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Cold and flu viruses often circulate more in the fall and winter, but there are some time-tested strategies for avoiding them, such as vaccines, handwashing and staying active.

Changes in how government operates, and adjustments to rules and regulations, must go through an open democratic process whose steps and results can be challenged in the courts.

The US has been involved in Syria in several important ways, including sanctioning Bashar al-Assad's government for more than a decade.

Turning two big supermarket companies into one even larger one could have harmed consumers and workers, the government said during its successful litigation.

Lebanon - home to thousands of Syrian refugees - has long suffered at the hands of the Assad family's 54-year rule.

A narrower, more personalized 'normal range' could help doctors better diagnose and treat disease in individual patients.

If Republicans manage to achieve a long-standing goal by getting rid of the Department of Education, there wouldn't be a secretary of education anymore.

Between 40% and 50% of children didn't live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.

Policymakers commonly suggest that teaching to 'fidelity' following a plan word for word is best for student learning. However, research suggests the opposite is true.

More architects are using wood construction for large buildings. A resource economist argues any increase in demand for wood will push commercial growers to better manage forests.