Brandon Bell / Getty Images The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the administration of President Trump announced on Saturday that it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity ...

Heated exchanges between some senators and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a Sept. 4 hearing amplified confusion about the availability of COVID-19 vaccinations for ...

Rep. Sara Jacobs accused Mace of antisemitism over the remark, made in the context of a spat over care for trans women. A Republican member of Congress who has been a vocal opponent of campus ...

Rebecca London spends a lot of time observing school play yards. While doing so, the community-engaged researcher and professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz has seen ...

More Americans say they get news about government and politics than four other topics asked about in a March 2025 Pew Research Center survey. Older Americans and those who voted in the 2024 ...

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey (AP) — After years of complaints from the right about “cancel culture” from the left, some conservatives are seeking to upend the lives and careers of those who disparaged ...

The committee that offers vaccine advice to the nation’s top public health agency voted Friday against recommending the updated COVID-19 vaccine to people aged 6 months or older, instead leaving the ...

This is a major update to a story that was first published earlier in September. It reflects what readers need to know after an important vaccine advisory panel met on Thursday and Friday. Getting a ...

All adults and young children in Massachusetts should get a COVID-19 vaccine to protect themselves and their loved ones from illness. That’s the message from Gov. Maura Healey, whose administration ...

For some teens, Charlie Kirk, the right-wing activist who was assassinated while speaking on a college campus this week, was an inspiration and a hero. For other students who might be sitting right ...

Brightline West, the planned high-speed rail line between Southern California and Las Vegas, is the closest the U.S. has come to a true high-speed rail service like those in Europe and Asia. The ...

Flu changes every year, so our vaccine has to change with it. Here’s the quick what-and-why behind the annual shot, how it’s picked, made, and when to get it. Here are a few questions about influenza ...