5 myths surrounding vaccines — and the reality

These myths may be keeping parents from protecting their children from dangerous diseases, when there’s every reason to get them vaccinated. Vaccines prevents six million deaths worldwide every year, CNN’s…

Law Favoring Cuban Arrivals Is Challenged

MIAMI — In the wake of President Obama’s move to rekindle diplomatic ties with Cuba, Cuban-American legislators in Washington and local officials in Florida are calling for reconsideration of a…

10 Worst States To Grow Old In

This story was originally published on 24/7 Wall St. The U.S. elderly population has grown exponentially in recent decades. The number of Americans 65 and older grew from 35 million…

Should U.S. pay ransoms?

The terrible ordeal facing the Japanese and Jordanian governments in the wake of ISIS threats to execute a captured Jordanian pilot and a second Japanese national raises critical questions about…