Michael Berens

The germ raced through the Misericordia Home for handicapped children in Chicago, masquerading as a cold-weather flu as it moved from bed to bed. Each child already was ill; most...

A key Illinois House lawmaker has called for state hearings and suspension of a new program under which a Massachusetts company is paid to monitor sick children and educate their...

Illinois Public Aid officials are paying a Massachusetts company $2,000 for each Medicaid family signed up to an Internet service designed to monitor the condition of sick children and to...

Citing overwhelming evidence of patient harm linked to inadequate hospital care, California Gov. Gray Davis on Tuesday unveiled the nation's first mandatory nurse-staffing law, requiring more registered nurses in emergency...

One was the frail son of wealthy Egyptian parents, a former medical student who rejected a life of money and status. The other was the street-savvy high-school dropout who favored...

From the street, the safe houses look nondescript, much like any other scuffed and dust-coated buildings in this war-ruined capital. But behind their anonymous walls and iron gates lie clues...

The most comprehensive study of the troubled presidential election in Florida shows the main culprits were simple and fixable: ballot design, inconsistent election rules and voter error. The yearlong review...

In the year since Florida voters forced a spotlight on the helter-skelter rules that govern elections, state and federal officials continue to perpetuate a system of haphazard democracy where the...

Peering at the 60-foot-high faces of four of America's most famous presidents, the dozen robed and bearded Afghans drew little attention at the base of Mt. Rushmore in July 1999....