Saquaya Ruffin didn't know what an abortion doula was until the clinic staff asked if she wanted one.Her mother came with her to the appointment at Planned Parenthood in New York, but she wasn't going to be allowed in the…
Vaccine coverage continued to decline worldwide in 2021, with 25 million children missing out on lifesaving vaccines, according to data published Thursday by the World Health Organization and UNICEF."The largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in approximately 30 years has…
No amount of alcohol is healthy if you are younger than 40, mostly due to alcohol-related deaths by auto accidents, injury and homicide, according to a new global study.If you are 40 or older without underlying health conditions, however, the…
As a global outbreak of monkeypox continues to grow, public health officials are stressing the importance of education in fighting the virus."This is an outbreak that can be stopped if countries, communities and individuals informed themselves, take the risk seriously…
Wednesday was the deadline for the US Food and Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products to take action on popular synthetic nicotine products, but the agency stopped short of the drastic moves demanded by lawmakers and anti-tobacco advocates.Synthetic nicotine is…
The number of monkeypox vaccine doses distributed across the United States has more than tripled since last week, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services, but supply falls far short of demand -- and short of the…
Once again, Covid-19 seems to be everywhere. If you feel caught off-guard, you aren't alone.After the Omicron tidal wave washed over the United States in January and the smaller rise in cases in the spring caused by the BA.2 subvariant,…
The highly transmissible Omicron subvariant BA.5 represents at least 65% of new Covid-19 infections in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infections are rising in most parts of the country, and these numbers…
Suicide is a leading cause of death among children and adults, but spotting risk factors and warning signs isn't easy.Nearly 46,000 people in the United States died by suicide in 2020, which is about one death every 11 minutes, according…
The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized Novavax's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in adults. It is the fourth coronavirus vaccine available in the United States, and it uses a different type of vaccine technology than the shots…
The White House's Covid-19 response team sent a clear message to the nation this week on the spread of the Omicron subvariant BA.5 and the importance of second vaccine booster doses for adults over the age of 50."If you have…
After a US Supreme Court draft decision on Roe v. Wade was leaked in May, Dr. Joshua Trebach noticed a disturbing turn in the online conversation around abortion."I started seeing things on social media, things like TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,…
In clarifying guidance announced Wednesday, the Biden administration says federal law does not allow pharmacies to turn away people who have a prescription for a drug that may end a pregnancy.The US Health and Human Services Department Office for Civil…
A backpack, lunch box, crayons and at least 10 hours of sleep each night are all things children need to get off to a good start in kindergarten, according to a new study.Researchers monitored sleep duration of kindergarteners over four…
There is a crisis in teen mental health, and schools in many countries are exploring different ways to make young people more resilient.However, a UK-based research project, the largest of its kind on the subject, has suggested mindfulness training in…
A surgical team transplanted a heart from a genetically modified pig into a deceased human as part of a research study, researchers with NYU Langone Health announced Tuesday.The procedure was the first of its kind and represents an advance in…
Years of progress the United States had made in fighting drug-resistant infections were largely erased during the Covid-19 pandemic, with hospital-acquired infections and resulting deaths growing 15% in 2020.A special report released Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control…
Even as we look forward to enjoying this summer, the youth mental health crisis, mass shootings and political polarization have plunged many into distress and despair.Anxiety and depression remain significantly higher than before the pandemic, surveys show, and both of…
In new clarifying guidance announced Monday, the Biden administration said that federal law preempts state abortion bans when emergency care is needed and that the federal government can penalize institutions or providers that fail to provide abortions as needed to…
Often when Dr. Thomas Valley sees a new patient in the intensive care unit at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, he clamps a pulse oximeter on their finger -- one of the many devices he uses to gauge their health…
