(OKLAHOMA CITY) -- It will now be a felony to perform an abortion in Oklahoma under a bill signed into law Tuesday by Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt. The bill passed in the state House last week without any debate after passing the Senate last year. Under the bill, any medical…
(NEW YORK) -- A 27-year-old New York man can walk less than two years after being paralyzed when he was hit by a car while on a bicycle. Cory Moses, of Brooklyn, was on his way to meet his then-partner on Oct. 25, 2020, when he said someone in a…
(PHILADELPHIA) -- Philadelphia has become the first major U.S. city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate, following an increase in COVID-19 infections, in recent weeks. Beginning April 18, masks will be required in all indoor public spaces, including schools, child care settings, businesses, restaurants and government buildings. "I sincerely wish…
(NEW YORK) -- As COVID-19 cases continue to tick up in the United States, the Northeast appears to be fueling the increase. Four of the five states with the highest seven-day case rates per 100,000 are in the Northeast. In the 10 states with the highest seven-day rates, seven are…
(NEW YORK) -- April 11-17, 2022, is Black Maternal Health Week, a time to put a spotlight on and have a national conversation about Black maternal health in the U.S., according to Black Mamas Matter Alliance, a nonprofit organization that founded the initiative five years ago. Naomi, a 37-year-old Black…
(LOS ANGELES) -- COVID-19 cases are rising in Los Angeles County as the BA.2 variant continues to spread throughout the United States. Data from the L.A. County Department of Public Health shows 1,088 new cases of the virus were recorded Thursday with a seven-day rolling average of 841 new cases per…
(NEW YORK) -- Despite a recent increase in COVID-19 breakthrough infections, an updated report illustrates the significant impact the nation's vaccine campaign has had in preventing millions of virus-related deaths, hospitalizations and infections. The U.S. COVID-19 vaccine program is now estimated to have prevented 2.2 million deaths, 17 million hospitalizations and…
(NEW YORK) -- Clea Shearer, co-founder of The Home Edit, a home organizing company, announced she has breast cancer and shared a message encouraging women to be their own advocates when it comes to their health. Shearer, a Nashville, Tennessee-based mom of two, shared on Instagram Thursday that she was…
(NEW YORK) -- Being infected with COVID-19 raises the risk of developing serious blood clots, a new study suggests. An international team of researchers from Sweden, the United Kingdom and Finland compared more than 1 million people in Sweden with a confirmed case of the virus between February 2020 and…
(BOSTON) -- A Massachusetts toddler who weighed just over one pound when she was born at 25 weeks is home after spending the first 19 months of her life hospitalized. Bradi Foster, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, was greeted with cheers and bubbles from her doctors and nurses when she left Franciscan…
