What: First Lady Jill Biden announced *another* $500 million for women’s health research at the Clinton Global Initiative, in addition to the commitments the White House has already outlined with the Initiative on Women’s Health Research.
Why it matters: “The Defense Department money will fund research on conditions such as ovarian cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and musculoskeletal injuries and how they impact women differently.”
Source: The Hill
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.
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.
An analysis of over 18,000 adults found that signs of sleep apnea are correlated with a higher chance of having dementia, especially among women.
Combing through the data to explain why most late term abortions happen (hint: it’s fetal anomalies and not convenience.)
The New York Times analyzed over 600 speeches (!!!) from Donald Trump on abortion and shows visually just how much his rhetoric has changed.
Sharing the stories of women who have had fibroids removed without pain medication or endometriosis symptoms ignored for years.
At one point during the campaign RFK Jr. backed a national abortion ban, and he regularly spreads debunked conspiracies about childhood vaccines.
A deep dive on the queen of menopause, Dr. Mary Claire Haver, and her push to get more women treatment for menopause symptoms.
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.
This is a story that captures the moral challenges and nuance that arise when you mix the law and pregnancy.
Last year, the same agency got fierce criticism for saying menopausal woman should get talk therapy
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
A profile of Dr. Gabrielle Goodrick, a family medicine doctor and owner of a clinic in Arizona that performs abortions.
70% did not associate using marijuana with any negative side effects, even though it can be associated with preterm labor and low birth weight
“They said ‘we think it’s very inappropriate for you to say so.’ I said ‘Why? I’m president, I want to protect the women.’”
One organization got requests for 5,000 pills in less than 12 hours. They typically ship 9,000 pills in an entire month.
MAGA might dismiss this as a troll, but it’s always a joke until it’s not.
There were millions of people who voted against abortion bans *and* FOR the man who put those bans in motion.
Kidney disease in women has nearly tripled in the past 30 years, with type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure as some of the leading causes.
Experts explaining that the global drop in fertility rates is partly a product of women having children later in life.