The FDA made a huge leap toward fighting AIDS with the approval of the first over-the-counter rapid HIV test with near-instantaneous results.

The tragedy of the Palestinians has hung like a black cloud over the Arab world for almost 65 years.

If Congress suddenly passed a law requiring all citizens to carry tracking devices that monitored their movements and snooped into their private communications 24/7, the outcry would be huge.

With new reports out this month about the cover-up at Penn State University over former coach Jerry Sandusky’s sexual abuse of boys (including his own adopted son), it is clear that more people than Sandusky have been found guilty in the case.

A recent order by the federal Environmental Protection Agency that will open a substantial portion of the St. Croix River to migrating alewives has many fans — and more than a few critics.

In an age of ethnic conflict, fatal disease and chronic malnutrition, it seems strange to stumble across figures such as this: 388,000 people die every year from drowning, according to the World Health Organization.

Some decades ago, when Brunswick Naval Air Station was still an active military facility, its Topsham Annex had a sign by the gate leading to U.S.Route 201 that said, “Caution! You are now entering the most dangerous area on Earth — a public highway.”