34+ min ago  (934+ words) For decades, soccer in the United States carried a reputation as a sport many Black children couldn't easily access. Unlike basketball or football, which are often rooted in schools and local communities, youth soccer increasingly became associated with expensive club…...

11+ hour, 58+ min ago  (600+ words) Maternal vaccines take advantage of a natural biological pipeline, called transplacental antibody transfer, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). If a pregnant woman is injected with a harmless protein (inactivated) or an m RNA molecule (safe), her immune…...

21+ hour, 17+ min ago  (656+ words) Partly, yes, but not in the way many people assume. The first COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-Bio NTech and Moderna leaned on existing m RNA platforms, huge funding and overlapping trials. Computational tools helped with parts of the work, such as…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (900+ words) Malignant cells usually first invade the myometrium (muscular wall surrounding the uterus) if the cancer is not detected and treated early. There, the tumour cells invade and actively spread to adjacent pelvic organs such as the fallopian tubes and the…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (569+ words) The Obama Presidential Center opened with a ceremony that included speeches from Michelle and Barack Obama. The former first lady used the first part of her speech to acknowledge the couple's daughters, Malia and Sasha, who joined them on stage…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (582+ words) Eliminating the Department of Education has long been a right-wing goal, and the Trump administration has steadily been attempting to do so since taking office. Now, the administration has moved closer to stripping the department of its authority as it…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (855+ words) As Juneteenth celebrations take place across the country this week, many Americans will attend festivals, community gatherings and cookouts commemorating June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, were finally informed of their freedom. Yet as Juneteenth has…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (321+ words) New Orleans rapper Mystikal was sentenced to 20 years in prison in connection with his 2022 rape case. On Tuesday, the "Danger" rapper, Michael Lawrence Tyler, 55, appeared before a judge in the 23rd Judicial District Court in Gonzales, Louisiana, after pleading guilty to…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (357+ words) But as officials urge residents to stay alert, the storm is also shining a light on a longstanding reality: The communities most vulnerable to flooding are often the same communities that have historically received the fewest resources to prevent and…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (548+ words) It could be argued that summer is the best time to be in New York City. After months of rushing between destinations and enduring below-freezing temperatures, New Yorkers return to parks, brownstone stoops and apartment-building rooftops. People linger a little…...