Chances are you may not be not familiar with the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or VAERS. Co-managed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration, VAERS was established in 1990 to detect possible safety problems with vaccines.
When American and Mexican engineers drafted the 1944 water treaty, they did not foresee today’s prolonged megadrought.
While severe droughts, hurricanes, rising oceans and climate migration can seem new and unique to our time, past crises carry important lessons about how changing climates can destabilize human societies.
Tennessee’s Constitution includes a provision that bars three groups from holding office: atheists, ministers and those engaging in duels.
The exponential growth in visitors is generating pollution and putting wildlife at risk to a degree that threatens the future of the park system.
Getting rid of national politics on the opinion page can help newspapers attract readers and cool tensions in their community.
When the Confederate army surrendered in April 1865, graybacks lost any remaining value they might have had.
Three scholars provide reactions to Biden’s speech, which began with a recounting of accomplishments during his first 100 days in office and ended with his plea for unity.
Wall Street has long been likened to a casino. Robinhood, an investment app that just filed plans for an initial public offering, makes the comparison more apt than ever.