December 1, 2023
(MIT Technology Review) – Studies from 2019 and 2021 show that deepfakes—which are images convincingly manipulated by artificial intelligence, often by swapping in faces or voices from different pieces of media—are primarily used for pornography, overwhelmingly without the consent of … Read More
December 1, 2023
(ABC News) – Progress in women’s health since the 1960s is backsliding, with millennial and Gen Z women facing heightened risks to their physical well-being and safety compared to their moms or grandmothers, according to a report released on Thursday … Read More
November 28, 2023
(NPR) – On Tuesday, the Texas Supreme Court considered this question: Are the state’s abortion laws harming women when they face pregnancy complications? The case, brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights, has grown to include 22 plaintiffs, including 20 … Read More
November 24, 2023
(STAT News) – The spike in overdose deaths was especially high among women ages 35 to 44. In 2018, the rate was 4.9 overdose maternal deaths per 100,000 mothers with a live birth; in 2021, the rate was 15.8 per … Read More
November 17, 2023
(STAT News) – Preterm births and infant mortality are at alarming levels in the U.S., according to a new report published on Thursday by March of Dimes. In 2022, 10.4% of all babies were born premature — before 37 weeks … Read More
November 16, 2023
(Wired) – Pinpointing the immediate cause of the illness is not complicated: Pregnant women with syphilis did not receive the single shot of penicillin that would have cured their own infections and kept them from passing it on to their … Read More
November 15, 2023
(Axios) – Come next year, Boston could become one of the only cities in the nation to offer doula services for expecting parents. Why it matters: Black mothers and babies face mortality rates more than twice as high as white … Read More
November 7, 2023
(STAT News) – The number of babies born with congenital syphilis in the United States has soared over the last decade, leading to an increase in stillbirths, infant deaths, and life-altering birth defects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Read More
November 3, 2023
(The Atlantic) – On the general-medical and surgical wards, at least one or two patients could always be found walking the long hallways with a walker or cane, a strong and amiable physical therapist keeping pace beside them, casually asking … Read More
November 3, 2023
(Wall Street Journal) – The experience of young users on Meta’s Instagram—where Bejar had spent the previous two years working as a consultant—was especially acute. In a subsequent email to Instagram head Adam Mosseri, one statistic stood out: One in … Read More
November 3, 2023
(The Guardian) – Raphael takes her reasoning a step further and argues that wellness has become a new form of faith. As organized religion has retreated from everyday life, she argues, wellness has rushed in to fill the void. “It’s … Read More
November 2, 2023
(Wall Street Journal) – Image generators from big companies—like OpenAI’s Dall-E and Adobe ’s Firefly—have moderation settings that bar users from creating pornographic images. But a quick online search turns up dozens of results for face-swapping and “clothes removing” tools. … Read More
November 1, 2023
(TIME) – President Xi Jinping underscored his concerns — and more conservative social views — about China’s shrinking population in a speech calling on a key women’s organization to help bolster the nation’s birthrate by promoting a “culture” of childbirth. … Read More
November 1, 2023
(Associated Press) – The U.S. infant mortality rate rose 3% last year — the largest increase in two decades, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. White and Native American infants, infant boys and babies born at 37 … Read More
October 31, 2023
The Linacre Quarterly (vol. 90, no. 3, 2023) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Moral Illicitness of Relying Solely on Neurological Criteria for the Determination of Death: A Catholic Response to ‘Brain Death’” by Michael Arthur Vacca … Read More
October 30, 2023
(After Babel) – In early 2021, Jon told me that we needed to figure out “just how international” the youth mental health crisis is. After examining data from the Anglosphere (U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand) and Nordic nations … Read More
October 23, 2023
(STAT News) – The risks of severe neonatal morbidity, neonatal death, and admission to the neonatal intensive care unit were all significantly lower during the first month of birth in infants whose mothers were vaccinated against Covid-19, and protection against … Read More
October 20, 2023
(STAT News) – Women have been reporting period disturbances after a Covid infection or after receiving a Covid vaccine, though research has often minimized the relevance of such symptoms. A 2022 systematic review of research found that women can experience … Read More
October 17, 2023
(News 18) – Although majority of medical experts supported the apex court’s position, underscoring that terminating a pregnancy at 26 weeks is inadvisable due to the advanced development of the foetus, some argued that the importance of preserving the life … Read More
October 16, 2023
(NBC News) – By the end of the month, two Alabama hospitals will stop delivering babies. A third will follow suit a few weeks later. That will leave two counties — Shelby and Monroe — without any birthing hospitals, and … Read More
October 16, 2023
(KFF Health News) – PrEP is a crucial tool in the fight against the ongoing HIV epidemic and, when taken as prescribed, is highly effective at preventing infection from sexual contact or injection drug use. But more than a decade … Read More
October 10, 2023
(Washington Post) – In 1941, the American Medical Association warned against lobotomies, but by the time Moniz received the Nobel Prize, 10,000 had been performed in the United States alone. Most were done on women, and many patients died or … Read More
October 9, 2023
(ProPublica) – If the lungs floated, the theory behind the test holds, the baby likely was born alive. If they sank, the baby likely was stillborn. “A very simple premise,” the assistant medical examiner later testified. The lungs floated — … Read More
October 4, 2023
(UPI) – A new study out of Boston University released on Wednesday indicated that Black women age 18 to 65 have the highest risk for suicide irrespective of their socioeconomic status. The findings of the study, which revealed that Black … Read More
October 3, 2023
(NPR) – When it comes to biological and medical research, women’s bodies have long been overlooked. Researcher and author Cat Bohannon says there’s a “male norm” in science that prioritizes male bodies over female bodies — in part because males … Read More
