Laura Norkin

Ambassador Deborah Birx, M.D., wakes up at 3:30 or 4 a.m. most days. That’s when the White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator begins reviewing data she receives overnight about COVID-19 infection rates across the country, on a county-by-county…

Wearing sunscreen is one of the most important things you can include in your beauty routine (and one of the easiest ways to protect your health), but still skin cancer rates are on the rise. "The earlier you can catch skin cancer, the easier it is…

You might call him a monster — a man, given power, authority, and access to women’s bodies, who abuses his position to almost unbelievable ends. He’s Larry Nassar, the USA Gymnastics doctor who molested more than 100 young athletes during so-called…

This is the only “bump” picture I have left. The rest were erased, in a purge that I thought would help me heal. I think sharing my story will help, too, and not just me. I want to shed some light around a “choice” I hope you continue to have the…

Last night my dinner was a single strip of leftover chicken katsu, consumed cold, while I stood in the glow of the open fridge. And for dessert: a bowl of fuchsia fruit-flavored cereal called Cheetah Chomps, which I ate in bed. I have the health…

Last Friday Irish citizens voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the country's constitution, making abortion legal. The historic referendum should mean the end of Irish women having to travel long distances to receive abortion care, which had been…

Hygge isn’t for everyone. I personally don’t understand how what is essentially a Pinterest board made up of 98 percent Anthropologie leads to better health and happiness. (There’s a good chance I have misinterpreted hygge.) But just as I thought…

When I was growing up, my black identity and my troubles with food were inextricably linked. In some ways, I'm still untangling them. As a black girl in a predominantly white area, the messages that my body was incorrect and I needed to change or…

While we’re all talking about Kesha’s tear-jerking performance or the wholesale snubbing of hip hop at the Grammy’s, there’s big news regarding abortion legislation that’s going relatively unnoticed. The "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Act” didn’t pass.…

In an episode exploring the boundaries of parental control, the Netflix series “Black Mirror” fudges the limits of emergency contraceptives. Episode 2 of the show’s fourth season brings us Marie (played by Rosemarie DeWitt). She is a nervous,…

It's been exactly one year to the day since the Supreme Court ruled in favor of abortion rights. That should be an auspicious occasion, one we might otherwise mark with some private moment of satisfaction, even celebration. Instead, we're seeing the…