Smoking, air pollution and several other factors have led to significant disparities in lung health across the U.S.

D has been used as a pesticide since the 1940s, and gained notoriety as a component of Agent Orange, used by U.S. forces in ...

Extreme heat is impacting states across the country. See maps of high temperature forecasts and heat index levels.

GDP shrink in the first quarter of 2025, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Columbia researchers found arsenic in drinking water is associated with poor birth outcomes, and released data on nationwide ...

The U.S. is in peak flu season, as the CDC releases a map of influenza activity across the country. See which states are at the highest risk of flu activity.

Some states are having difficulty shaking off high poverty rates, a new study suggests. Between 1989 and 2019, 19.4 million people lived in areas of persistent poverty, according to a report by ...

Twenty-seven states across America still have the death penalty.. They are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky.

Over five years, I read 1,001 novels to hear the voices that fill this country. These books showed me that the places of American fiction can’t be divided into blue or red states.

Cases of measles have continued to crop up in states across the U.S. since a handful of infections were reported at the beginning of the year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first ...