Earlier this week, researchers at the National Institutes of Health published a systematic review in Frontiers Endocrinology, concluding that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)...
A recent study published in the Lancet Global Health aimed to understand the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in men. The review and meta-analysis estimated that 31% of men worldwide have...
Yesterday, the National Institutes of Health announced that it would award $24 million for the first year to establish Maternal Health Research Centers of Excellence. This funding is a component of the...
On Wednesday, August 16, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision that will restrict access to medication abortions. While the new ruling does not reverse the...
On July 28, 2023, the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) announced a new application platform for obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) residency applicants in the...
A report published on July 13, 2023, by UNAIDS, a global effort to end acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), projects and outlines a plan to end AIDS by 2030. The 196-page report is divided into...
Across American Indian and Alaskan Native (AIAN); Asian, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific Islander (AANHPI); Hispanic; Black; and White patients, the United States maternal mortality rates (MMRs)...
On June 23, 2023, Kathy Hochul, the governor of New York, extended the previous protections for abortion care providers, guarding providers in NY when offering telehealth abortion services to patients...
An Oxford Academic meta-analysis published this week found that natural conception after live birth via assisted reproductive technology (ART) was common, occurring in 20% of women. Looking at...
A recent KFF survey of obstetricians and gynecologists (OB/GYNs) on their experiences in a post-Dobbs world noted that 24% of clinicians had patients unable to get an abortion despite wanting one. The...
A CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published last week revealed an increase in meningococcal disease among individuals with HIV in 2022. The report estimated that, compared to cases in...
Earlier this month, researchers and clinicians at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Boston Children's Hospital took part in the first in utero cerebrovascular surgery to correct a deadly...
At the 2023 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, Eric Adjei Boakye, PhD, shared survey data revealing that most Americans do not comprehensively understand the link between human...
In mid-April, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) released a detailed analysis of location preferences by residency applicants in a post-Roe world, noting a 10.5% obstetrics and...
On Friday, April 21, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued a ruling upholding mifepristone approval, pending ongoing cases. The SCOTUS decision does not guarantee unlimited...
A systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open analyzed the association between mental health and reproductive disorders in women. While the researchers could not identify a...
On April 14, 2023, an order by Samuel A. Alito, Jr., a judge for the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS), issued an order that lifted restrictions on the abortion pill, pending a final ruling from the...
A national abortion reporting program found that, on average, 5,377 fewer abortions were performed each month after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in June 2022. The study conducted by the...
On April 3, 2023, the WHO published an Infertility Prevalence Estimates report analyzing global infertility rates between 1990 and 2021. Researchers determined that 17.5% — or one-sixth —...
On Friday, March 17, 2023, Governor Mark Gordon signed an act prohibiting medication abortions in Wyoming. While Wyoming is already a red state with only one clinic providing abortions, this further...
