We look into the mental health crisis affecting American youth. By Sam Sifton I am the host of The Morning. The numbers are staggering. Nearly one in four 17-year-old boys in the United States has ...

UnitedHealth Group’s incredible fall this year looks less and less like a temporary problem. In the nearly six months since the stock of the Eden Prairie-based health care company crashed, it has ...

Parkinson’s disease — which causes poor balance and stiff movement — affects an estimated 1 million Americans. That number is expected to rise by 20% in the next few years. While there’s no sure-fire ...

The national debt has grown to more than $37 trillion. There is mounting concern in some quarters over how soon the ballooning debt will impact the lives of everyday Americans. As Paul Solman explains ...

Teacher shortages aren’t just a problem for the United States. There’s a “global crisis” in finding and keeping educators. That’s what education leaders at the United Nations World Summit on Teachers ...