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More than 40 states have systems in place to monitor prescription drugs, but budget strains and unwieldy databases have hindered their use by doctors and pharmacists to curb drug abuse.

When the recession began, Americans started pinching their pennies and repaying debt, causing some to speculate that consumers might permanently abandon…

Wharton's Peter Cappelli says too many businesses are searching for the "perfect" candidate rather than investing in people and teaching them the skills to do their jobs.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force concluded in draft recommendations released Tuesday that taking vitamin D and 1,000 milligrams of calcium every day doesn't reduce the risk for bone fractures among postmenopausal women. So the group is taking steps to recommend that women refrain from taking the supplements for those purposes.

For plenty of participants, Bike Week is nothing short of a Dionysian pilgrimage.While most participants hope that their road of excess leads to a good…

Major said the media mogul insinuated that he might lose his empire's support if he didn't change his policy toward the European Union.

NPR's Neal Conan reads from listener feedback on previous Talk of the Nation programs, including shows on summer jobs for teens, the complications of claiming Native American ancestry and blues guitarist Buddy Guy.

Larry Spotted Crow Mann, of the Historical Nipmuc Tribe, blesses the fish migration at the Amoskeag Fishways with traditional song and language.

New Hampshire nights are getting a little crisper this time of year. It won't be long before the first frost...and then snow. But months before even the…

The sky is really, really scary. It's full of explosions, collisions and deadly cosmic rays. It's full of good reasons to develop a healthy dose of existential dread, something NYT columnist Maureen Dowd can relate to.