The female microbiome is emerging as a key regulator of gynecological and reproductive health. This review summarizes how local and gut microbes affect gynecological outcomes, fertility, and pregnancy ...

Female fertility and reproductive health depend on a series of developmental steps from embryogenesis through puberty, in addition to the proper functioning of the reproductive system in adulthood.

Cystic fibrosis is an illness best known for causing frequent lung infections and chronic breathing problems. However, it affects organs and tissues throughout the body, including the urogenital ...

Women, girls, and other vulnerable groups are more likely to be exposed to and impacted by toxic substances – including lead, mercury, endocrine disrupting chemicals in plastics, and other fossil fuel ...

Pregnancy-related mortality rates among Black women are over three and two times higher, respectively, compared to the rate for White women. Post-Roe v. Wade Black women in Southern states face ...

The condition, affecting one in 10, has been renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, acknowledging risks that have ...

In urban areas, the absence of reliable information on sexual and reproductive health and rights leaves many women without basic reproductive knowledge. Informal sources often fill that gap, but the i ...

It was 2017 and Eva Marie Carney was fed up. As an elected legislator for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation she was somewhat familiar with the reproductive healthcare gap within Indigenous communities, ...