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Volume 66 No 02: February 2021
Volume 66 No 02: February 2021
Biden Pledges Enough COVID-19 Vaccines for All US Adults By End of May
March 02, 2021
President Biden promised that the federal government will have enough vaccine supply to vaccinate approximately 300 million Americans by the end of May.
Sex Disparities in Heart Disease, Stroke is a Major Research Priority
March 02, 2021
The American Heart Association published a special issue to discuss current research in cardiovascular disease and outcomes in women.
Medicaid payments for immediate postpartum LARC
March 02, 2021
Since 2012, when South Carolina's Medicaid program became the first state Medicaid program to separate payment for the immediate postpartum placement of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) from global maternity payment, a significantly greater number of mothers are using LARC, especially among adolescents.
How Sex and Gender Disparities Affect Women during the COVID-19 Pandemic
March 02, 2021
Diverse Voices: COVID-19 and the Health of Women, a virtual speaker series run by the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH), presented compiled research on sex and gender disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to identifying issues of concern, the webinar offered actions to improve women’s health despite sex and gender disadvantages.
Study examines switching intentions in contraception use
March 01, 2021
When it comes to willingness to switch contraception method, a team of researchers has looked into whether method type, satisfaction with use, and confidence in correct use were independently associated with switching intentions.