Health

Sasi Ponchaisang / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — On Oct. 8, 2013, 12-year-old Sammy Cohen Eckstein was crossing the street outside his home in New York when a car struck him, tragically ending his life. “He was crossing the street for soccer practice. That should not be a deadly act. Kids should be able to […]

David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Public health experts fear that Meta’s decision to roll back some of its COVID-19 misinformation measures will lead to more disinformation about the virus, treatments for it and vaccines. The company announced the changes on Friday after it asked its independent oversight advisory board whether it […]

Elva Etienne/Getty Images Kristi Daugherty remembers the announcement like it was yesterday. It was March 11, 2021—one year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic—and in those twelve months, emerging data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that historic rates of mental illness, overdose deaths and deaths by suicide […]

bymuratdeniz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ways to lose weight have been trending with the rising popularity and success stories of certain drugs that help with weight loss, such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, and more people turning to supplements like berberine, deemed “nature’s Ozempic.” Still, many people who have obesity report struggling to sustain weight loss. […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — The Iowa Supreme Court prevented a six-week abortion ban that was signed into law several years ago from going into effect. The court was split in a 3-3 decision Friday on the case, meaning abortion remains legal in Iowa. The 2018 bill, which was signed into law by […]

Ken Gilbert/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With summer on the horizon, many are breaking out their flip-flops and summer shoes. But these popular options can lead to more injuries and foot pain in the warmer months, including plantar fasciitis, one of the most common foot injuries, according to The Washington Post. What is plantar fasciitis? […]

Patrick Smith/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Three of America’s top female athletes have suffered life-threatening complications while giving birth. Now, the two athletes who survived giving birth, Olympic gold medalists Allyson Felix and Tianna Bartoletta, are speaking out to shine a spotlight on the Black maternal health crisis in the United States as they mourn […]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (ATLANTA) — Patients with HIV in the United States saw an increase in rare, deadly meningococcal infections last year, new preliminary data shows. Nearly 10% of all meningococcal disease cases in 2022 were among people with HIV, according to a report published Thursday afternoon by the Centers for Disease […]

Ana Maria Serrano, ABC News (LONDON) — Women diagnosed with breast cancer in England are living longer than they would have 20 years ago, new research by Cancer Research UK and the University of Oxford has found. The research found that the proportion of women surviving early-stage breast cancer has improved “substantially” since the 1990s. […]

Courtesy of Heather Maberry (NEW YORK) — A Kentucky mother of three says she was forced to travel out of state for an abortion despite her fetus being diagnosed with a fatal condition. After Heather Maberry, 32, a substitute teacher from Stanton — about 100 miles southeast of Louisville — and her husband, Nick, got […]