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...
This wasn’t supposed to happen. The ultrasound tech, who started out chatting about her love of pottery sculpting and camper van travel, fell silent as her wand pressed firmly into my abdomen. Click, she snapped a photo. Then another. I squinted at the grainy image of my 30-week-old fetus on the monitor. What was she...
Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision/Getty Images Since COVID-19 vaccines became widely available, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that everyone aged 6 months and older receive an updated vaccine each year, similar to the flu shot. This recommendation was supported by every major medical authority, from the American Academy of Pediatrics to the Infectious...
AzmanL/E+/Getty Images In New York, where I live, cannabis is now as easy to find as a latte. Dispensaries line the streets like coffee shops. For many moms I know, myself included, it’s become a valuable tool for managing anxiety, chronic pain, insomnia, and the mental load of parenting. And yeah, recreationally, it’s great, too....