USC writing professor Ellen Wayland-Smith looks at her own family tree and finds a relative who believed he was God’s prophet and led a 19th-century sect.

But the WHO pulls back from earlier statements that coffee itself is “possibly carcinogenic.”

Music instruction appears to accelerate brain development in young children, particularly in the areas of the brain that are responsible for processing sound, language development, speech perception and reading skills, according to initial results of a five-year study by USC neuroscientists.

In the race between the two Democrats, Republicans who plan to vote sided more with Harris, according to the new USC Dornsife/Times poll. Almost two-thirds of Republicans said they would not cast ballots in the race in November.

A USC study found that the domination of the state’s hospital segment by just two systems not only drove up prices everywhere their institutions were located but allowed even nonaffiliated hospitals to charge more.

The international study – jointly managed by the USC Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) and Janssen Research & Development, LLC – will test Janssen’s BACE inhibitor in people who are currently asymptomatic.

The startup Moving Analytics helps patients learn how to manage their condition via a smartphone.

The international trial co-managed by USC will test a drug in people who show no symptoms of the disease.

Sanders was thwarted by extremely low turnout among young voters and undeclared voters, the USC Dornsife/L.A. Times Poll finds.

A quarter of Bernie Sanders supporters said they would not back Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee. Others said they will if she voices support for his political and economic agendas, a USC Dornsife/Los Angeles poll shows.