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Why do uninsured consumers pay more for prescription drugs than the federal government? What can uninsured Californians do to reduce the price they pay for their prescriptions? Tom Fudge asks the exp

A plan to secure more state funding for community colleges failed at the polls Tuesday. Proposition 92 would have lowered community college fees and changed the way state funding is allocated to the h

In drafting national standards on how health insurers should be able to use age to set premium rates, congressional committees agree that older people should pay more. But they differ widely on just how much. Ultimately, it comes down to how best to persuade young adults to get into the pool.

A Senate panel is due to hear the hotly contested issue of how many hours truckers can safely drive. The Bush administration lengthened time behind the wheel in 2004. But safety advocates sued, saying tired truckers are putting themselves and everyone else on the road at risk.

For the first time in 35 years, Justice John Paul Stevens is not on the Supreme Court bench as a new term opens. The 90-year-old justice, who retired this summer, talks to NPR about baseball, taking cases one at a time, and the one vote he would change.

Public health officials are discovering that blacks and Latinos have a higher risk of both getting the flu and being hospitalized for it. It is apparently not because of race or ethnicity, per se; it's because of the social circumstances of many African-Americans and Hispanics.

Smugglers who sneak illegal immigrants into the United States through California's border crossings have changed their tactics. Federal immigration officials say smugglers have turned away from hiding

Is the local economy starting to improve, or are more hard times expected in the near future? Why is housing stabilizing, while the commercial real estate market is getting worse? We speak to local experts on the economy and real estate about the latest trends they are seeing.

There are 22,000 payday loan stores in the United States, many located near military bases. But increasing debt among military personnel is a security risk, according to the U.S. Department of Defense

Theoretical science is a field that's open and accessible to all. But lab work poses some real challenges to blind students interested in becoming chemists. A dozen blind San Diego teenagers visited a UCSD lab to feel and hear the results of some basic chemical experiments.