Alejandra OConnell-Domenech

Rates of people seeking permanent contraception spiked after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, new research shows. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Boston University looked at rates of tubal ligations and vasectomies among 18- to 30-year-olds between 2019 and 2022 using the TriNetX platform and compared them with 2022...

Story at a glance Microschools have experienced a boom in popularity since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tiny schools, which have a median student body size of 16, have been described as a modern reinvention of the one-room school house, where children of varying ages receive personalized instruction from a teacher in...

Story at a glance Millennials have regained their former spot as the largest group of homebuyers in the United States, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released Tuesday. There has been a generational tug-of-war between Millennials and Baby Boomers for the top home-buying contingent for the past few years....

Story at a glance Cervical cancer rates, long on the decline, are climbing among low-income women in the United States. Cervical cancer was once the leading cause of death for American women, according to the American Cancer Society. But incidence and mortality rates for the disease have significantly dropped in recent decades thanks to...