The U.S. surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes. In a Monday opinion piece in the The New York Times, Dr. Vivek Murthy said that social media is a contributing factor in the mental health crisis among young people. “It …
The mother of a 14-year-old Florida boy is suing an AI chatbot company after her son, Sewell Setzer III, died by suicide—something she claims was driven by his relationship with an AI bot. “There is a platform out there that you might not have heard about, but you need to know about it because, in …
Bleeding and in pain, Kyleigh Thurman didn’t know her doomed pregnancy could kill her. Emergency room doctors at Ascension Seton Williamson in Texas handed her a pamphlet on miscarriage and told her to “let nature take its course” before discharging her without treatment for her ectopic pregnancy. When the 25-year-old returned three days later, still …
As someone who has been married for 38 years, Marilyn Chinitz knows a thing or two about love. Chinitz also happens to be the one people come to when they’re no longer in love: she’s a matrimonial and family lawyer based in New York at Blank Rome. “A lot of couples have a problem that …
Olympic track star Allyson Felix is headed to Paris this week—but not to compete on the track as she did for the last two decades. Felix, the most decorated Olympian in track and field with 11 medals, will instead be traveling with her family of four to launch the Olympic Village’s inaugural nursery to support …
The city of South Burlington, Vt.—home to Vermont’s one major airport, Lake Champlain sunsets, and 20,000 residents—has been deemed the Safest City in America by WalletHub, according to its 2024 Safest Cities in America list, released on Oct. 7. The full top 10 list is as follows: South Burlington, Vt. Casper, Wyo. Warwick, R.I. Burlington, …
Sexual predators. Addictive features. Self-harm and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing with on social media — and children’s advocates and lawmakers say companies are not doing enough to protect them. On Wednesday, the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other social media companies …
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are getting a divorce after just two years of marriage— déjà vu, as the celebs broke off an engagement more than two decades ago, before rekindling their romance in 2021 and getting married a year later. “Bennifer,” as the duo is known, is the epitome of the modern on-again-off-again-on-again relationship …
Across the globe, male sperm count is on the decline—a decades-long drop that has been alternately blamed on pesticides, heavy metals, obesity, and potentially microplastics. More worrying, the decline seems to be speeding up—by the calculations of one male fertility founder, sperm counts have fallen by 50% to 60% over the last four decades. “’Spermpocalypse’ …
In the wake of news that some tampons have been found to contain toxic metals such as lead and arsenic, many women who menstruate find themselves asking: Now what? After all, between 52% and 85% of people with periods in the United States use tampons, according to the July 12 study, conducted by the University …