H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile RF/Getty Images Every year, the Social Security Administration releases a hulking list of the 1,000 most popular names given to new babies the previous year. And in 2024’s report, there were some clear trends pushing unique new names higher onto the charts than ever before. One of them is what we’re calling...
John E. Davidson/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images Adriana Smith died more than three months ago. The 30-year-old mother and nurse learned, too late, that her brain was full of blood clots. Surgery to address the issue was unsuccessful, and she was declared braindead. But while brain death is the legal and medical definition of being dead,...
Bloomberg/Bloomberg/Getty Images During a meeting of the Senate Hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) fiscal year 2026 budget, Secretary Robert Kennedy stated his intention to oversee a “complete review” of the so-called abortion pill mifepristone after expressing concerns regarding its safety. The secretary’s apprehension regarding mifepristone is based, in part, he...
AzmanL/Getty Images A few years ago, we had our first child: a daughter. Having grown up in a family with all brothers (and, as you may have guessed, always wishing for a sister), I was both surprised and delighted when I found out we would be having a girl. Obviously, we had no expectations of...