Health

Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Food and Drug Administration has put limits on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine due to the rare risk of blood clots. “Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has limited the authorized use of the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine to individuals 18 years of age and […]

Chiaki Nozu/WireImage (NEW YORK) — Pink is marking Mental Health Awareness Month and sharing her story about suffering from “pretty awful panic attacks” when she was in her early 20s. “I didn’t know what was happening. I didn’t have anybody to talk to about it and I didn’t know what to do,” the “Just Like […]

Eric McCandless/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Little Women: LA creator and star Terra Jolé is opening up about her personal health battle hoping to help others, she says. Jolé announced her breast cancer diagnosis to fans and her social media followers in an emotional Instagram video post last week. “I […]

Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When Laura Martin tested positive for COVID-19 last month during an extended stay in California, she was prescribed Paxlovid, the highly touted antiviral drug created by Pfizer. Just one day after her diagnosis, she started her five-day course of pills, which have been shown to dramatically […]

Norberto Cuenca/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amid a nationwide wave of what they call legislation targeting LGBTQ rights and representation, advocates are concerned about the impact on the mental health of LGBTQ youth. “LGBTQ youth suicide is a major public health crisis,” said Amit Paley, chief operating officer of The Trevor Project, a nonprofit focused […]

Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When Laura Martin tested positive for COVID-19 last month during an extended stay in California, she was prescribed Paxlovid, the highly touted antiviral drug created by Pfizer. Just one day after her diagnosis, she started her five-day course of pills, which have been shown to dramatically […]

EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For the first time in months, daily hospital admission levels and new COVID-19 related deaths in the United States are both projected to increase over the next four weeks, according to updated forecast models used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The projected increases come after weeks of […]

Flavio Coelho/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amid a political debate about offering​ gender affirming medical care to transgender children, a new study suggests that among children who have already socially transitioned very few are likely to “retransition” to their gender at birth. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Pediatrics, followed 317 socially transitioned children […]

IMAGINESTOCK/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With young under 5 now the only group not yet eligible for vaccination against COVID-19, many parents have been vocal about their frustration pertaining to the delayed authorization process and rollout. However, a new KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor survey has found that less than a fifth of parents with children […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An unprecedented leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion on abortion is putting a new spotlight on what could happen if the court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that made abortion a federally protected right in the United States. The document, obtained by Politico, shows […]