menstruation

Tampa Period Pantry has 10 locations outside businesses in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. The goal is to help people stay healthy and comfortable during their periods.

Renewing Dignity’s mission is to eliminate “period poverty” through distribution of products, education and advocacy.

The measure promotes dispensing tampons and sanitary napkins on campuses for students at no charge.

Advocates want more transparency across the U.S. after New York and California pass laws requiring disclosure of ingredients on menstrual product packaging.

The new research affirms what many individuals had reported. But it also shows the changes to the menstrual cycle are mostly minor and brief, more akin to a sore arm than a dangerous reaction.

Florida lawmakers will again be asked to consider a bill that would provide menstrual products to students at schools. Activists say it's a basic necessity and key to removing the stigma of periods.

There's long been opposition to the practice of forcing a woman on her period to menstrual exile in a hut, which can be unsafe and unsanitary. One charity has a new interim response: upgrade the huts.

Some people have reported getting a lighter or heavier period after getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Cause for concern? Doctors say no. Could it be a temporary side effect? That's harder to determine.

It is a taboo topic and there are thousands of ways to describe it: “It’s that time of the month,” “I’m on my rag,” or “It’s mother nature’s week,” and...