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On Tuesday, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act began, requiring employers to provide “reasonable accommodations.” But the new law has a big hole.
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Physicians and attorneys say it’s a question of when — not if — a pregnant person dies from lack of care in a state with an abortion ban, potentially setting the stage for a malpractice lawsuit that could pressure providers to reconsider delaying or denying care.
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Non-Hispanic Black women — regardless of income or education level — die at nearly three times the rate of non-Hispanic white women.
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As bodies produce lower levels of hormones during menopause their risk for heart disease rises. High blood pressure further increases that risk — but it's not clear whether there's a link with hormone therapy for menopause symptoms.
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The federal government’s arcane process for medical coding is influencing which reconstructive surgery options are available, creating anxiety for breast cancer patients.
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Family planning clinics are getting caught between state abortion bans and a federal requirement to refer patients for abortion care on request.
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The once-a-day pill from Astellas Pharma is designed to treat moderate-to-severe symptoms such as sweating, flushing and chills.
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The influential U.S. Preventive Task Force issue a draft of its new breast cancer screening guidelines. They're now recommending women start younger, amid a rise in breast cancer rates.
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Laws granting rights to unborn children have spread in the decades since the U.S. and Missouri supreme courts allowed Missouri’s definition of life as beginning at conception to stand. Now, a lawsuit shows how sprawling those laws have become.
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Advocates want more transparency across the U.S. after New York and California pass laws requiring disclosure of ingredients on menstrual product packaging.