February 21, 2025
(Politico) – ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban. The rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they … Read More
February 21, 2025
(Self) – More likely to fall through the cracks as kids, adult females are seeking autism diagnoses after years of searching for answers. Increased diagnostic rates of autism in adult women don’t necessarily reflect changes in how many people are … Read More
February 20, 2025
(The Verge) – The US wants to bring back domestic chipmaking. But America’s first generation of Silicon Valley factory workers endured unsafe manufacturing conditions and never got answers about kids born with birth defects. The Verge sought out legal documents and … Read More
February 17, 2025
(The Markup) – The company behind more than a dozen dating apps, Match Group, has known for years about the abusive users on its platforms, but chooses to leave millions of people in the dark None of these women knew that … Read More
February 6, 2025
(The Conversation) – We brought together our expertise in economics and gender based violence to examine excess mortality (avoidable deaths) due to FGM/C. Our new research now reveals a devastating reality: FGM/C is one of the leading causes of death … Read More
February 6, 2025
(Axios) – The mortality rate for Black mothers in the U.S. has not improved, per data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Why it matters: The pregnancy-related death rate for Black women is more than three … Read More
January 30, 2025
(Bloomberg) – Egg donation comes with health risks. Women are unable to learn which clinics have the fewest adverse outcomes. For women in the US seeking fertility treatment or considering donating their eggs, there’s a fair amount of information they … Read More
January 23, 2025
(The Atlantic) – Three decades into the internet era, the Supreme Court finally appears ready to uphold age-verification laws. For practical purposes, however, American children can access porn as soon as they can figure out how to navigate a web … Read More
January 23, 2025
(Axios) – Menopause is going from taboo to trendy as online influencers and celebrities like Naomi Watts and Drew Barrymore increasingly discuss their experiences and how to manage them. Why it matters: Menopause has been undergoing a rebrand, particularly as … Read More
January 17, 2025
(The Walrus) – Better screening is only a small piece of the puzzle A 2022 study found that, in addition to people having more Westernized diets over the past three decades, today’s adults were exposed to other risk factors—such as … Read More
January 16, 2025
(New York Times) – More Americans are surviving cancer, but the disease is striking young and middle-aged adults and women more frequently, the American Cancer Society reported on Thursday. And despite overall improvements in survival, Black and Native Americans are … Read More
December 31, 2024
(The Guardian) – More than a third of 15-year-old girls are repeatedly drunk, compared with less than a quarter of boys, according to OECD research It is unclear why teenage girls appear more susceptible than boys to getting drunk regularly, … Read More
December 26, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Medical authorities are reclassifying life-saving procedures to make a political statement. The intent when managing PPROM is to balance the needs of mother and baby, and the best-case scenario is to preserve both their lives. The … Read More
December 23, 2024
(New York Times) – Lydia Reeder’s “The Cure for Women” tells the story of the remarkable Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi. Determined to train as a physician at the highest level, in 1868 Putnam — a daughter of the prominent New … Read More
December 18, 2024
(CNN) – The US Food and Drug Administration has placed its most serious warning – a so-called black-box warning – on a drug used to relieve menopausal hot flashes. The FDA says women who are taking Veozah may need more … Read More
December 12, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Employees worry the pullback and other new restrictions mean the entertainment giant is losing the identity that fueled its success Netflix made headlines nearly a decade ago when it unveiled one of corporate America’s most generous … Read More
December 10, 2024
(UPI) – The number of U.S. women with breast cancer that has spread elsewhere in the body by the time of diagnosis increased dramatically among all ages and ethnicities between 2004 and 2021, a new study shows. The findings were … Read More
December 10, 2024
(New York Times) – Doctors routinely advise that women undergoing screening for cervical cancer receive Pap smears every three years beginning at age 21. Now, beginning at 30, women have a new option. Instead of undergoing a pelvic exam, these … Read More
December 4, 2024
(New York Times) – Labor and delivery units are losing money and struggling to find staff, in rural areas and large cities alike. Over 500 hospitals have closed their labor and delivery departments since 2010, according to a large new … Read More
December 4, 2024
(NPR) – The Taliban’s supreme leader has reportedly ordered a ban on women attending nursing and midwivery institutes, closing a rare avenue they had to pursue an education beyond the sixth grade. Human Rights Watch says the ban was ordered … Read More
December 3, 2024
(New York Times) – Patients often are in the dark about which organs remain and which were removed — particularly the ovaries, which profoundly influence lifelong health. Hysterectomies have been steadily declining for decades, in part thanks to new, targeted … Read More
November 27, 2024
(Becker’s Hospital Review) – The Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee, which examines all pregnancy-related deaths, will not examine cases from 2022 and 2023, The Washington Post reported Nov. 26. The committee made the decision in September, reasoning that … Read More
November 27, 2024
(The Walrus) – Time, relationships, identity, and, yes, finances: for a few years, a child’s arrival can upend anyone’s world. But between the housing crisis, an underperforming child care system, soaring food costs, and a status-driven culture that encourages top-of-the-line … Read More
November 25, 2024
(The Guardian) – Of the 85,000 women killed by men in 2023, 60% died at the hands of a partner or family member, new UN figures show An estimated 140 women and girls across the world die at the hands … Read More
November 25, 2024
(New York Times) – The number of deaths caused by alcohol-related diseases more than doubled among Americans between 1999 and 2020, according to new research. Alcohol was involved in nearly 50,000 deaths among adults ages 25 to 85 in 2020, … Read More
