(NEW YORK) -- For the first time, medication abortion now makes up the majority of abortions in the United States, according to data released Thursday by the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive rights organization. According to the institute's survey of known abortion providers in the U.S., 54% of abortions in 2020…
(NEW YORK) -- Yoga is practiced by tens of millions of people in the United States, but some practitioners are sounding the alarm about what they say is a dangerous spread of anti-science views, including around COVID-19. Laura Rose Schwartz said she grew so disturbed by what she saw and…
(NEW YORK) -- As the United States faces a growing mental health crisis among young people, spurred on by the coronavirus pandemic, a nonprofit organization focused on mental health in schools is increasing its efforts thanks to a $15 million donation from Mackenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon's Jeff Bezos.…
(ATLANTA) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its COVID-19 vaccine guidance on Tuesday to recommend that some Americans over the age of 12 who have received a first mRNA vaccine dose, wait up to eight weeks before getting their second dose, instead of the previously recommended three…
(ATLANTA) -- Maternal mortality rates in the U.S. rose during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and racial disparities that existed before the pandemic were perpetuated, according to a new report published Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report looked at data from the CDC's…
(WASHINGTON) -- Drugmakers Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline announced Wednesday they are planning to ask regulators to authorize their new COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The companies said data shows the shot works either as a primary vaccine, with 100% effectiveness against severe disease and hospitalization, or as a booster shot to raise antibody…
(FORT WORTH, Texas) -- A woman who survived three heart attacks in three days at age 40 is now leading an effort to make Black women aware of the risks of heart disease. Tara Robinson, of Fort Worth, Texas, is the founder of the Black Heart Association, a nonprofit organization…
(BURLINGTON, N.C.) -- A North Carolina couple became first-time parents on "Twosday." Aberli and Hank Spear welcomed their first child -- a girl they’ve named Judah Grace Spear -- on Feb. 22, 2022, at 2:22 a.m. at Cone Health Alamance Regional Medical Center in Burlington, North Carolina. “Everyone in the…
(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Music, conversation and the sound of glasses clinking are all part of a bar's atmosphere. The Sans Bar in Austin, Texas, offers the same experience with one big exception -- the glasses are not filled with alcohol. Chris Marshall opened Sans Bar in 2017 as a place…
(NEW YORK) -- A New Mexico infant is happy, healthy and thriving after beating the odds. Jari Lopez was just 9 inches and weighed only 11.5 ounces, lighter than an average loaf of bread, when he was born at 24 weeks on Feb. 22, 2021. The micro preemie now has…
