The Young Women Grappling With an ‘Old Man’s Disease’

Diagnosed with A.L.S., they traded stories, drank tequila and made grim jokes at a unique annual gathering on Cape Cod.

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A Stranger Shattered Their Lives. At First, They Didn’t Know Why.

A family reckons with the devastation left behind after a former N.F.L. player showed up on their property.

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‘There Was a Death’: A Mother Fights for Justice in the Age of Fentanyl

After she lost her son to an overdose, Serena Fallon went on a quest to hold someone accountable for his death.

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A Push for More Organ Transplants Is Putting Donors at Risk

People across the United States have endured rushed or premature attempts to remove their organs. Some were gasping, crying or showing other signs of life.

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His Death Was Interrupted, Just as He Had Planned

Brendan Costello’s family was bracing for goodbyes. But he had one last wish.

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She’s a Foot Soldier in America’s Losing War With Chronic Disease

In places like Mingo County, W.Va., where working-age people are dying at record rates, a nurse learns what it takes to make America healthy.

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She’s Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer’s, in a Race to the Death

In the Netherlands, doctors and dementia patients must negotiate a fine line: Assisted death for those without capacity is legal, but doctors won’t do it.

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Their Parents Are Giving Money to Scammers. They Can’t Stop Them.

One son couldn’t prevent his father from giving about $1 million in savings to con artists, including one posing as a female wrestling star. The two became estranged.

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