William Foege was called 'one of the best people I've ever met' by a friend and was credited with saving millions of lives by ...

Donald Trump reportedly stunned aides after predicting he’ll be dead within 10 years.

His containment strategy helped wipe out the disease in the 1970s, one of the world’s greatest public health triumphs. He ...

Bay Area political strategist, environmental crusader and renowned surfing enthusiast Rob "Birdlegs" Caughlan has died. He ...

William (Bill) Foege, credited by many for shepherding the smallpox eradication effort to completion, died Saturday at the ...

As a young CDC doctor, Dr. Foege devised the vaccination strategy that led to the global eradication of smallpox - one of the ...

Pierpont Mobley, a dedicated advocate for equal employment and justice, dies at 88. Remembering his legacy and contributions to human rights.

Dr. Tom Kim, founder of the Kim Health Center that provides medical care to people without insurance, died Friday.

Forty-eight years ago this month, Hubert Horatio Humphrey died. At the time I was a young reporter at the Sioux Falls Argus ...

Nearly 50 years ago on Jan. 21, 1977, President Jimmy Carter granted unconditional pardons to hundreds of thousands of men who evaded the draft during the Vietnam War.

“He rides with the manner of a matador gracefully facing a charging bull...” ...

A Brookings Institution scholar, he advised presidents and wrote books on the media (assessing reporters in one) and ...