State Profiles for Women’s Health Data on births by race/ethnicity, teen birth rates, preterm and low weight births, infant mortality, maternal mortality Explore the latest national and state-specific data and policies on women's health. Data are by place of…
Most of Georgia’s counties are without a labor and delivery unit. To fill those gaps, the state is looking to equip emergency rooms to handle obstetric emergencies. Advocates and doctors worry, however, that the ER is being used as a…
Should you get genetic screening before you have a child? We live in an era of endless optimization. Fitness trackers help us measure our lifespan, people are consuming piles of protein in an attempt to be their best selves, and…
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by producer Aynsley O’Neill with Nathan Donley from the Center for Biological Diversity. Atrazine is the second-most widely used weed killer in the U.S. after…
Sunday, Oct. 11, marks International Day of the Girl: a reminder of how far girls’ rights have come and how much work remains to improve educational outcomes, end child marriage and protect girls’ health. Across the United States, teen pregnancy rates…
This story was originally published by The 19th and was in collaboration with MindSite News, Capital B, and The Nation. Darnese Foster remembers the day she learned she was fired from her federal government job. “I was off that Friday, which…
To understand the need for and barriers to fertility services, the 2026 KFF Women’s Health Survey included questions on fertility care. The nationally representative survey was conducted from March 11, 2026 to April 14, 2026, online and by telephone. This analysis presents survey findings among…
State Profiles for Women’s Health Data on births by race/ethnicity, teen birth rates, preterm and low weight births, infant mortality, maternal mortality Explore the latest national and state-specific data and policies on women's health. Data are by place of…
Around her 50th birthday, Oprah Winfrey began having heart palpitations so frightening she thought she might die. She went to five doctors; none connected her symptoms to menopause. She happened to pick up a book that finally gave her a possible…
SPLC Calls For Rigorous, Transparent Investigations Into Deaths of Black People Throughout the South — Learn More President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on July 4, 2025, making permanent funding cuts to federal healthcare assistance programs like…
Maternal and reproductive health care: maternal deaths, maternity wards closing, doctors leaving states with abortion bans, contraception and fertility care.
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