Health

Morsa Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Another COVID-19 vaccine booster shot may be on the horizon for Americans, as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to greenlight a fourth dose for those aged 50 and older as soon as Tuesday. It comes after Pfizer-BioNTech requested the FDA authorize a fourth dose for Americans […]

ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The confrontation between Will Smith and Chris Rock that rocked the 2022 Oscars Sunday night is also putting a spotlight on alopecia, the autoimmune condition that affects Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and millions of other people. Pinkett Smith, 50, first announced her experience with alopecia, or […]

JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Political polarization in the U.S. was evident and intensifying long before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, two years ago. Americans were already deeply divided about a multitude of issues, with differing opinions concerning healthcare, immigration, voting rights, gun reform and climate change, often leaving little room […]

Courtesy of Sparkle Jurnakins (INDIANAPOLIS) — For the first time in his life, 15-month-old Kendall Jurnakins is home. The baby boy spent the first year of his life in the neonatal intensive care unit at Ascension St. Vincent Women’s Hospital in Indianapolis before being cleared for discharge on March 16. Hospital staff gave the boy […]

Courtesy of Kelly Savant (NEW YORK) — Two years ago, two women — complete strangers — embarked on a remarkable journey together and today, they say they’ve become “family.” Now, they’re opening up about their story in the hopes of helping others. Kelly Taylor Savant, 41, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, had been trying to conceive […]

Taylor Keefe (NEW YORK) — March marks World Endometriosis Awareness Month dedicated to recognizing and advocating for the estimated 190 million women worldwide who suffer from endometriosis. Taylor Keefe was 13 years old when she first saw a gynecologist. “Every time I was on my period, I had no functionality. I would be bent over […]

Oscar Wong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the United States continues to face the highest maternal mortality rate among developed nations, the country’s largest city is offering new support for expectant people. New York City will begin offering free doula access to families, Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday. The city will also train more doulas […]

IMAGINESTOCK/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Even as most eligible Americans have yet to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine boosters, Pfizer and Moderna have now asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize yet another booster dose — especially for elderly Americans, a group that tends to have weaker immune protection. Pfizer asked the FDA to […]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two years into the coronavirus pandemic, children under age 6 may be one step closer to being eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Moderna said Wednesday it plans to seek emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its COVID-19 vaccine in young children “in the […]

Morsa Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Moderna said it plans to seek emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its COVID-19 vaccine in children under age 6. The company released clinical trial data Wednesday showing neutralizing antibody levels were similar to those seen in adults. The vaccine in children is a […]