Tomas Rodriguez/Corbis/Getty Images If you were a certain kind of kid going through the D.A.R.E. program in the ’90s, you very likely lived a good chunk of your childhood believing you were one peer-pressured joint away from a crack addiction and living on the streets. But even after those sensational fears ultimately ebbed (and for...
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has joined with five other governing medical bodies to sue the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Secretary Robert Kennedy for “acting arbitrarily and capriciously” in its unilateral change to Covid-19 vaccine recommendations for pediatric and pregnant patients. Kennedy and HHS, they...
StockPlanets/E+/Getty Images There’s a good chance you’ve encountered a news article, politician, or tech-bro expressing concern about (or downright catastrophizing) declining birth rates. Donald Trump declared himself “the fertilization president” while issuing a (toothless) executive order seeking to expand IVF, and has floated the idea of a $5,000 “baby bonus.” At a March for Life...
South_agency/E+/Getty Images For new parents, it’s only ever a matter of time before someone — a family member, co-worker, friend, or stranger on the street — asks the inevitable question: “So when are you going to have another?” It’s usually followed up with (or even posed as) “When are you going to give [your child]...