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Congressional Briefing: Preventing HPV-Related Cancers Through Vaccination and Screening
Learn how Congress can act to help end HPV-related cancers through vaccination
The White House Launched Its First-Ever Initiative on Women’s Health Research
It’s 2023 and women’s health outcomes are simply still not where they should be. This initiative gives us hope for a future where women’s health research is invested in and prioritized.
Dear Employer: How to Ask for Obesity Care Insurance Coverage
Use our template letter to ask your employer for obesity care coverage
Estimado empleador: Cómo solicitar cobertura de atención para la obesidad
Usa nuestra plantilla para escribir una carta en la cual pides a tu empleador cobertura de atención para la obesidad
Despite Challenges, Clinical Research Must Include Women of Reproductive Age
A recap of HealthyWomen’s Women in Clinical Trials webinar
In an Aging America, Osteoporosis Is a Looming Public Health Crisis
Read our Senior Policy Advisor Martha Nolan’s op-ed from The Hill about America’s bone health crisis
You Can Now Buy Hearing Aids Over the Counter
Here’s what to consider if you’re thinking about getting over-the-counter hearing aids
Will Omicron-Specific Booster Shots Be More Effective at Combating Covid-19? 5 Questions Answered
The new booster shot is now available. Here’s what you need to know.
Conservative Blocs Unleash Litigation to Curb Public Health Powers
Public health experts say the litigation has endangered the fundamental tools that public health workers have utilized for decades to protect community health
Social Determinants of Health, Health Disparities and Health Equity
Learn how factors in the environment affect people’s health and contribute to health disparities
Five Things to Know Now That the Supreme Court Has Overturned Roe v. Wade
By undoing that landmark decision, the court has empowered states to set their own abortion restrictions — so where people live will determine their level of access.
Everything you need to know about women’s health — in one place.
What the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Abortion Means for Women’s Health and Well-Being: 4 Essential Reads
Scholars explain how the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion is likely to affect women’s health.
A Recap: HealthyWomen’s Webinar, “CURES 2.0: Leading Women’s Health Forward”
HealthyWomen convened policy experts to examine the potential impact of the CURES 2.0 Act on women’s health
Should You Wear a Mask on a Plane, Bus or Train When There’s No Mandate? 4 Essential Reads to Help You Decide
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still recommends that passengers mask up while on planes, trains or buses, but it’s no longer a requirement
Long Covid Leaves Newly Disabled People Facing Old Barriers — a Sociologist Explains
Some COVID-19 patients experience months of debilitating symptoms
A Healthcare Lens on Honoring Black History Month
Our Senior Policy Advisor Martha Nolan shares her ideas in a new Op-Ed
What Is the Best Mask for COVID-19? A Mechanical Engineer Explains the Science After 2 Years of Testing Masks in His Lab
If your cloth mask is comfy and light and feels like you are wearing nothing at all, it probably isn’t doing much to keep you and others safe from the coronavirus
Ask KHN-PolitiFact: Is My Cloth Mask Good Enough? The 2022 Edition
Wearing a cloth mask is better than not wearing a mask at all, but if you can upgrade — or layer cloth with surgical — now is the time
HIV Prevention Pill PrEP Is Now Free Under Most Insurance Plans – but the Latest Challenge to the Affordable Care Act Puts This Benefit at Risk
Since the start of the HIV epidemic in 1981, over 700,000 Americans have lost their lives to AIDS
Omicron: Why the WHO Designated It a Variant of Concern
The decision has already precipitated a broad shift in priorities in pandemic management on a global scale
Here’s Why Rapid Covid Tests Are so Expensive and Hard to Find
Monthslong silences. Mysterious rejections. Here's what's behind the shortages of a critical tool for ending the pandemic.