Health

In the latest episode of her new podcast, Michelle Obama opened up about her experience with menopause and shared how husband and former President Barack Obama tended to react to hot flashes. While some may shy away from discussing things like…

Despite guidance from public health officials, wearing mask out in public has become a divisive and, sometimes, violent subject. This week, a teen worker for Sesame Place allegedly got punched in the face after asking a man and woman visiting the…

If you’re afraid to laugh or sneeze in public, you’re not the only one. But urinary incontinence is actually super common, and thankfully, that means there are lots of bladder leakage products for women both online and in stores — and they're not…

Have you ever had a day when you were super busy — rushing from meeting to meeting, picking the kids up from school or daycare, running to the grocery store, getting other errands and chores done — only to realize you haven't peed for hours?…

In an attempt to make the case for schools reopening, President Trump reiterated the false idea this week that children are somehow immune to COVID-19. “It’s also a case where there’s a tiny fraction of death, tiny fraction, and they get better very…

Despite a new report finding that COVID-19 cases among children have risen by 90%, President Donald Trump continued to minimize the coronavirus' impact on kids on Monday. While speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Trump said he still…

As conversations on how exactly to safely send kids back to school this fall continue, a new report has found that COVID-19 cases in children are on the rise. In the last four weeks, pediatric COVID-19 cases in the United States have jumped 90%,…

As a mom, you go above and beyond to make sure your baby is as healthy as possible. But your child could still be missing out on some key nutrients — vitamin D in particular. That's why you need to know the symptoms of vitamin D deficiency in…

Those first three months of pregnancy — otherwise known as the first trimester — can be tough. All of sudden, your body starts changing shape and you're feeling all types of sensations that are pretty out of the ordinary for you. As you start going…

Be sure to check your refrigerator's fruit drawer and your kitchen's produce basket. This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a voluntary recall on select potatoes, lemons, limes, and oranges because they may be contaminated…

As summer draws to a close, schools and care centers across the United States are making a difficult decision — should kids return to school physically or do virtual learning? There are so many questions, but a lot of parents' biggest worry is what…

For some women, pregnancy makes them pretty "thirsty," and that's a perfectly common symptom. For others, intercourse is the furthest thing from their mind, which is also understandable. If you’re up for getting down though, is there a time it's not…

For many women, it's not until you start trying to conceive that you become hyper aware of your body, your cycle, and how that might affect your chances of conception. Like, has your period always been irregular, or can trying to conceive cause…

After Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos praised a private school system for reopening, one of its campuses in Wake Forest, North Carolina has a fourth grade class under a 14-day quarantine. Thales Academy, a group of…

You take your dog on a walk and do your best to socially distance from neighbors on the street, but dogs being dogs, your pup finds its way to another person who excitedly welcomes it and gives it a few scratches and pets. It's all a very kind and…

Your family has likely been cooped up in the house for months, and you may be looking for ways to break the routine and go have some much-needed fun outside. If your kind of fun involves rollercoasters and cotton candy, however, then there are…

I have spent the past 15 years working on and writing about the epidemic of anxiety and depression affecting kids, but the past five months have been like nothing I’ve seen before. The pandemic has brought with it anxiety in adult and child alike —…

Between the coronavirus pandemic that's kept families across the world isolated from their loved ones, America's distressing history of systemic racism, and the Trump administration's "hypocrisy," Michelle Obama says her mental health has been…

Sixes Elementary School in Canton, Georgia, had only been reopened for in-person instruction for one day when a student tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, an entire second grade class and its teacher must now quarantine at home for two…