Health Care

Caribbean households are known for obscure nicknames. Growing up, mine was (and still is) Longers. My dad says I was given this name because it took me age

“I have a lot of goals in life,” says Charity, a high-energy 18-year-old, based in Missouri. In fact, she already has her post-college plans mapped out

In public schools in Florida, books are banned and you better not talk about your period. A year after Gov. Ron DeSantis (FL–R.) signed into law the

“Am I going to die early?” I say out loud for the first time in my life. I’m not in a doctor’s office or a hospital — I’m on Zoom with a scient

Jasmine Young was just eight years old when she noticed a cluster of pea-sized bumps underneath her right armpit. The painful, pus-filled lumps came and we

In an era that’s brought us self-driving cars, AI technology, and the metaverse, it seems thoroughly antiquated that we’re still hiding our tampons up

Laying on my back, spread eagle in front of a person I just met is never how I want my stories to start, but alas, that was the beginning of one of the mos

Nearly two years ago, 22-year-old Shelby Doderlein woke up in the middle of the night from severe pain in her left side — this debilitating, hurt-to-the-

This is the second installment in a three-part series about being prescribed ketamine treatment for a traumatic brain injury. You can read the first instal

In the past week, data has shown how the monkeypox outbreak has been disproportionately impacting Black and brown folks in the LGBTQ+ community in the U.S.

In the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade, if you believe in abortion, reproductive health, or myriad other human rights, you may be feeling, well, a lot.

On May 1, my biggest concerns were getting ready for prom and passing my AP tests. By the next night, my priorities were drastically different. A draft opi

Johanna Muy has enjoyed helping others since she was a child. A former volunteer crafts teacher, Muy became a promotora at New York’s Grameen Promotoras

On September 15, 2021, Madi* found herself in the bathroom of her sorority house, holding a positive pregnancy test. The first thought that went through he

Well, it happened. Amid rapidly rising COVID-19 case numbers, your coworker or roommate or friend just tested positive. You’re vaccinated, though, an

Ciara is taking a crucial step to raise awareness about cervical cancer and the disproportionate rates of advanced-stage diagnoses among Black people. In h

People tend to dole out a lot of unsolicited advice to pregnant people, and sometimes it can be hard to cut through the noise in order to make the right de

Tired of the UK government's smoke screens when it comes to decriminalizing cannabis, these Black British women are demanding answers now.