Health

Sydney Benes with head of security Nate Sanders at Sullivan’s Pub. Sanders said Benes is looking to press charges against the two men who pushed her chair down the stairs and damaged it. — Julia Zukowski (ERIE, Pa.) — Sydney Benes, a Mercyhurst University student whose unattended wheelchair was pushed down stairs in a viral […]

Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — On the third anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic, public health experts can point to clear instances where the United States succeeded in beating back the virus and others where it didn’t. Even as the virus continues to spread, data from the Centers for Disease […]

CARME PARRAMON/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Across the country, Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation that restricts transgender health care for minors. At least eight states have passed laws or policies restricting this care, and 23 more state legislatures are considering similar legislation of their own. Medical experts say that understanding transgender identities, gender dysphoria and […]

Hinterhaus Productions/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — More than 40,000 graduating medical students learned Friday where they will spend the next three to seven years of their medical training. With the United States grappling with a simultaneous shortage of primary care physicians and a rural health care crisis, many of the graduating students are set to enter […]

ELISA WELLS/PLAN C/AFP via Getty Images (AMARILLO, Texas) — A ruling is expected to come down from a federal judge in Texas Wednesday that could see an abortion medication being taken off the market in the United States. The lawsuit, filed by Alliance Defending Freedom – a Christian conservative legal advocacy group – has asked […]

WLADIMIR BULGAR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For Meredith Schorr, a registered nurse, working in the medical field during the coronavirus pandemic, took both a mental and physical toll. “I wasn’t thinking about how to integrate vegetables and fruit into my diet but rather, how am I going to save this person’s life,” Schorr, […]

Doug van Kampen, van Kampen Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sandwiches have long been a staple on American lunch menus, piled high with deli meats and toppings tucked between fluffy yet hearty bread. While there are certainly ways to make sandwiches more healthy, some may still kick nutrition to the curb. As the Wall Street […]

Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new report suggests the virus that causes COVID-19 may be linked to raccoon dogs that were illegally being sold at a wet seafood market in China. First reported in The Atlantic, a team of scientists from around the world announced Thursday they believe the virus, SARS-CoV-2, originated at the […]

Darwin Fan/Getty Images (SALT LAKE CITY) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has signed a bill into law banning abortion clinics in the state, making it the latest to restrict the procedure since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Cox, a Republican, signed H.B. 467 after it passed the state Senate on March 2 and […]

Shannon Fagan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new double lung transplant technique was successful for two patients with lung cancer, Northwestern Medicine announced. The hospital said it’s leveraging that success into a new clinical program that will offer transplants to patients with end-stage lung cancer. “Every morning when I open my eyes, like, I just […]