the larger point.

The number of people with injuries like neck strain who get CT scans in emergency rooms is on the rise. This despite efforts to reduce use of the scans, which increase cancer risk.

Back in the old days, say 2011, political leaders talked about, and acted upon, worries involving federal borrowing. But a new CBO report shows deficits surging — even as political attention drifts.

The extra money will go to students with financial need who are staying on track academically.

Popcorn has been around at least 4,000 years. The Aztecs even had a word for the sound of kernels popping — totopoca. On National Popcorn Day, ponder the story of this beloved snack.

Sarah Palin endorsed Republican front-runner Donald Trump on Tuesday. Trump is in a tight race with Ted Cruz in Iowa with the caucuses less than two weeks away.

Polls drive so much of the political news coverage you see and hear. But it matters where they came from and how they're conducted.

The Tea Party favorite is endorsing the GOP real estate magnate and reality TV star in a blow to a surging Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

Four adult siblings agree to spend one final summer vacation together in Tessa Hadley's new novel. Reviewer Maureen Corrigan says The Past is "as disturbing as it is diverting."

The FBI reports that murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults were up in the first half of last year over the same time in 2014. The Justice Department calls overall rates historically low.