CDC staff ‘blindsided’ as child vaccine schedule unilaterally overhauled
Vaccine experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were blindsided by a top deputy to Health Secretary Robert...
8 things to do this year to lower dementia risk and protect your brain
New cases of dementia are estimated to double by 2060, but the good news is that about 45 percent of...
A perfectly timed bet on Maduro’s fall draws scrutiny of prediction markets
A mysterious trader won roughly $400,000 on the ouster of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro just hours before U.S. forces took...
‘9-1-1’ is TV’s most unhinged procedural — and that’s why it works
The first emergency in the most recent episode of “9-1-1” begins, as so many do, with a mystery. What calamity...
12 of-the-moment hobbies to try this year
Finding a new hobby, or revisiting an old one, is a staple of New Year’s resolution lists, and for good...
America’s military needs more than just orders
Nearly 25 years ago, on a drizzly morning in the South China Sea, the ship I was serving on received...
The Patriots are back? Sigh.
For the past 25 years in American sports, we have known one constant: Everybody who doesn’t have the last name...
American privacy died long before the internet
Tiffany Jenkins, a cultural historian, is the author, most recently, of “Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private...
Want housing reforms to work? Put someone in charge.
Patrick A. McLaughlin is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. For years, housing policy discussions focused almost entirely on...
Why Trump wants Greenland and what’s standing in his way
As President Donald Trump renews his push to acquire the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland, the White House says it...
Md. man charged in four ‘randomly targeted’ shootings, police say
A Maryland man has been charged with murder and other crimes after he allegedly fired shots at four people Sunday,...
At annual ‘sexy circus,’ strippers raise money for children’s hospital
Jazmine Walter knows the difference a toy can make to a sick child. As a high school junior, she endured...
How to practice financial forgiveness and achieve your money goals
Your financial resolutions are well-intentioned. You start the year promising yourself you’ll “spend less.” Or perhaps you’ve vowed to reduce...
A bettor won $400,000 on Maduro’s ouster. Prediction markets are under scrutiny.
A mysterious trader won roughly $400,000 on the ouster of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro just hours before U.S. forces took...
The soaring price of youth sports: $50 to try out, $3,000 to play
Lindsey Rector added up the costs as she waited for her son to finish his baseball lesson. That was $60...
