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Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, sexually transmitted disease cases have reached record highs. Today on Wellness Wednesday, we learn about the surge in cases and what can be done to confront the issue. We’ll also discuss how poverty and the turmoil of the pandemic have combined to create a mental health crisis among low-income school students.

As the medical community scrambles to learn more about the omicron variant, two new COVID-19 pills show promise in working against all versions of the virus. We discuss the latest on COVID and more on Wellness Wednesday.

Supply chain disruptions, inflation as well as the ongoing impact of COVID-19 are creating a confluence of crises for the holiday season. We’ll look at how they’ll affect the holiday shopping and gift-giving season.

Juneteenth refers to June 19, 1865, when U.S. Army Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that slavery was over in the state. Juneteenth is now celebrated across the U.S. We look at the history of emancipation and the ongoing conversation on the legacy of slavery in the U.S.

The United States has a new holiday every June 19 to mark the end of slavery in 1865. We talk about the origins of Juneteenth in Texas with Texas-native and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Annette Gordon-Reed.

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the country in children, another virus is making kids sick in unusually large numbers: respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV. On Wellness Wednesday we look at what’s behind the surge of RSV.

Juneteenth refers to June 19, 1865, when U.S. Army Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that slavery was over in the state. Juneteenth is now celebrated across the U.S. We look at the history of emancipation and the ongoing conversation on the legacy of slavery in the U.S.

People with disabilities are at the greatest risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19 but still face a raft of barriers to vaccinations and booster shots. On Today's Wellness Wednesday, we address the vaccination challenges for people with disabilities.

The sport of bodybuilding emerged in the 19th century, but didn’t enter the zeitgeist until the late 1970s with the release of the part-real, part-scripted documentary Pumping Iron.

In his new book, The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town, author and journalist Brian Alexander examines the grim realities facing America’s medical industry. Alexander offers a blueprint for the crisis we’re in, a crisis exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.