A new study provides the first evidence of a direct interaction between kisspeptins, proteins crucial for sexual development, and astrocytes, non-neuronal cells of the nervous system, blazing new ...

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued new regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The rules impose new ...

On April 22, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Final Rule titled HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support ...

Over the last two decades, important changes have occurred in the policy and program environment for work on population and reproductive health. These changes embody renewed international commitments ...

Northwestern community members gathered for a discussion facilitated by Chicago activist Stacy Erenberg in the Women’s Center on Thursday. The conversation centered on healing justice, a movement that ...

Reproductive rights advocates in southern states are embroiled in a fight against severe restrictions on abortion access and a flurry of state-level GOP efforts to create more of them. They say ...

Pregnancy-related mortality rates among Black women are over three and two times higher, respectively, compared to the rate for White women. Post-Roe v. Wade Black women in Southern states face ...

As a law in Iowa takes effect that bans abortion before most women know they are pregnant, Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign is calling for action. The campaign is using the Iowa ban as a ...

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein has announced an executive order he said will protect women's rights to reproductive health care across the state. During a news conference Thursday, Stein said the ...