Health

Have you made a plan for when that day comes? — In a perfect world, we will all live peacefully in our homes until our last day. But what if you can’t? What if you get sick, fall, or have an accident and there is no one there to help you? What happens next? Last week, someone doing a wellness check…

Bananas are a staple in my kitchen. I buy them when they’re yellow or with a few brown spots — that’s when they’re the perfect kind of ripe for freezing and recipes. 5 Ways to Use Up Ripe Bananas Freeze for banana “nice” cream, smoothies, and smoothie bowls Caramelized bananas in oatmeal Chocolate chip banana bread waffles…

After a grueling six-day hospital stay while seven months pregnant, I was forced to grapple with how scary is to be a Black pregnant woman. No, it’s not Black Maternal Health Week, but earlier this month, I was reminded of the grim statistics that Black women face when it comes…

A fringe group of TikTokers is using transphobic language to express anti-vaccine views. — Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-vax content has found its way to various social media platforms, and TikTok is no exception. But one phrase in particular has reached the app, and experts say it’s merging anti-vaccine messaging with transphobia. The term “transvaccinated” has been plastered across graphic T-shirts sold on ecommerce…

We walk with our keys out at night, always looking over one shoulder. We text our friends when we take a taxi alone. We share our locations with loved ones so they can find us if we go missing. We walk the streets with the brightest lights, or we don’t…