According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood vaccination rates continued to decrease during this ...

A lot happens in Boston every day. To help you keep up, WBUR, Boston's NPR News station, pulled these stories together just ...

Flu season is off to a rough start this year, according to new CDC data. The virus is spreading faster than in previous years and the surge is likely to get worse. Here's what you need to know.

Massachusetts. To help take stock of what's transpired over the last 12 month, and what may be coming next year, WBUR sat ...

Triumphs included advances in transplanting animal organs into people, but the growing measles crisis in the U.S. indicates ...

Some states are trying to step in and help pay for health care as Affordable Care Act subsidies are slated to expire Thursday ...

Historian of time, Alexis McCrossen, takes us through where it comes from and how New Year went from a local celebration to a ...

A criminal complaint filed Dec. 16 alleges Patriots defensive lineman Christian Barmore threw his girlfriend to the ground ...

Pollstar ranked the top 25 “Most Popular Touring Artists of the Millennium,” based on ticket sales from Jan. 1, 2001, to the ...

As we say goodbye to 2025 and look to the year ahead, we have a few ideas for ways to celebrate. From Boston’s annual First ...

Angry over a new advertisement for the famous Brazilian sandal brand Havaianas, the right is trying to get consumers to boycott the iconic flip flops. NPR's Carrie Kahn reports from Rio de Janeiro.

As a new year begins, a hike up Africa's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, is a reminder that slowing down can sometimes spur success.