ArtMarie/E+/Getty Images On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration — under the auspices of Robert Kennedy’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — issued a statement that the agency was initiating steps to remove ingestible fluoride supplements, though not fluoridated products like toothpaste or mouthwash, from the market. The move runs counter to recommendations...
kyonntra/E+/Getty Images At this point, we all know that parental leave in the United States is trash. We’re the only so-called “developed” country without guaranteed paid leave for new parents. The lucky few among us will have employers with generous leave policies. The less-but-still-kind-of lucky will be able to make use of the Family Medical...
TikTok When it comes to raising my children, I don’t know what I would have done without my mother’s advice. She was the veteran parent of four kids — some of us easier to raise than others — and it felt like there was nothing she didn’t know. Even in instances where her advice ultimately...
Halfpoint Images/Moment/Getty Images In 2023, NBC News released a tragic report that infant loungers — pillows intended for infants to rest on under parental supervision — were associated with 21 infant deaths from December 2015 to September 2021. Further investigation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) — which had been aware of issues with...