Sarah Mayberry, M.P.H.

It was supposed to be a simple backyard cookout.

Imagine handing over your baby to a stranger to travel to a foreign country. To have surgery with a doctor you've never met. To live with a family you don't know.

I shouldn't admit this, but I just unloaded my two oldest kids' backpacks from the last day of school last week. Fortunately, the last day was a half day, so there were no forgotten bananas or other biohazards awaiting me.

If you've ever been hospitalized, you know a good nurse can make all the difference in your stay.

Julie and Scott Halpert are on a mission.

She's a pediatric ER doctor, but she's also a mom, and the lessons she's learned on the job have had a big impact on her rules at home...

It was a Facebook post that would save a local man's life and take the idea of "United Automobile Workers" to the next level...

It's a story we've followed for the past 14 years: A little boy named Tommy Schomaker born with essentially half of a heart.

It's a story we've followed for the past 14 years: A little boy named Tommy Schomaker born with essentially half of a heart.

As journalists, we are supposed to maintain a certain distance from the people and stories we cover. There are good reasons for that. It helps us remain objective.