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Many people over 60 won't have to work so hard to lower their blood pressure, if doctors adhere to guidelines for treatment. That's because there's a lack of proof that people with moderately high blood pressure can reduce their risk of heart attacks and strokes by trying to lower it substantially with drugs.

There are 130 major college football teams, spread across 41 states and competing in 10 conferences, save for a handful of independents.The goal is to…

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with TNT Sports sideline reporter and bracketology expert Andy Katz about final four predictions, championship X-factors and indelible moments from this year's bracket.

The hsCRP test checks for inflammation in your heart, a sign of plaque formation in your coronary artery.

Six months ago, California's deadliest wildfire almost completely destroyed the town of Paradise. Survivors are still struggling to find places to live in a region with a chronic housing shortage.

The advice for keeping the virus at bay in wealthy countries won't necessarily work in low-income countries and in poor communities. So what might help?

A new report from Uber, covering 2017 and 2018, says the claims range from unwanted touching and kissing to rape. Also, 19 people were killed in physical assaults during or soon after an Uber ride.

The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom:It’s the first day of school and KERA tagged along with a new preschooler, new principal,…

China may have just dislodged the U.S. from a position its held for decades — the world's top trading nation. The latest Chinese figures put the value of its overall trade at $4.6 trillion last year. The U.S. will release its own 2013 data next month.

SMU and TCU are about to play the final scheduled football game in a series that dates back to 1915 and has continued since the end of the Southwest Conference. In the 30 years since the final SWC season, no teams from that league have met more often as nonconference opponents than the Mustangs and Horned Frogs.