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In 1721, London was in the grips of a deadly smallpox epidemic. One woman learned how to stop it, but her solution sowed political division.

Oregon's case and mortality data show COVID-19 has been particularly hard on some communities of color. Have public health changes improved the outlook?

The former union leader will head the Labor Department at a time when the pandemic has left millions unemployed and raised concerns about workplace safety.

Two members of President Biden's National Security Council, Roberta Jacobson and Juan Gonzalez, will travel to Mexico, a senior administration official told reporters.

For the second year, undergraduates in New York City are mostly sticking to campus. But there is plenty of gossip about classmates exploiting loopholes to get vaccinated in order to travel or party.

At issue is a 1975 California law that allows union organizers limited access to farms so they can seek support from workers in forming a union.

Results of the trial, which involved more than 32,000 volunteers, showed two doses of the vaccine administered four weeks apart had an efficacy of 79% at preventing symptoms of COVID-19.

Sea level rise is threatening billions in coastal property. A California lawmaker is proposing a novel way to retreat from the threat: buying and renting out properties as long as they're habitable.

Organizers behind a push to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom say they’ve submitted more than enough names to force an election to potentially oust the governor.

Known as ELSA-d, the mission will exhibit technology that could help capture space junk, some of the millions of pieces of orbital debris that float above Earth.