Health

Stella/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles Unified School District said it’s keeping its mask mandate in place — at least temporarily — even as California drops its requirement for masks in indoor public settings. Several K-12 schools across the state dropped their face covering requirements Monday after the state lifted its mandate over the […]

Sean Zanni/Getty Images for McDonald’s (LOS ANGELES) — Hailey Bieber is on the mend after experiencing stroke-like symptoms last week. Over the weekend, the 25-year-old model told her fans what happened on her Instagram stories and said it was “one of the scariest moments I’ve ever been through.” “On Thursday morning, I was sitting at […]

Ashley McKnight (ORO-MEDONTE, Ontario) — When Chloe McKnight was born 15 months ago, she had what looked like a slight scratch on her forehead, according to her mom, Ashley McKnight. As Chloe grew, the mark grew too, becoming more prominent and beginning to resemble a red stain on her forehead, according to McKnight, from Oro-Medonte, […]

Julie Bennett/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Health care providers that serve the transgender community in Alabama are struggling to make sense of a new bill moving quickly through the state legislature. The Vulnerable Child Protection Act would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the state. Pediatric endocrinologist Hussein Abdullatif, who provides gender-affirming care for […]

Nicole Wahler (NEW YORK) — Nicole Wahler was in her mid-20s and in the best shape of her life when she tested positive for COVID-19 in June 2020. Now, nearly two years later, Wahler, 28, said she is still suffering from the effects of the virus, which to date has killed nearly six million people […]

Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It’s hard to imagine a time when treatments weren’t available for COVID-19. Yet this was the case when the World Health Organization declared the virus to be a global pandemic in March 2020. There was a need to test both existing medicines and experimental therapies to limit […]

Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Inside hundreds of pharmacies across the country, high-risk Americans who test positive for COVID-19 have been told they will soon be able to find and fill a prescription for oral medication directly at the store. The new White House “test to treat” program, touted as a one-stop […]

Kidney Donor Athletes (NEW YORK) — A group of kidney donors is going to great heights to educate others about being a live organ donor. The Kidney Donor Athletes, a national organization working to educate and change the perception around live organ donation, is doing so through their “one kidney climb.” This year, on March […]

Carol Yepes/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A California teenager is on a mission to make sure every girl can practice self-care regardless of their socioeconomic stance, race, or religion. Kayli Joy Cooper, 17, from Los Angeles, was one of 100 students selected for the Disney Dreamer’s Academy at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The […]

Terry Vine/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Despite being among the first eligible for COVID-19 booster shots, many nursing homes are struggling to boost residents and staff, experts say. Nationally, about 72% of residents are boosted in each nursing home, according to data from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services. But in about one-third of […]