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A little-known Social Security program was supposed to lift people out of poverty. Sometimes it traps them there instead.

Sepsis is an out of control infection that’s hard to spot and explain. At UCSD doctors and med-tech engineers are trying to crack the code with new diagnostic machines and artificial intelligence.

About 20 years ago, Arkansas started weighing children in school and sending home letters to try to combat obesity. Even though obesity rates only have risen, many other states picked up the policy.

Northwestern, Brown, Rutgers and University of Minnesota are among the handful of schools that have reached agreements with student protesters. Here's how they did it, and what could come next.

Children and teens deal with the threat of gun violence on a daily basis in southeastern Pennsylvania. So community members and organizations are banding together to try to solve the dire problem.

The protests sweeping college campuses don't just involve students. Professors are increasingly pushing back against university administrations they see as infringing on students' free speech rights.

Airlines often damage or lose wheelchairs. Now the Biden administration is proposing new standards for how airlines accommodate passengers with disabilities.

From why you need them to how to check if they're the real deal, here's a guide to eclipse glasses so you can view this rare total solar eclipse safely.

There is a "really grim irony" to the U.S. supplying both the bombs that are dropping on Gaza and now the food parcels that are dropping there, according to one aid expert.

There's a new work of art in San Diego to put on your summer bucket list. A painting by notable Black American artist Kehinde Wiley is now on view at The Timken Museum, through a partnership with the San Diego African American Museum of Fine Art.