What: The CDC formally warned doctors Tuesday about counterfeit Botox that has sickened 22 people across 11 states. Negative symptoms were first reported in November, and most recently in March.
Why it matters: Now bad Botox reactions will officially be on physicians’ radar screens, especially if patients present with “localized paralysis.”
Source: Reuters
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is concerned about low fertility rates in the country, a hobby horse he shares with billionaire Elon Musk and Trump VP candidate JD Vance.
What: The New York Times combs through VP Kamala Harris’ record on abortion from her days as a prosecutor, finding an “unwavering conviction” that women
70% did not associate using marijuana with any negative side effects, even though it can be associated with preterm labor and low birth weight
Last year, the same agency got fierce criticism for saying menopausal woman should get talk therapy
While around 80% of Medicaid patients paid nothing for labor and delivery, 60% of people on commercial insurance paid $1,000 or more out of pocket.
Eliza Barclay has a reported essay on her experience with several muscle injuries in her 40s
This is a story that captures the moral challenges and nuance that arise when you mix the law and pregnancy.
There were millions of people who voted against abortion bans *and* FOR the man who put those bans in motion.
An essay from Rachel Manteuffel on her breast cancer diagnosis and treatment that manages to be funny while also tackling the wrenching choice to have chemotherapy or not after a mastectomy.
The head of Donald Trump’s transition team was on CNN last night, and he spent a lot time praising RFK Jr.’s debunked theories that childhood vaccines cause autism.
A profile of Dr. Gabrielle Goodrick, a family medicine doctor and owner of a clinic in Arizona that performs abortions.
At one point during the campaign RFK Jr. backed a national abortion ban, and he regularly spreads debunked conspiracies about childhood vaccines.
A study looks at which birthing position (i.e. lying down, standing up) women prefer most in labor, measured in part by which women report the highest levels of satisfaction with their labor.
Combing through the data to explain why most late term abortions happen (hint: it’s fetal anomalies and not convenience.)
Experts explaining that the global drop in fertility rates is partly a product of women having children later in life.
A deep dive on the queen of menopause, Dr. Mary Claire Haver, and her push to get more women treatment for menopause symptoms.
Women with type 2 diabetes who got a GLP-1 medication were less likely to develop new fibroids than women who just took metformin, a diabetes medication.
One organization got requests for 5,000 pills in less than 12 hours. They typically ship 9,000 pills in an entire month.
Breaking down cravings during menstrual cycles, and how some small studies have shown the foods we crave may be driven more by culture than by biology.
The New York Times analyzed over 600 speeches (!!!) from Donald Trump on abortion and shows visually just how much his rhetoric has changed.