How a male contraceptive pill could work
Of the 6 million pregnancies in the U.S. each year, 3 million are unintended. And while we have over a dozen methods of contraceptives for women—from pills and …
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Periods aren’t a luxury. Why are they taxed like one?
Manhattan Assembly member Linda B. Rosenthal didn’t set out to be a period rights activist. But when she learned that menstrual hygiene products weren’t worthy of tax-free status, …
Changing the drug pricing game
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How data is helping us unravel the mysteries of the brain
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Lessons learned from the center of America’s opioid epidemic
Jim Johnson recently retired as the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Drug Control Policy in Huntington, West Virginia—a city in which 10% of people are addicted to …
What social media looks like when you can’t see
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How one pediatrician is supporting transgender youth
Ximena Lopez is a pediatric endocrinologist in Dallas, Texas, who provides young transgender patients with mental health support and puberty suppression therapy to help them be seen as …