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What Trump’s vaccine order says about his relationship with MAHA moms

National park signs on women and LGBTQ+ history are disappearing. Librarians are preserving the record

No, COVID-19 vaccines don’t increase miscarriage rates

The WNBA ‘felt like a lifeline’ for LGBTQ+ fans. Anti-trans attacks are testing that refuge.

She bought ‘GLP-1’ patches on TikTok. She got scammed instead.

Flock is just the latest example of using surveillance to stalk women

Wisconsin Democrats choose David Crowley over Francesca Hong’s progressive vision

Peggy Flanagan could make history for Native American women in November. She’s not the only one.

Head Start could soon be overhauled. Here’s exactly what would change.

How to talk to your kids about body image — without toxicity

AOC is freezing her eggs — and sharing the process online

The real-life, offline campaign of Francesca Hong

‘Even the nuns are mad’: Catholic sisters are standing for Haitians outside ICE offices

Massachusetts expands abortion access to any point during pregnancy

Trump Accounts could benefit kids. But can they access them?

How a family swimming spot at a national forest became ‘a trap’ for an ICE raid

‘We’re the pawns’: Epstein survivors say DOJ has failed them as Todd Blanche takes over

We’re hiring four new roles at The 19th

Hospitals say they found a tool to help reduce childbirth risks: Wristbands

When sex education funding is taken away, young people lose a safe space

The first Black woman to lead the CDC will face an uphill battle in restoring trust

Trump’s attorney general pick hints at making national abortion restrictions a priority

Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary shaped by party divisions, gender and faith

Cori Bush’s primary loss further hurts Black women’s chances for representation in Congress

Kansas voters reject another attempt to reshape the state’s abortion landscape

The Michigan House race that tests whether ‘only a bro can beat a bro’

A Wyoming doctor’s fight to keep abortion legal in her deep red state

Denying domestic violence allegations, Rep. Max Miller isn’t dropping his reelection bid

Running on empty: Can a red HIV outreach van outlast federal cuts?

46 Democrats voted for the Laken Riley Act. For some, it’s a liability.

Lawmakers push for immigrant woman’s release and medical records after suspected miscarriage

For college students, a school’s state politics can matter as much as its academics

Abortion bans may be fueling a ‘concerning increase’ in suicidal thoughts among teen girls

Who is electable? Michigan’s Senate primary asks a familiar question.

This nurse brings health care to people outside a detention center. She says ICE agents assaulted her.

Has the cyclospora outbreak impacted berries? What parents of berry-aged children need to know.

Women have served in combat for a decade. Lawmakers want to protect that right.

From rural Virginia music teacher to the nation’s top teachers union leader

What is postpartum psychosis?

Cori Bush is making her case for a comeback

This domestic violence shelter was told it no longer aligns with the Trump administration’s priorities

Mississippi is getting hotter. Experts say it’s hurting moms and babies.

As maternity wards close, community outrage rises in key battleground states

Dylan Mulvaney says Trump’s criticism of her is ‘the greatest compliment of all’

You’re not imagining it: Your kid’s school supplies cost more this year

How Washington state’s sports ballot measure will impact all girls

Meet the woman behind the world’s first environmental justice encyclopedia

An Alzheimer’s diagnosis changed their lives. They decided how.

The new teen pregnancy prevention plan isn’t that focused on prevention

The island without childcare for babies

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