The 2025 Met Gala didn’t just make headlines—it made history with the theme “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” based on the recently published Met Museum book of the same name by Barnard College professor Dr. Monica L. Miller. Black Culture and Fashion Take Center Stage As Because of Them We Can reports, for the first time in […]
Final wardrobe preparations are being made for fashion’s biggest night. As NBC News reports, the Met Gala – held each year on the first Monday in May – is just a week away, and it will be providing celebrities with the most prestigious of red-carpeted runways – and staircases – to showcase the glamorous work of renowned […]
If it seems like everyone you know has been sick with the flu lately, you’re not alone. The United States is facing what seems to be one of the worst flu seasons in over 15 years. Doctor’s office visits for influenza and flu hospitalizations have reached the highest levels since the 2009-2010 swine flu pandemic […]
When Grant Fisher stepped off the track at Boston University on Feb. 14, it wasn’t entirely a shock that the American distance runner had just broken the world record for the indoor 5,000 meters. For one thing, he was in great shape. And as NBC News reports, only six days earlier, Fisher, 27, who was […]
Personalized mRNA vaccines show promise as pancreatic cancer treatment, a phase 1 clinical trial published last week in the journal Nature found. As NBC News reports, fewer than 13% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer live for more than five years, making it one of the deadliest types of cancer. That is, in part, because around 90% of cases are […]
The current measles outbreak in Texas has doubled to 48 cases in just one week — marking the state’s greatest outbreak of the virus in nearly 30 years — after children and teens in a “close-knit, undervaccinated” community became infected. As The New York Post reports, at least 13 people have been hospitalized in the Lone Star […]
Skyrocketing prices for eggs across the nation are only half the problem for consumers these days – egg rationing is here. With prices rising rapidly and showing no signs of slowing anytime soon, some of the nation’s biggest grocery store chains — including Trader Joe’s, Walmart and Costco — have begun limiting the amount of eggs […]
The blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy may help people cut back on drinking, new research published in JAMA Psychiatry suggests. As NBC News reports, in a study of around 228,000 people in Sweden who had alcohol use disorder, researchers found that people who were taking a GLP-1 drug like semaglutide were less likely to be hospitalized for alcohol-related […]
As a growing number of cats have gotten sick or died after consuming raw pet food or raw milk contaminated with the H5N1 virus, health officials have advised pet food companies to take extra precautions to protect against bird flu. In recent guidance, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suggested that pet food manufacturers take precautions in […]
The number of tuberculosis cases linked to an outbreak in the Kansas City area continues to swell, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. As NBC News reports the outbreak that began just a year ago was responsible for the deaths of two people in 2024 and as of Friday, at least 67 […]