What’s next for IVF patients in Alabama?
Joe Sohm/Getty Images(MONTGOMERY, Al.) — More than a week after the Alabama Supreme Court upended in vitro fertilization access in the state with its ruling that frozen embryos are considered children, increasing public outcry has spurred hope for leg…
Physicians share concerns over IVF treatments pausing after Alabama court ruling
ABC News(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — Dr. Beth Malizia, an Alabama physician, went through 12 years of training to provide patients with fertility care. But the doctor and co-owner of Alabama Fertility says her hands are tied after the Alabama Supreme Court is…
Small study shows a possible reason some long COVID patients experience ‘brain fog’
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — According to a new study published in Nature Neuroscience, researchers at Trinity College in Ireland used blood tests to measure certain biological markers and specialized brain images to discover that long C…
Children’s MMR vaccine rate drops 2%, 250,000 kindergarteners vulnerable to measles: CDC
Courtney Perry/For the Washington Post(NEW YORK) — National MMR coverage has dropped 2% from the 2019-2021 school year to the 2022-2023 school year, which means approximately 250,000 kindergartners are at risk for measles infection around the country,…
Nearly 3 million asthma attacks could be prevented among children with cleaner energy: Report
P Deliss/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Nearly three million asthma attacks in children could be prevented by 2050 if the United States transitioned to electric vehicles and clean power, according to a new report published Wednesday.Researchers from the Ame…
Women get same exercise benefit as men, with less effort, study finds
Guido Mieth/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A new study not only confirms known research that regular physical activity can prolong life and lower a person’s risk of dying, it also finds that women experience greater benefits from exercise than men do, at lo…
Alabama Supreme Court ruling raises questions about IVF access
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Experts are speaking out after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday that frozen embryos qualify as people under state law, a decision that critics say could threaten families’ access to fertility treatments in…
Sixth case of measles linked to Florida elementary school outbreak
DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The number of measles cases linked to an elementary school outbreak in South Florida has risen to six.The outbreak at Manatee Bay Elementary School in Weston — 20 miles west of Fort Lauderda…
Medical experts sound the alarm on growing diabetic amputations among Black patients
Sorrasak Jar Tinyo/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — In operating rooms across the country, more and more diabetics are receiving amputations due to complications from type-2 diabetes.The life-altering procedures are more common among Black and Latino patients…
FDA approves Xolair, first medicine for kids, adults with food allergies
ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Xolair as the first and only medicine for people with one or more food allergies after the clinical trial data for the injectable asthma medication showed it helped…