Children in the rich world are far more likely to be diagnosed with autism than in the past. Why is this and what can be done to help them lead fulfilling lives?

Americans are increasingly addicted to opioids. Meanwhile people in poor countries die in agony without them.

How not to squander the potential of autistic people.

Americans take too many painkillers. Most other people don’t get enough.

A woman takes the helm of an American infantry division for the first time

How a brothel owner created the world’s biggest industrial park.

Curious electioneering in Big Sky Country.

How the federal government tries - and fails - to stop fentanyl from streaming into the country.

Uncomfortable treatment with little scientific basis finds paying customers

A valuable hidden treasure draws hopeful hunters out West.

Bears Ears and Gold Butte are the latest battlegrounds in a long-running debate about federal land in the West.