24 nifty tips to make 2024 even brighter
Surprising and creative ways to help boost your health and happiness in the new year.
Health & Safety
To help young people with #mentalhealth, researchers team up with TikTok influencers
Harvard professors wanted to flood social media with evidence-based information about conditions like anxiety and depression. So they turned to the people who already know how to go viral.
Supreme Court allows Idaho abortion ban to be enacted, first such ruling since Dobbs
Idaho's "Defense of Life Act" would would make it a crime for "every person who performs or attempts to perform an abortion," even when the woman's health is greatly endangered.
Flu and COVID are on the rise, but there are fewer severe COVID cases than last year
Flu is rising, and COVID levels are higher than last season's peak. But COVID hospitalizations and deaths are down. Nonetheless, COVID is still the most dangerous virus circulating.
In cities with sugary drink taxes, prices went up and purchases dropped
Cities that imposed taxes on sugary drinks saw prices rise and consumption fall by 33%. Research shows sugary drinks increase the risk of diet-related diseases.
FDA approves Florida's plan to import cheaper drugs from Canada
The Food and Drug Administration's authorization of Florida's plan to import prescription medicines from Canada is a first. But the state still has hurdles to clear before imports could begin.
The FDA has raised alarms about wellness IV treatments at unregulated med spas
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Erika Edwards, health reporter for NBC News, about the risks that unregulated intravenous treatments at med spas are posing to patients.
Trans families are migrating to Colorado so their kids can get gender-affirming care
Last year, 16 states banned some form of gender-affirming healthcare. That's prompting families of kids who need it to move to states where it remains legal, including Colorado.
This program could help lower maternal mortality rates for Black women in California
A group perinatal care program in Oakland is trying to lower the maternal mortality rates for Black women. State officials are looking into expanding it to more public hospitals in California.
Lots of people scarf down their food. Here's how to eat at a healthier pace
If you're working on building better eating habits in the new year, consider mindful eating, which asks us to slow down and notice our food.