Health

Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Heide Spence, a mother of two, said she does not remember a time in her life since getting her first menstrual cycle at age 10 when she did not suffer from painful period complications. “I wouldn’t have a period for months at a time and then I […]

Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly 1,500 New York City municipal workers have been fired over their refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19. That number represents less than 1% of the city’s workforce, but it appears to be the country’s largest workforce reduction linked to COVID vaccines. Under a mandate set […]

Gravity Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The majority of children under age 5 are getting more screen time than is recommended by pediatricians, new research shows. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends babies and toddlers up to age 2 should avoid screen time other than video-chatting, while children ages 2 to 5 should be […]

Sara Ward (NEW YORK) — A Missouri mom is warning fellow parents about a rare condition caused by a strand of hair that sent her 5-month-old son to the emergency room. Sara Ward, from St. Louis, shared a Facebook post explaining that her 5-month-old son, Logan, started developing a condition called hair tourniquet syndrome on […]

@TrainWithJoan/Instagram (NEW YORK) — Joan MacDonald went from struggling with stairs to being a fitness influencer on Instagram with more than one million followers — and she did it while in her 70s. Her transformation journey began five years ago, when she said she was fatigued, suffering from painful arthritis and struggled to walk up […]

Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City began distributing free, at-home COVID-19 test kits across the five boroughs Monday. Tests will be available at 27 public library branches and 14 cultural landmarks including the American Museum of Natural History, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum and the Staten Island Zoo. Across the […]

Cristina Arias/Cover/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Food and Drug Administration has authorized a new monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19, shown to hold up against the omicron variant and BA.2 subvariant. The drug, called bebtelovimab from Eli Lilly, is a monoclonal therapy meant for COVID-19 patients as young as 12 who are at high risk for […]

David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday postponed its review of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5. “We realized now, in data that came in very rapidly because of the large number of cases of Omicron, that at this time, it makes sense for us to […]

Archershoots/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new federal report published Thursday has revealed the life expectancy of Americans in every state. Researchers from the National Center for Health Statistics — a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — looked at deaths rates in 2019, the last year for which complete data is […]

Xavier Lorenzo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 vaccines for kids under 5 have not yet been authorized, but the U.S.’ rollout plan is already in the works. The federal government is prepping an initial 10 million doses of the under-5 Pfizer formula, which will be ready to go out as soon as the Food and […]