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10 Creative (and Healthy) Things You Can Do With Beans

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If you’ve ever spent time pondering what to do with that can of beans in your pantry, you’d be better off wondering what you can’t do. No matter what you’re cooking or baking, “the possibilities are endless,” says Maggie Michalczyk, a registered dietitian nutritionist in Chicago. You can add beans to almost anything. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] … Read more

Trump Administration Freezes Critical Title X Funding for 16 Organizations

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The Trump Administration is withholding millions of dollars allocated for family planning services from more than a dozen organizations. Enacted in 1970, the federal family planning program known as Title X makes millions of dollars available to clinics that provide health care services like birth control, cancer screenings, and STI testing for people from low-income … Read more

‘This is About Children’s Lives’: Gavi’s CEO Makes the Case for Funding the Global Vaccine Alliance

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Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, supplies vaccines to nearly half of the world’s children. For decades, governments, institutions, and private groups around the world have provided the funding it needs to buy, stockpile and distribute vaccines at reduced cost for lower and middle-resource countries. But leaked documents, first reported by the New York Times, reveal that … Read more

11 Questions to Ask on a First Date

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You could spend the hours before a date obsessing over your hair, makeup, or outfit. Or you could channel that energy into brainstorming what to ask the stranger you’re splitting a basket of breadsticks with to figure out if you might want to eat dinner together forever. “There’s so much disappointment in dating today, and … Read more

The Trump Administration Just Gutted U.S. Health Institutions. What Will That Mean for Americans?

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Employees of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) knew that mass layoffs would be coming on April 1. But many did not expect the cuts to be so deep—or the implications of the layoffs to be so potentially detrimental to the health and wellbeing of American families. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The layoffs came … Read more

The Surprising Health Benefits of Swearing

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Many of us try to suppress the urge to blurt out an expletive when something goes wrong. But the instinct may actually be useful: Research has found that using profanity can have beneficial effects on people’s stress, anxiety, and depression. In fact, there are numerous potential physical, psychological, and social perks related to the power … Read more

Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Luigi Mangione, Accused of Killing UnitedHealthcare CEO

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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday she has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4. Mangione, 26, faces separate federal and state murder charges for the killing. The federal charges include a charge … Read more

Layoffs Begin at U.S. Health Agencies That Track Disease and Regulate Food

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Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people. The notices come just days after President Donald Trump moved to strip workers of their collective bargaining rights at HHS and other agencies throughout the government. … Read more