On March 29, the Food and Drug Administration approved over-the-counter sales of Narcan, making it the first opioid overdose treatment...

[CW: This article contains mentions of self-harm/suicide and sexual violence.] “Adults don’t get all the pressure that teenage girls have...

“I’m not going to be able to do anything more… this is my only option,” a single working-mother of three told a phone counselor at the...

A year ago, living in a country without the right to an abortion felt more like a conservative pipe dream than a material possibility....

In 1967, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer purchased 40 acres of land in the Mississippi Delta. This plot was to be the headquarters...

The residents of Yazoo County, Mississippi were confronted with a danger the world had yet to witness in February 2020: a carbon dioxide...

The precedent-defying Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Clinic has reignited a conversation about sex education policy....

America’s favorite treat, sugar, is not as sweet as it seems. The sugar industry’s manipulation of a 1960s research review, published in...

In spring of this year, Tennessee legislators proposed a bill to create alternative legal pathways to marriage that left out an essential...

When we enter a grocery store, we are immediately bombarded with all sorts of buzzwords: “cage-free,” “free range,” “sustainable,” “grass...

Few public assistance programs in the United States have attracted as much political attention as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the most universally ratified human rights treaty in the history of the United...

Drug overdoses in the United States have grown enormously over the past five years. As a consequence, public health officials across the...

N95s, highly-protective masks that filter out at least 95 percent of airborne viral particles, are some of the most coveted products in...

50% of sexually active people will have at least one sexually transmitted infection by the age of 25. The frequency and severity of the...

For the busy American household with disposable income, the delivery meal kit is a dream come true. It arrives at your doorstep in an...

Meat (and its absence) is a hallmark of cultures all across the world. Hindus don’t eat beef, Muslims don’t eat pork, and a number of...

K-12 students are adapting to completing their curriculum from their bedrooms against the backdrop of the snowballing social, physical,...

Shut down borders, limit nonessential travel, and reduce density in shared spaces. Provide personal protective equipment, get tested, and...

There’s no riskier candidate for an influential position in the United States than a woman. Their chromosomes are proof of their lack of...