Bill Oxford/iStock (NEW YORK) — All adults in the United States are eligible for COVID-19 vaccines starting Monday, with all 50 states and Washington, D.C., meeting the April 19 deadline President Joe Biden had set for opening eligibility. Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Read More
ShotShare/iStock (NEW YORK) — Some women are describing temporary changes in their menstrual cycles after taking a COVID-19 vaccine, experts in the medical community are reporting. With nearly 30% of U.S. adults fully vaccinated, scientists and doctors still Read More
Bill Oxford/iStock (NEW YORK) — Half of Americans over 18 have received at least one COVID-19 vaccination shot, according to data released Sunday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were close to 130 million adults in the country who received Read More
LumiNola/iStock (NEW YORK) — Regina Townsend, 39, of Chicago, said that as a Black child and then as a young Black woman, she never heard discussions of infertility and in vitro fertilization among her family and friends. When she had difficulty getting pregnant Read More
turk_stock_photographer/iStock (JACKSON, Miss.) — When winter storms swept throughout the South in mid-February, millions of people lost power and water for days. One of the cities hit hardest was Jackson, Mississippi. The capital city of Mississippi went without Read More
Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine still on pause in the U.S. after reports of a rare but severe blood clotting disorder in a small number of the roughly 7 million people who’ve Read More
PinkOmelet/iStock (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 has taken the lives of more than 565,000 Americans and counting. Those we’ve lost come from all backgrounds and include the very people — first responders and medical staff — who have been working on the Read More
narvikk/iStock (NEW YORK) — When Kristi Escobar was offered an appointment to get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine last Monday, she wondered if she should wait for another option. J&J was the newest of the three vaccines available. And there had been a recent Read More
Andrea Bell (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) — As COVID-19 vaccines have rolled out and the world begins to slowly reopen, a Michigan mother is encouraging others to continue living with caution as her child fights the virus. “This is serious and it’s killing Read More
MivPiv/iStock (NEW YORK) — The Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause, likely to last another seven to 10 days while a federal advisory committee evaluates a possible link to a rare but severe blood clotting disorder, may deal a blow to vulnerable populations — Read More
