Health

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the one-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade being overturned by the Supreme Court approaches this weekend, several states are taking efforts to further strengthen abortion rights and access. Since the decision handed down last summer, at least 15 states have ceased nearly all abortion services, according to […]

Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services issued an advisory Wednesday warning about identifying mental health symptoms and conditions linked to long COVID. Long COVID occurs when people recover from the virus but experience ongoing symptoms lasting three months or longer, such as coughing, headaches, fatigue, sleep […]

ATU Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A group whose recommendations become the standard medical policy nationwide has issued a recommendation saying all adults under the age of 65 should be screened for anxiety during their lifetime. The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force recommendation, issued Tuesday, is the final version of the draft recommendation it issued […]

fstop123/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A majority of OBGYNs say the overturning of Roe v. Wade last summer is linked to more maternal deaths, according to a new survey released early Wednesday from KFF. The decision — known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization — determined there is no constitutional right to an abortion […]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical company that makes Ozempic and Wegovy, filed multiple lawsuits Tuesday against off-brand versions of the wildly popular drugs. In a press release, the company announced that legal action is being taken against certain medical spas, weight loss or wellness clinics, and compounding pharmacies for “the […]

CRISTINA PEDRAZZINI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — June is national Brain Awareness Month and the start of summer is a great time to consider how our diet can potentially be beneficial for the brain. While there is no singular food fix for better brain health, there are properties in certain ingredients that some nutritionists […]

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. […]