Health

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — The Iowa Supreme Court prevented a six-week abortion ban that was signed into law several years ago from going into effect. The court was split in a 3-3 decision Friday on the case, meaning abortion remains legal in Iowa. The 2018 bill, which was signed into law by […]

Ken Gilbert/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With summer on the horizon, many are breaking out their flip-flops and summer shoes. But these popular options can lead to more injuries and foot pain in the warmer months, including plantar fasciitis, one of the most common foot injuries, according to The Washington Post. What is plantar fasciitis? […]

Patrick Smith/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Three of America’s top female athletes have suffered life-threatening complications while giving birth. Now, the two athletes who survived giving birth, Olympic gold medalists Allyson Felix and Tianna Bartoletta, are speaking out to shine a spotlight on the Black maternal health crisis in the United States as they mourn […]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (ATLANTA) — Patients with HIV in the United States saw an increase in rare, deadly meningococcal infections last year, new preliminary data shows. Nearly 10% of all meningococcal disease cases in 2022 were among people with HIV, according to a report published Thursday afternoon by the Centers for Disease […]

Ana Maria Serrano, ABC News (LONDON) — Women diagnosed with breast cancer in England are living longer than they would have 20 years ago, new research by Cancer Research UK and the University of Oxford has found. The research found that the proportion of women surviving early-stage breast cancer has improved “substantially” since the 1990s. […]

Courtesy of Heather Maberry (NEW YORK) — A Kentucky mother of three says she was forced to travel out of state for an abortion despite her fetus being diagnosed with a fatal condition. After Heather Maberry, 32, a substitute teacher from Stanton — about 100 miles southeast of Louisville — and her husband, Nick, got […]

xijian/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Deaths from suicide among youth and young adults have been increasing over the last two decades in the United States, new federal data showed. For those between the ages of 10 and 24, the suicide rate remained stable between 2001 and 2007, around 6.9 per 100,000. From 2011, the rate […]

Matthias Hangst/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The unexpected death of U.S. Olympic sprinter Tori Bowie is putting a spotlight on a pregnancy complication that disproportionately impacts Black women. Bowie, 32, was found dead last month in her home near Orlando, Florida. At the time of her death, Bowie was around eight months pregnant and was […]

The Sutton Family (NEW YORK) — Ariana Sutton was a dance instructor and mom of three whom friends describe as “warm” and “upbeat,” and who loved being a mom, according to her husband Tyler Sutton. On May 22, Ariana Sutton, 36, gave birth to newborn twins Everly Irene and Rowan Stephen, who joined the couple’s […]

Steve Prezant/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Draquine Floyd Jr. was visiting a family member in April when the 7-year-old found a loaded handgun. While handling it, the gun accidentally discharged, killing him, according to police. Floyd’s grandmother, Dorothy Parks, said what her family is going through doesn’t seem real. “I will never ever see his […]