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Women’s rights are human rights! End fistula now!

Maternal Health Task Force

Womens rights are human rights, yet worldwide, too many women and girls are still denied their fundamental rights. Today, Kevin is studying to become a Midwife and dreams of becoming an international maternal and infant health advocate. Abject poverty forced Ms. 2 2020 UNSG Report: [link]

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Respiratory weather report for New York: Covid levels low as flu and RSV rise

HEALTHBEAT

Marisa Donnelly’s community public health forecast in your inbox a day early. I want to start this week’s YLE New York by acknowledging the uncertainties and anxieties around what the election results mean for public health in the United States, and by recommitting to our YLE mission. That won’t change.

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Can We Predict Our Ability to Conceive?

BU School of Public Health Blog

Many experts attribute this decline to educational, economic, and social factors that have slowed teen birth rates and prompted a growing trend in delayed childrearing until older ages. The web-based preconception cohort study is the largest of its kind worldwide, following thousands of individuals ages 21-45 who are trying to conceive.