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Standoffs between pro-Palestinian student protesters and universities are growing increasingly tense on both coasts of the US. In New York, Columbia University’s administration has given hundreds of demonstrators a deadline…

UNITEDSTATES/After the rise and fall of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election, it appears most Americans are not attached to the idea of having a woman president—at least during their lifetime.…

UNITEDNATIONS/Last week, world leaders gathered at the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York to do what they have done since the UN was established in 1945: Come together to address…

STUDY/Drug overdoses from opioids and stimulants are a major cause of mortality in the United States. It is unclear if there are stable sex differences in overdose mortality for these…

STUDY/A study led by researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys has found that in young women, certain genetic mutations are associated with treatment-resistant breast cancer. These mutations are not linked to…

UNITEDSTATES/ There are no restrictions on Dr. Caitlin Bernard’s medical license after a lengthy hearing that mirrored national divides over abortion. A doctor who drew national attention in the United…

UNITEDSTATES/She’s been a liberal lioness of the United States Senate for three decades. But when California senator Dianne Feinstein suddenly vanished for three months, the Democratic party’s agenda ground to…

US maternal mortality rate findings should be ‘call to action’, researcher says, as deaths more than double in 20 years. UNITEDSTATES/ The number of women who died within a year…

CANADA/A United Nations initiative aimed at eliminating gender-based violence is asking Canada to put up cash to help stem a backsliding in women’s rights, even though the Liberals are cutting back on…

In a recent study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, researchers examine the relationship between chocolate consumption and both all-cause and cause-specific mortality in women.…