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More than 50 health clinics closed last year after a Medicaid funding rule cut reimbursements for preventive care. The rule was framed as anti-abortion policy. What it actually eliminated was mammograms, STI tests, and birth control for people with no other options. This is what happens when prevention becomes a political football.
By Maya Okafor · 3 min read
Over 80% of US pregnancy-related deaths are preventable. That number has been cited for years, and the death rate has still doubled since 1987. The quality-versus-access debate is not a scientific disagreement. It is a policy evasion.
By Dr. Alex Chen · 3 min read
Women experience adverse drug reactions at nearly twice the rate of men. That gap is not biological bad luck. It is the direct result of 16 years of FDA policy that excluded women from early-phase trials, and guidelines that never fully corrected for it.
By Vera Santos · 3 min read
A 2013 analysis estimated 91,000 women died prematurely after the 2002 WHI study scared them off HRT. The FDA's November 2025 black-box removal was overdue and correct. But the same bad communication that caused the original crisis is now driving the correction, and the nuance is getting lost again.
By Dr. Alex Chen · 5 min read