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On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could restrict access to mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication...
On March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court will finally hear oral arguments over the safety of mifepristone — the first drug used in a medication abortion....
Earlier this month, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Texas law that requires parental consent for minors to obtain contraception. A...
For nearly three months now, Kate Middleton, the future queen consort of England, has taken a step back from the royal spotlight. The princess made...
Next Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will finally hear a case about mifepristone — the first drug used in a medication abortion. A ruling in favor...
As winter comes to an end, COVID-19 cases are waning. But that doesn’t mean that the country is in the clear in regards to illness. Another...
Time and time again, public health officials say childhood obesity is a serious problem in the United States. Dr. Christopher F. Bolling, a retired...
Four years ago, the world went into lockdown as cases of a novel virus named SARS-CoV-2 began to climb. In the early days, this meant people barely...
This week, a team with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) arrived in Chicago to assist in the response to the measles outbreak....
For years, mass shootings have dominated headlines in the United States. Despite tragedy after tragedy occurring, it seems as if the country has got...
At the end of this month, an Idaho labor and delivery unit will shutter its doors. It's not exactly an anomaly, being the third such closure in the...
Following the chaos that unfolded when Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled frozen embryos are legally children, many are watching a bill in Iowa closely...
This week brought a bright light to an otherwise darkening landscape in reproductive autonomy in the United States. For the first time in U.S....
Last Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made a major change to its COVID-19 quarantine guidance. The public health agency...
Two weeks after facing a backlash when Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled frozen embryos are legally children, Alabama lawmakers scrambled to put...
Two weeks after facing a backlash when Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled frozen embryos are legally children, Alabama lawmakers scrambled to put...
On the last day of July in 2023, Planned Parenthood performed its final abortion in the state of Indiana. It was the day before the state would begin...
For the first time in U.S. history, an oral contraceptive pill will be available to purchase over-the-counter, without a prescription. In July 2023,...
It's well-documented that genetics play a role in the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD), a brain disorder that causes dementia through...
Scientists recently noticed three new moons lingering around Uranus and Neptune, which are the most distant planets in our solar system. Precisely,...
For many people, COVID-19 can be a relatively mild infection. For many others, it is not. For someone who is living with so-called long COVID, in...
When Brittany Stuart and her husband weren’t having success trying to conceive, they started to explore their options. From adoption to in vitro...
When Brittany Stuart and her husband weren’t having success trying to conceive, they started to explore their options. From adoption to in vitro...
Even while the COVID-19 vaccines have been hailed as one of the greatest achievements in modern science, they have been swirled in misinformation...
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new study that found women giving birth in the U.S. are three times more likely...
Last weekend, the Super Bowl made history by being the most watched broadcast since the 1969 moon landing. Yes, it was quite the nail-biter of a...
The arc of a biological female’s life is often defined by milestones involving her uterus. A first period. A first pregnancy. A first birth. All of...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may soon remove its five-day isolation guidance for people who are infected with COVID-19,...
In the 2010s, startup companies in Silicon Valley became known for not only their product innovation, but for revolutionizing office culture as well....
For 15 years, the state of Texas has seen a steady decline in teen pregnancies. This is a big deal, as The Lone Star state has remained a place with...
This week, the peer-reviewed science journal Sage Journals retracted three controversial abortion studies, two of which have been frequently cited by...
Pandemics have always been a major part of human history, they still dominate our present to some degree, and it would be prudent to prepare for them...
For better or worse, TikTok and Instagram have become spaces where health information is not only exchanged, but also a place to sell and promote...
Though the COVID-19 pandemic has largely faded from the public mind, infections are still very common and not always benign like the flu. There is a...
Twenty years ago, seeing the letters "GF" on a menu could have been easily mistaken for “good food.” But today, it is the near-universally...
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court set a date for one of the highest stakes cases on abortion care this year: accessibility to mifepristone, commonly...
Last week, a Tennessee Republican lawmaker proposed legislation that could imprison any adult who "recruits, harbors or transports" a pregnant minor...
A popular '70s-era sitcom is once again being used to promote vaccine misinformation. On Instagram, a momfluencer known for promoting “medical...
For years, Dr. Samuel Dickman was an abortion provider in Texas. Currently, he works as the chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood in Montana....
When the COVID-19 vaccines first hit the market, there was little to no vaccine safety data for pregnant women. That’s because the manufacturers...
Fifty-one years ago this week, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution protected a person’s right to choose to have an abortion....
Over the last four years, Angela Meriquez Vázquez has faced a long list of health scares and conditions, any of which could have had a profound...
Hours after giving birth, I sat in my hospital bed holding my newborn as a nurse massaged my breasts. Squeezing each one from top to bottom, she was...
Traveling during the holidays comes with many risks — overbooked flights, delays, bad weather and exposure to COVID-19. And now, people can add...
In December, a four-year-old boy was killed in his parent's car in California. According to a report, the man who has now been charged with one count...
The coronavirus subvariant JN.1 continues to retain its status as the most dominant strain in the United States this year. According to CDC...
Parenting in the era of screens is no easy task. Screens are all around us, and there’s certainly no shortage of programming options for young kids....
When astronomers search for exoplanets, they’re not only trying to confirm if they exist — but they’re also trying to see if they can support...
Last week, a ruling in Texas stated that hospitals and emergency rooms in the state are exempt from having to perform life-saving abortions. "It’s...
When you think of tails, cats, dogs and mammals come to mind — not exoplanets. However, according to a new study published in The Astrophysical...