U.S. economic policies were not designed with women in mind. Improvements that benefit women would improve economic conditions for everyone.
Advocates are encouraging members of the public to weigh in during the public comment period for the proposed new rules.
Since 2023, 20 bills regarding menopause have been introduced in 13 states, after years of women’s health advocacy to combat stigma and misinformation and advocate for equitable treatment for women patients.
The attacks are coming from all three branches of the federal government as well as state legislatures.
Gender-affirming care is crucial to supporting the mental health and lives of vulnerable trans and nonbinary youth.
The risk of intimate partner violence is consistently higher among women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa than among those living without it — even for pregnant women, who are often first informed of their status during prenatal screenings.
On the first Friday of February each year, National Wear Red Day, I twin with my mom and grandma.
In December 2022, Vice News released a report claiming multiple U.K. women had been denied transvaginal ultrasounds (TVUS) because they were virgins.
Mifepristone will be accessible in pharmacies and through the mail, but still-existing regulations may blunt the new policy’s impact.
The veritable bible of women's health is expanding its reach for a new era.
Black women in the U.S. are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than are white women. The new documentary Aftershock tells the stories of some of those women, and how their families are channeling grief into action.
A kissing bug disproportionately affects Latin American immigrants. Author Daisy Hernández talks about the lack of urgency around diseases thought to be uncommon or eradicated in the United States.
The existence of racial disparities in health care treatment has been widely recognized for decades. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has reinforced how deadly this unequal medical treatment can be.
Stress, burnout, danger: The pandemic has only worsened existing crisis conditions for nurses and other health care workers.
The Biden administration's early actions to promote LGBTQ equality are getting high marks from rights groups.
Now that Justice Amy Coney Barrett has taken her seat, the ultraconservative court appears poised to curtail the Affordable Care Act and reproductive rights. The damage can be addressed with action at the local level.