menstrual cycles

When the COVID-19 vaccines were first administered, some people who received their shot noticed a change in their menstrual cycles. Now a dataset from a fertility app called Natural Cycles shows vaccinated people did experience a longer cycle, but that change is temporary. Dr. Hugh Taylor, chair of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the Yale School of Medicine, explains...

One of the first studies to track whether COVID-19 vaccination might affect women’s periods is offering reassuring findings.

Watch a video preview of episode 4 of the sports podcast My New Favorite Olympian with beach volleyball player Alix Klineman. Subscribe and listen to the full episode on your favorite podcast app.

Watch 2020 Olympic beach volleyball player Alix Klineman talk about how she is using her Olympic platform to have a candid conversation about female athletes and their menstrual cycles in this full video interview from episode 4 of the My New Favorite Olympian podcast.

For elite athletes, understanding your body is part of the job. But for menstruating athletes, that knowledge often stops at how periods and hormonal cycles affect athletic performance. That’s why beach volleyball star and Olympian Alix Klineman is doing all she can to destigmatize conversations about women’s hormones and health.

In Episode 4 of the sports podcast “My New Favorite Olympian,” we interview volleyball star Alix Klineman about women’s health, hormones and why it’s important to destigmatize periods.