Health Care

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.

In 1976, House Republicans proposed the Hyde Amendment, which bans the use of federal funds from covering the cost of abortion care for poor and low-income

The strawberries. The strawberries are an issue, Julie Blackburn thought. It was March 2020, and a plethora of household staples had already become hard to

In late December, my mom told me she had just found out she would be getting the COVID-19 vaccine the following day. After months of worrying that my over-

The “baby boom” predicted at the beginning of the pandemic is now widely acknowledged to have been a baby bust. Though there was an assumption that peo

I know I’m not the only person who has been suffering from terrible back pain since last March. With many of us forced to work from makeshift desks a

Though the pill is still the most commonly prescribed method of birth control, intrauterine devices, or IUDs, are experiencing a historic rise in popularit

This year has brought with it a lot of amazing internet content — a good thing considering most of us have had to live our lives entirely online. In 2020

Before she’d reached age 35, Cara* had endured tumor-removal surgery, chemotherapy, a double mastectomy, and reconstructive surgery. “When you&

Three years ago, Allie Brudner was taking a shower when she noticed a lump in her left breast. “I brushed it off,” she remembers. “It was a crazy tim

They say admitting you need help is the first step to recovery. But what if you’ve already recovered? What if you’ve done everything in your po

Malone Mukwende’s eyes light up when he talks about why he wants to be a doctor. “Going to medical school came from a place of understanding that medic

Whether it’s a mosquito bite or an allergic reaction, itching can be annoying… especially when it’s your vulva or vagina that’s itching. While you