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Could an HIV vaccine be better received by parents than Gardasil was?
The HPV vaccine's bumpy rollout in 2006 carries a cautionary tale about messaging for parents.
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Getting pregnant people vaccinated is one of the nation’s biggest health challenges
Fewer than 1 in 4 pregnant people have gotten a COVID shot. It’s not yet clear if the government’s steps to encourage vaccination will move the needle.
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How Texas politicians have tried to ban abortion 'by any means necessary’
When anti-abortion laws built around the premise of women’s health failed in court, legislators turned their focus to personhood and the fetus.
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The FDA approved Pfizer’s vaccine. What does that mean for kids under 12?
The White House’s COVID-19 task force explains the recommendation on boosters and urges caution on off-label vaccines for young children.
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How one company helped parents get 21 gallons of breast milk back from the Tokyo Olympics
Milk Stork became a key service for staff at the Olympic Games who couldn’t bring their nursing babies to Tokyo. Now, it plans to do the same for the Paralympics.
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The 19th Explains: Texas can now ban a common abortion procedure. Here's what that means
Dilation & evacuation is the most common way of performing an abortion in the second trimester. But a federal appeals court cleared the way for Texas to become the first in the nation to ban it.
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Few incarcerated women were released during COVID. The ones who remain have struggled.
Fewer visits, phone calls, wellness services and chances to move mean many women are confined to their cells all day. It takes a toll, research shows.
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Rachel Levine on facing transphobia: ‘I am really able to channel that emotion into my work’
Levine, the first transgender person to ever be confirmed by the U.S. Senate to a Cabinet-level position, said she harnesses the transphobia she has experienced and uses it to help people.
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The 19th Explains: What are Delta variant risks for children too young to mask?
What does the latest pandemic news mean for parents of children under the age of 2, who are too young to wear masks?
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‘We need every tool in our toolbox’: COVID-19 Delta surge threatens to overwhelm school nurses
School nurses spent the past year mitigating in-school coronavirus spread and helping vaccinate staff and students. This year, many say they are burned out – just as COVID-19 cases surge once again.