Christine Ayala

In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Dreamers.

One month after the U.S. Department of Education released figures showing gains in high school graduation rates, new data reveals improvement across all demographic groups.

Enticing teachers into low-achieving classrooms is not just an urban problem. It also exists in rural districts, requiring creative marketing in some instances.

A report published in the journal Circulation found that the combination of high stress and serious depression increased the risk of heart attacks and even death in patients during an early onset period.

Nearly 11.7 million people either signed up or re-enrolled for insurance coverage under the U.S. health care reform law by mid-March, which is considerably more than the 9.1 million predicted by the Obama administration.

An important milestone was reached when the last person known to have Ebola in Liberia was discharged from medical care earlier this month, just months after the disease caused bodies to pile up in the streets.

In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Less Medicine More Health.

In this week’s Q&A, we interview Belinda Reininger, a professor of health promotion and behavioral science at the University of Texas School of Public Health Brownsville Regional Campus.

A landmark study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that allergy-prone children might benefit from early exposure to peanut protein – a reversal of long-standing practice.

Studies show that exercise, sleep, food choices and decision-making influence brain chemistry in ways that can bolster or replace pharmacological treatments.