7.15.24 | Policy
Health Equity and Improving Women’s Health Among Aims of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
In June, SWHR hosted leaders from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) at the Society’s quarterly Policy Advisory Council meeting to share PCORI’s research portfolio and how they are working to advance women’s health.
7.11.24 | Policy
FY 2025 Labor-HHS Bill Has Implications for Women’s Health and Research Funding
On July 9 the House Appropriations Committee released the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) bill report. This report serves as a companion to the spending bill – for which SWHR previously issued a response.
7.2.24 | Policy
House FY 2025 Labor-HHS Spending Bill Calls for “Largest Restructuring of NIH in a Generation”
On June 25, House appropriators released the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies […]
6.18.24 | Policy
SWHR Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on FDA v Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine
The Society for Women’s Health Research issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Food and Drug Administration et al v Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine et al case on whether to restrict access to mifepristone nationwide.
6.12.24 | Women's Health Perspective
Jennifer’s Uterine Fibroids Journey
Last year, at the age of 45, I found myself at a low point. Every month, I had a period that lasted 10 days, with pain and bleeding so severe that I would be homebound for at least three days, Jennifer writes.
6.4.24 | Fertility
Bridging the Infertility Care Gap
Infertility is clinically defined as the inability to achieve pregnancy after one year of intercourse without birth control or when an individual has had two or more failed pregnancies.
5.29.24 | Endometriosis
SWHR Celebrates Reintroduction of the Endometriosis CARE Act
The Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) was honored to join Congresswoman and Congressional Endometriosis Caucus Co-Chair Nikema Williams (GA-05) […]
5.28.24 | Research and Clinical Trials
SWHR Discusses Actions to Improve Women’s Heart Health at OSSD 2024
SWHR Chief Science Officer Irene O. Aninye, PhD presents at the “Lights, Camera, and Action to Improve Women’s Heart Health” […]
5.23.24 | Obesity
Learning to Support Women Living with Obesity at the “Exploring Obesity’s Impact on Women” Congressional Briefing
On May 2, 2024, the Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) held a congressional briefing titled “Exploring Obesity’s Impact on Women and Policy’s Role in Improving Outcomes” at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington D.C.
