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No doctor’s office needed: How a new self-test for HPV could be a …

WEBGenital human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common STI in the U.S. and is the biggest risk factor for developing cervical cancer, now accounting for 90% of anal …

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5 Black women on the frontlines of reproductive rights (and what …

WEBThis year marks the 30th anniversary of the reproductive justice movement.And just like Black women were leading then, they’re leading the movement …

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Patients lobbying for correct diabetes diagnoses worry race may …

WEBBlack patients have long struggled with bias across the U.S. health care system. In a recent KFF survey, for example, 55 percent of Black adults said they …

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New Mexico emerges as gender-affirming healthcare haven, but …

WEBOver the past two years, as nearly half of states passed legislation restricting gender-affirming healthcare, many transgender people began relocating to states that …

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This ain’t no “hot topic”: What Wendy Williams’ diagnosis tells us

WEBA four-part documentary series Where is Wendy Williams? aired on Lifetime over the weekend, putting on display Williams’ guardianship and ongoing health …

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A doula for everyone

WEBThe pilot is funded through grants from care management organizations that contract with Georgia Medicaid. And while Medicaid itself is not directly involved with the …

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Everything you need to know about Michigan’s Reproductive …

WEBEnter the Reproductive Health Act, a series of 11 bills aiming to broaden access to care that the state constitution says Michiganers are entitled to. With 54% of …

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Finding your place: A guide to transgender safe havens in 2024

WEBSigned by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September of 2022, Senate Bill 107 allows trans youth from other states to receive gender-affirming care all the while alleviating …

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Native Americans have shorter life spans. Better health care isn’t …

WEBThe disparity is even greater in Goodlow’s home state. Indigenous South Dakotans who died between 2017 and 2021 had a median age of 58 — 22 years …

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Meet the Black OBGYNs fighting medical racism one TikTok at a time

WEBA 2023 CDC report found that 1 in 5 women reported mistreatment while receiving maternal care, with 40% of Black, Latino and multiracial individuals reporting …

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Child mental illness rates are skyrocketing. This expert

WEB“There are emergency flares going up on the mental wellbeing of our children, teenagers and young adults,” said Swick, who works with children, teens and …

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‘What most kids need’: How one school community got SMART …

WEBWith fewer hospitals and physician offices in rural areas, schools become a new easy-access point for health services in rural communities, said Brandon: “Small …

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Colorado pushes to make mental health resources more accessible …

WEBColorado lawmakers have proposed a pair of measures they say will improve the availability of mental health resources for the state’s agricultural industry, as stress, …

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Syphilis and other STDs are on the rise. States lost millions of

WEBSeveral states told The Associated Press that the biggest impact from having the program canceled in the national debt ceiling deal is that they’re struggling to expand …

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Lower income patients struggling with fertility find treatment

WEBThe roughly $20,000 price tag for a round of IVF would be a financial stretch for lots of people, but for someone on Medicaid — for which the maximum annual …

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Meet the Virginia native helping Black men and boys heal their

WEBStatistics show the importance of these resources. Black Americans are 20 percent more likely to experience severe psychological stress than white Americans, the …

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Antonia Hylton’s “Madness” tells an American story of a Jim Crow …

WEBThat history is interwoven with the story of Crownsville, Maryland’s first psychiatric hospital to house Black people. In her new book, “ Madness: Race and …

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What is trisomy 18, the condition causing a Texas woman to flee …

WEBA Texas mother-of-two is making headlines and becoming the face of the battle for exceptions in abortion bans. On Nov. 27, at 20 weeks pregnant, Kate Cox …

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Southern states, high in STI and teen births rates, eye sex-ed

WEBSouthern states frequently rank among states with the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections including gonorrhea and chlamydia. A report from Human …

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