Michael J. Berens

A hidden epidemic of life-threatening infections is contaminating America's hospitals, needlessly killing tens of thousands of patients each year. These infections often are characterized by the health-care industry as random...

The germ raced through the Misericordia Home for handicapped children in Chicago, masquerading as a cold-weather flu as it moved from bed to bed. Each child already was ill; most...

A hidden epidemic of life-threatening infections is contaminating America's hospitals, needlessly killing tens of thousands of patients each year. These infections often are characterized by the health-care industry as random...

A key Illinois House lawmaker has called for state hearings and suspension of a new program under which a Massachusetts company is paid to monitor sick children and educate their...

Illinois Public Aid officials are paying a Massachusetts company $2,000 for each Medicaid family signed up to an Internet service designed to monitor the condition of sick children and to...

One was the frail son of wealthy Egyptian parents, a former medical student who rejected a life of money and status. The other was the street-savvy high-school dropout who favored...

The most comprehensive study of the troubled presidential election in Florida shows the main culprits were simple and fixable: ballot design, inconsistent election rules and voter error. The yearlong review...

In the year since Florida voters forced a spotlight on the helter-skelter rules that govern elections, state and federal officials continue to perpetuate a system of haphazard democracy where the...