12.15.21 | Fertility
Infertility and Women’s Health Conditions: The Physician Who May be Able to Help
The team at Society of Interventional Radiology explains how an interventional radiologist (IR) may help some women who are facing infertility or other life-altering conditions of the pelvis, such as uterine fibroids.
12.9.21 | Maternal Health
Supporting New Moms in the Fight Against Postpartum Depression
SWHR spoke with Taiwo Ajao, MPH, RN, IBCLC CD (DONA) a maternal-newborn nurse, lactation consultant and doula, and Jenifer LaNore, MSW, LCSW-C, PMH-C, a trained full-spectrum doula (DTI) and owner of Gracefully Balanced Perinatal Counseling, LLC, on postpartum depression.
11.17.21
Preterm Birth in the United States: Exploring Disparities, Implications, and Interventions
In the United States, around 390,000 infants are born prematurely (before 37 weeks of gestation) each year, accounting for 42% of all preterm births (PTB) across high-income countries.
11.12.21 | Policy
SWHR Submits Comments on HHS Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2022-2026
SWHR submitted comments in response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2022-2026.
11.8.21 | Health Equity
Disparities in Biomedical Research: A Women’s Health Issue
This blog summarizes the state of disparities in biomedical research and how they might be addressed.
10.20.21
Senate Appropriations Committee Releases Nine Remaining Fiscal Year 2022 Spending Bills
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) released the draft text of the nine remaining fiscal year (FY) 2022 appropriations bills, including the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) spending bill with jurisdiction over the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
10.20.21 | Fertility
Facing Infertility: How a Shift in Approach, Education, and Policy Could Improve Outcomes
SWHR convened an interdisciplinary working group to elucidate how to eliminate barriers to access and reduce health disparities related to treatments for infertility in women.
10.5.21 | Policy
SWHR Releases Statement on NIH Director Retirement Announcement
SWHR issued the following statement in response to the announcement that Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, will step down as the director of the National Institutes of Health by the end of the year.
10.4.21 | Policy
The Complementary Nature of Federal Science Agencies in Advancing the Nation’s Health
At the September Policy Advisory Council meeting, leadership from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) discussed how they are working to advance the nation’s health with an emphasis on women’s health.
9.16.21 | Policy
Medicaid Expansion: Providing Long-Term Care to New Mothers
Maternal mortality rates in the United States continue to grow, with widening disparities in outcomes for Black, Indigenous, People of […]
