A Massachusetts judge has scheduled a hearing for convicted murderer Darrell Jones to review his request for documents and trial evidence being sought in…

The National Society of Genetic Counselors issued a statement affirming its ethics code, after a New England Center for Investigative Reporting story…

Parents are starting to question the independence of the fast-growing field of genetic counseling as more and more counselors are paid by the companies that make the tests.

More than 300 exonerations based on DNA evidence have shown how often the U.S. justice system sends innocent people to jail. They have also inspired a new wave of cases that allege police misconduct, unreliable eyewitnesses, and incompetent defense. In this collaboration with WBUR, we investigate the case of Darrell Jones, who's served 30 years for a murder he says he didn't commit.

This is the second article of “Out the Shadows,” an ongoing investigation into child abuse and neglect in Massachusetts.Dozens of cases of Massachusetts…

Child abuse and neglect deaths are on the rise in Massachusetts. But with 110 such deaths in five years, a third of them under the watch of DCF, the state is failing to learn from the tragic toll.

Massachusetts is one of only two states in the U.S. that did not provide timely child fatality data for a 2013 federal report. NECIR’s effort to obtain data illustrates the protracted challenges in extracting such information.

Worried that too few doctors and pregnant women understand that new prenatal genetic tests can be wrong a significant amount of time, two U.S.…

Quest Diagnostics, one of nation’s largest diagnostic testing companies, is funding a nationwide campaign by the Perinatal Quality Foundation — a national non-profit dedicated to improving obstetrical car — to raise awareness of cell-free DNA tests.

The Department of Public Works has a habit of implying Boston potholes have been fixed when they haven’t, according to an examination by the New England Center for Investigative Reporting.