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Deaths due to liver disease have increased among the young — and heavy drinking is to blame.

In recent months, about two dozen people across India have been beaten to death by mobs driven to violence by what they've read on social media and messaging apps.

On the last Saturday of the month, citizens must spend three hours beautifying the nation. Some people question the authoritarian approach. But the results are impressive.

A new study finds that teens who engage in frequent texting, social media use and other online activities daily are more likely to develop symptoms of ADHD.

Without scrutiny, insurers and data brokers are predicting your health costs based on public data about things like race, marital status, your TV consumption and even if you buy plus-size clothing.

The head of the U.S Census Bureau speaks with NPR's Hansi Lo Wang about how the government's largest statistical agency is preparing for the 2020 census, including the new citizenship question.

During weeks spent in darkness, the soccer players and their coach gained fans and lost weight because they had little food. But officials said Wednesday they appear "strong in mind and heart."

Beate Zschaepe was found guilty in the murders of 10 people, most of whom were immigrants. The victims were gunned down between 2000 and 2007.

Reported hate crimes jumped more than 17 percent in California last year compared with 2016, though the incidents remain relatively rare, the state's attorney general said Monday.

It often falls to health care providers to discern whether the asylum-seekers who say they've been tortured or persecuted in their homeland bear physical and psychological evidence of that harm.