In your lifetime, you probably have had, currently have, or will have HPV. HPV, which stands for Human Papilloma Virus, is an incredibly common group...[Read More]
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There is a common reproductive disease which 1 in 20 women will develop in their lifetime. It can cause chronic abdominal pain, difficulty getting pregnant,...[Read More]
Over the course of a few months in the summer of 2017, two women from Lumberton, NC, went missing, Cynthia Jacobs and Abby Lynn Patterson....[Read More]
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), also known as “Domestic Violence,” is a widespread issue that affects children, adolescents, and adults across the U.S. Typically perpetrated by...[Read More]
If someone is sexually assaulted, they can choose to complete a rape kit. This kit, collected by a trained health care professional, gathers evidence from...[Read More]
On May 2, 2022, Politico released a leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s majority opinion[1] in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organizations...[Read More]
Henrietta Lacks was born on August 1, 1920, to a family of tobacco farmers in Roanoke, Virginia. As a girl, she loved swimming in the...[Read More]
For the last two months of 2021, I dove into different conditions, practices, and issues within women’s reproductive care, exploring topics like infant mortality rate...[Read More]
Throughout this series on women’s reproductive care, we often identify women as people with biologically-female anatomy, such as a uterus, a vagina, and ovaries. However,...[Read More]
Throughout this series on women’s reproductive care, we often identify women as people with biologically-female anatomy, such as a uterus, a vagina, and ovaries. However,...[Read More]