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WEBImpact. Following The Fuller Project’s reporting, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) officials added uterine cancer to the list of conditions covered by the government …

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‘We’re waving our white flag’: What physicians say they need from …

WEBStanford understands the value of screening. As an ER physician and infectious disease researcher, she was one of the first in the country to launch a …

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Air pollution is worsening reproductive health outcomes for women

WEBThe majority of the world’s most polluted cities are in South Asia. Evidence is clear that air pollution is linked to higher rates of miscarriages, pregnancy complications and …

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Around the World, Conflicting COVID-19 Vaccination Advice Puts …

WEBA health worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine to a pregnant woman at Clalit Health Services, in Israel's …

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The women workers who are subsidizing global public health

WEBTheir research built on a 2015 paper in Lancet which claimed that unpaid work by CHWs potentially contributed $1.4 trillion to the global economy — implying that …

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‘Every shift, we’re just barely making it’: What nurses want us to …

WEBAmy, an ICU nurse, is considered a veteran in her busy hospital in Athens, Ga. As older nurses have hemorrhaged from the unit during the pandemic, less …

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‘No fish means no food’: How Yurok women are fighting for their …

WEBFor Gensaw, that means restoring the river and its salmon population to health, because when the fish thrive, so do the children and families. “No fish means no …

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From abortion to wellness: an “indie” clinic pivots to survive in the

WEB“The truth is, hospitals weren't offering the care, midwives were illegal, fertility treatment and access is not widely available.And now most people that are experiencing …

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Why are Latina moms in New York reporting such high levels of …

WEBWhen Marilyn Mendoza took over as the education justice organizer with Make the Road in Jackson Heights three years ago, she noticed that many of the Latina immigrant …

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Analysis: The Taliban are harming Afghan women’s health

WEBThe new requirements— officially announced by the Taliban’s ministry of virtue and vice in late December—are preventing many Afghan women from seeking the …

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A toxic trash site in Kenya is making women sick

WEBAcross the globe, an informal network of waste pickers are recovering more recyclable material than formal systems of waste management. Many governments and …

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Pregnant Black women navigate two public health crises during …

WEBDr. Ala Stanford administers a Covid-19 swab test in a church parking lot in Philadelphia in April 2020. Stanford and other doctors formed the Black Doctors Covid …

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State maternal mortality reviews often miss deaths by suicide, …

WEBIn 2020, fatal overdoses reached record highs in the U.S., killing more than 92,000 people — a 30 percent increase from the previous record. The South drove …

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Eating last and least: Widening gender hunger gap raises climate …

WEBThe hunger gap between the genders had been shrinking in recent decades, but it rose dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. CARE International, a global …

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Afghan women take their own lives as despair grows under …

WEBAs Afghan women see their hard-won freedoms to study, work and even to leave their homes wrenched away by the Taliban, growing numbers are choosing to take …

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‘I’m scared every damn day’: In the

WEBFamily of the late Madonna "Donna" Nierra's pose with her portrait. Nierra, a 23-year-old transgender woman, was found dead in a river near her home in the …

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As heat waves sweep South Asia, they take a hidden toll on women

WEBThe report, produced by HomeNet South Asia, a regional network of home-based worker organizations, found that heat waves were the most significant factor …

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While many Black women in US abandon hair relaxers linked to …

WEB“People still use hair relaxers as much as they did in the past,” said Joseph Kiemo, who runs Kiemo Hair and Beauty Studio in Nairobi. Africa is a lucrative business …

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Maggie Fox Archives The Fuller Project

WEBMaggie Fox is an award-winning journalist with more than 40 years experience reporting from around the world. She’s worked for Reuters, CNN, NBC, ABC, National Journal …

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