Health

Pekic/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When the omicron wave hit the United States, it spread throughout the country like wildfire. Different models estimate that anywhere from 50% to 75% of Americans had been infected with the variant by the end of the surge. So, what does that mean for the rest of the U.S. population […]

Amanda Koop (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — A hospital in Michigan is giving birthing parents a new way to stay connected during a cesarean section delivery. Spectrum Health Butterworth, a hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, allows parents to watch the birth on a monitor display next to the operating table. That’s how Amanda Koop got the […]

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Experts fear that COVID-19 cases in the United States will rise in the next few weeks as the new BA.2 variant continues to spread. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows BA.2, which is a subvariant of omicron, has been tripling in prevalence every two weeks. As […]

Stella/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration will announce new building ventilation standards for schools and businesses on Thursday — a welcome step for experts who feel the U.S. has long been behind the curve on using air filtration as a valuable tool to fight COVID-19. The new guidance, the latest addition to President Joe […]

Bernd Vogel/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As experts warn of a growing mental health crisis among kids due to the coronavirus pandemic, new data shows the mental health struggles kids faced even prior to the pandemic. Between 2016 and 2020, the number of children ages 3 to 17 who were diagnosed with anxiety grew by […]

Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amid growing concerns about the impact of the pandemic on Americans’ mental health, and the rollout of a new three-digit number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline this summer, advocates say local call centers across the nation remain underfunded and understaffed for an expected increase in call volume. Despite […]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When the coronavirus receded across much of the globe last month and the omicron surge declined, many Americans were hopeful that was perhaps the signal that the United States was entering a new phase of the pandemic. However, new data indicators, domestically and internationally, suggest that the virus continues […]

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, […]