Black women in the United States face unacceptably poor maternal health outcomes, including high death rates during pregnancy or childbirth. While pregnancy-related deaths have declined dramatically over the last century, further reductions are a vital public health priority. This is…

Grégoire Courtine and Jocelyne Bloch — Swiss Researchers — developed a spinal implant that allowed three paraplegic men to walk once again. The research data was published in Nature Medicine on Feb. 7, 2022. Three men with completely severed spinal…

President Joe Biden’s “Harm Reduction Plan” made headlines in February. This is just one of several steps taken by the administration and Health and Human Services (HHS) to reduce the harm drugs cause. At first glance, it appears the team…

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety communication warns people not to use the COVID-19 Direct Antigen Rapid Test distributed by E25Bio as it is not authorized, cleared, or approved by the agency due to lack of transparency by…

Prolific children’s author, illustrator, and painter, Ashley Bryan, has passed away at the age of 98. He is known for the title’s “Beautiful Blackbird,” “Freedom Over Me,” and “Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum.” The longtime Maine resident died “peacefully” on Feb….

Chicago’s Irish community is preparing to paint the city green in March as all three annual historic St. Patrick’s Day parades are set to return to the city. The parades have been on a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19…

There is no easy answer about having a police presence in schools. To make such decisions for a school, someone must ensure that students and their families are appropriately represented. Some of Chicago’s K-12 public schools lack proper representation to…

Despite pleas for an edit button, Twitter is rolling out a downvote reply feature to users on its website. Soon, they will offer the update to iOS and Android users. The idea is that over time, the algorithm would be…

Since January, 64 children have been injured by gun violence; 26 children have been killed. Every day in the United States, 316 people are shot; 106 are killed. Finally, people can agree that enough is enough. New York Mayor Eric…

In a two-year study, scientists have discovered that people who had the COVID virus were then vaccinated, and people who have been triple vaccinated have a high quality and quantity of antibodies. This study was published in the Nature Medicine…