A growing measles outbreak in Pennsylvania has become the center of a national controversy over vaccines, public-health communication and political misinformation after U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. questioned whether two…
Rural hospitals across the United States are beginning to receive billions of dollars in new federal funding intended to modernize healthcare in underserved communities. But hospital leaders and health-policy experts warn that…
Bill Gates, one of the technology industry’s most prominent optimists, is dramatically changing his tone on artificial intelligence. After years of emphasizing AI’s potential to improve healthcare, education, productivity and scientific discovery,…
Artificial intelligence is advancing so rapidly in mathematics that leading researchers are beginning to confront a question once confined largely to science fiction: what happens to mathematicians when AI systems can independently…
President Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Heidi Overton, a senior White House health-policy adviser and physician, to become the next commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, placing a trusted administration…
Amazon is preparing its most ambitious expansion of drone delivery yet, with plans to bring its Prime Air service to nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns by the end of 2026. The…
Baltimore is experiencing an unexpected transformation in its housing market: abandoned properties that once symbolized decades of population loss, disinvestment and urban decline are increasingly attracting buyers and even generating bidding wars.…
One of Los Angeles’ most recognizable movie theaters is preparing for a comeback. The historic Cinerama Dome, closed since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the theatrical business in 2020, is expected to reopen…
Meta has suffered an important pretrial setback in a landmark federal case examining whether Facebook and Instagram were deliberately designed in ways that could addict young users and whether the company misled…
A Kentucky mother and daughter turned down an extraordinary $26.48 million offer for their farmland after learning that the property would be transformed into a massive artificial-intelligence data center, highlighting the growing…
