Health

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 […]

Jupiterimages/Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — A Maryland man who earlier this year became the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, according to the University of Maryland Medicine, where the transplant was performed. David Bennett, 57, died on March 8, according to University of Maryland Medicine. The hospital did not say […]

Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Pfizer announced Wednesday it is launching a clinical trial to study the effectiveness of its COVID-19 antiviral pill in young children. The treatment, Paxlovid, was authorized in December 2020 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use in patients aged 12 and older who […]

EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Officials in every U.S. state and jurisdiction have now ended, or announced an end, to their indoor universal masking requirements. Over the last month, states from coast to coast have moved to end mask mandates as coronavirus cases have plummeted. By the end of March, there will be no more […]