The March of Dimes’ latest report, “Where You Live Matters: Maternity Care Deserts and the Crisis of Access and Equity,” identifies all U.S. counties that lack prenatal care. (iStock) PREGNANCY PERILS – More than a third (36%) of U.S. counties are considered “maternity
Officials in Chihuahua, Mexico, voted to ban live musical performances with lyrics that degrade or discriminate against women last week. Those who violate the restriction could face fines from 674,000 to 1.2 million pesos, or the U.S. equivalent of $39,000 and $71,000.
For more than five million women in the U.S., getting maternity care is difficult or impossible. More than one-third (36%) of U.S. counties are considered “maternity care deserts,” which means they do not have any obstetric providers or birth centers. In just
A rising number of women are succumbing to alcohol-related deaths, a new study published in JAMA Network on July 28 found. While males historically have been more than twice as likely to die from alcohol-related conditions than females, the gap appears to
The shocking moment an escaped knife-wielding convict held a woman and her mother hostage in a Victoria’s Secret store before being shot and killed by police has been caught on film. Darien Young, 29, had escaped from a transitional housing unit at
Hundreds of women in Poland protested outside police stations Tuesday to oppose the allegedly ruthless way officers treated a woman who had taken an abortion pill. The protests in Krakow, Warsaw and some other cities were intended to show solidarity with the
Meghan Markle “felt sorry” for the Princess of Wales during her first appearance after Prince George’s birth, an insider has claimed, in a rare sign of friendship between the pair. Although all eyes were on the future King, who celebrated his 10th
Heart-stopping video shows three women walking away after an alleged carjacker jumps off an overpass in New York. A clip from social media shows Ismael English, 20, fleeing after allegedly stabbing Lyft driver Yadav Kumar Dhungel, 36, in an attempted robbing. Surveillance
Indian authorities arrested four people Thursday in connection with two women who were paraded naked by a mob in the State of Manipur, India, and raped. Manipur police said four individuals had been arrested in the “heinous crime of abduction and gangrape”
‘Magic’ pscilocybin mushrooms and other psychedelic drugs could be of huge benefit to women battling cancer, researchers in United States have said. Conventional therapies to help women cope with the anxiety and depression that can be sparked by a cancer diagnosis and treatment can