Every unhappy family might be unhappy in its own way, but when they sit down together at the table, they’re alike according to one important measure: they eat better.

In this piece we wrote for Nieman Lab, we spotlight five studies on topics such as how Twitter affects journalists' news judgment and how often we remember where we read a news story.

After local newspapers close, political polarization among voters increases, according to new research in the Journal of Communication.

New research on immigrant health from the American Public Health Association's 2018 annual meeting.

As baby boomers age, demand for home health care increases. Studies identify trends in availability and reasons for the industry's rapid churn.

There’s a clear link between the accounts journalists follow on Twitter and the partisanship of their work, finds a new study from researchers at Northeastern University and the University at Buffalo.

A new study identifies one important driver of heroin overdoses in the United States: the reformulation of Oxycontin.

Journalists were much more likely to rely on academic experts when their coverage of midterm congressional elections focused on political strategy than when it focused on policy issues, according to a new study.

People with chronic illnesses, mental health concerns, disabilities and the seasonal flu are less likely to vote.

Racial attitudes were the primary reason white Southerners abandoned the Democratic Party after party leaders began to advocate for civil rights legislation during the last half of the 20th century, a new study finds.