Health

Selcuk Acar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The nurses strike in New York City has extended into its second day with more than 7,000 walking out of two major hospitals. Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai Hospital in Harlem say that low pay, lack of staffing and unsafe […]

Karl Tapales/Getty Images (SEATTLE) — Seattle Public Schools, the largest school district in the state of Washington, filed a lawsuit Friday against multiple social media giants, in an effort to hold the companies “accountable for the harm they have wreaked on the social, emotional, and mental health of its students,” the district claimed. “It has […]

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Opening statements in the federal trial of a Manhattan, New York obstetrician/gynecologist charged with sexually abusing female patients highlighted a rare but devastating type of sexual misconduct — that of a patient by a medical professional. Robert Hadden, a former obstetrician/gynecologist at Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, […]

www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More schools across the United States are putting mask mandates in place as COVID-19 cases continue to rise. Before winter break, districts in New Jersey and Pennsylvania announced they would temporarily be requiring masks among students and staff members amid a surge of respiratory illnesses. Now schools in Massachusetts and […]

Image Source/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Children and adolescents should be proactively evaluated and treated for obesity, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics around childhood obesity. The guidelines note that treatments, including medications and weight loss surgery, can be effective and can help reduce the risk of developing other health conditions. […]

JGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Did you know that working out in old sneakers can do more harm to your body than good? According to podiatrist Dr. Priya Parthasarathy, you should test your sneakers to see if it is time for new ones. “Most experts say [you should replace shoes after every] 300 to […]

thebirdspapaya/Instagram (NEW YORK) — Amid the influx of messages on weight loss and change and resolutions that come with the New Year, one woman is sending a different message. Sarah Nicole Landry, a mom of four, took to Instagram to remind her followers that the first day of a new year is just another day […]

lacaosa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The ketogenic, or keto, diet is one of the well-known diets out there, but a simplified version of the high fat, low carbohydrate diet is gaining in popularity too. With “lazy keto”, the name of the simplified version, people just count their carbohydrates, and skip the detailed counting of macronutrients, […]

Jason Marz/Getty Images (COLUMBIA, S.C.) — South Carolina’s Supreme Court struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban Thursday, claiming it violates the state’s constitution. The 2021 so-called “heartbeat act” bans abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected, which is typically around six weeks, before most women know they are pregnant. It included exceptions for rape, […]

Camelia Ciocirlan / 500px / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When the mpox outbreak first struck the United States over the summer, experts said it was mostly affecting minority men. But new federal data published Thursday shows that among the few hundred cases diagnosed in women — less than 3% of total U.S. cases — […]