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Photo collage showing a female doctor holding a clipboard that says PCOS, which is crossed out in pink and written above it is PMOS. In the background is a female doctor talking to a patient, as if explaining the new diagnosis.
Direct Care

What PCOS’s name change means for healthcare

The new name opens research on the condition up to more NIH funding, an expert explains.

Maia Anderson
A clinic chair and monitor on a sound block with large sticky notes placed around. Credit: Anna Kim
Direct Care

How two ob-gyns are practicing among rapidly changing abortion laws

Since the 2022 Dobbs decision, there have been a number of changes to abortion access.

Maia Anderson
A Black woman gets a prenatal visit
Direct Care

Startups are getting in on the growing doula industry

Payers, providers, and women’s health companies hope doulas can reduce maternal mortality.

Caroline Catherman
Photo of Beverly Gray, a woman with curly red hair and red glasses smiling and wearing a doctor's lab coat.
Direct Care

How this Duke ob-gyn’s job has changed since Dobbs

“It’s frustrating that we have to alter the care that we provide to meet the demands of a law that’s not evidence-based,” Gray tells us.

Cassie McGrath
Doctor talking to a mature women in a consultation at the hospital
Direct Care

Midi Health raises $100m Series D as women’s health market hits $100+b

Women’s health is being reclassified, VC expert says.

Cassie McGrath
Two female medical staff use an ultrasound machine on a pregnant patient.
Direct Care

Independent abortion clinic closures double in 2025: report

These clinics have the least resources to deal with financial hurdles.

Caroline Catherman
Two protesters hold a Pride flag and a sign reading 'Abortion is a human right' during a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 25, 2022, following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Direct Care

Abortion was on the ballot in 10 states last year. Here’s where some of them stand now

The fight for reproductive rights continues, even in states where abortion-related ballots passed.

Cassie McGrath

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