Getting your period for the first time can be an exciting, albeit nerve-wrecking, experience. It's no surprise, then, that a girl's period party is going viral online. On Jan. 9, Autumn Jenkins, 17, ...

While struggling with homelessness as a teen, Nadya Okamoto discovered the biggest challenge of their living situations: "The unaddressed natural need of periods." That’s why Okamoto started ...

Newsweek's "Heroes of the Pandemic" series features everyday heroes showing service, sacrifice or kindness in the time of COVID-19. In mid-March, much like the rest of the world, my life seemed to ...

Everyone's period is slightly different, and odds are, you have a good sense of what's normal for you. But when things start to deviate outside the norm — like a period that starts and stops — it's ...

The average woman loses about two to three tablespoons of blood during her period. The menstrual blood is partly blood and partly tissue from the endometrial lining on the inside of the uterus. It ...

Tina Muir is opening up about the emotional impact of quitting running to get her period back Professional runner Tina Muir decided two months ago that she would stop running and veer away from her ...

It might be years, even decades since you started your period, but I'm sure you can still remember the cyclone of emotions and the confusion that came with it. Officially entering puberty is a ...

It felt a little like a badge of honour, being one of the first in your class to start your period. Not only because A) it basically made you a real woman, but also because B) it usually meant ...