March 31, 2023
(STAT News) – Now, there’s evidence that ancestry correlates with key mutations that can shape the biology of certain tumors and how those tumors respond to treatments. Research published on Thursday in the JAMA Network Open found that Black patients … Read More
March 29, 2023
(New York Times) – Young women who received at least one dose of the Covid vaccine made by AstraZeneca might have been more likely to die of a heart problem in the 12 weeks after their vaccination, according to an … Read More
March 27, 2023
(New York Times) – As China faces a shrinking population, officials are cracking down on an ancient tradition of betrothal gifts to try to promote marriages, which have been on the decline. Known in Mandarin as caili, the payments have … Read More
March 24, 2023
(NPR) – Women health workers lost ground on equality during the pandemic, according to a new report from Women in Global Health. While 70% of the health care workforce around the world is made up of women, they hold only … Read More
March 23, 2023
(Wall Street Journal) – Track and field’s international governing body will enact a ban on transgender female athletes competing in women’s events, becoming the most prominent sports federation yet to significantly tighten its eligibility criteria for elite competitors. World Athletics … Read More
March 22, 2023
(STAT News) – Social media use is linked with body image concerns and eating disorders among young people, according to a new review of the scientific literature. But rather than social media being a direct cause of these issues, a … Read More
March 21, 2023
(STAT News) – Pills, patches, implants, and injections — the various forms of hormonal birth control have different formulations and doses of estrogen, progestin, or both. One might think, then, that they may have an unequal influence on breast cancer … Read More
March 17, 2023
(Axios) – The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. spiked in 2021, with deaths disproportionately impacting Black women. Driving the news: More than 1,200 women died during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth in 2021, a 40% increase from 2020, … Read More
March 16, 2023
(STAT News) – Deaths of pregnant women in the U.S. fell in 2022, dropping significantly from a six-decade high during the pandemic, new data suggests. More than 1,200 U.S. women died in 2021 during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth, according … Read More
March 14, 2023
(New York Times) – Dr. Fejzo, who was then a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles, is now a faculty researcher in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Southern California Keck School of … Read More
