Women's Health

HUES believes by including more women of color into scientific research, the medical community will develop a greater cultural sensitivity.

Queens Village Cincinnati has awarded its Dayton chapter $20,000 to expand its services. The nonprofit addresses disparities in access to maternal and infant health care.

This month, several events in Dayton are shining a light on Black maternal and infant health. Activists and community members shared their stories and discussed solutions.

Medical professionals who specialize in fertility treatments and obstetrics and gynecology spoke out at the third hearing on the "trigger" abortion ban.

Premier Health announced they will be making it easier for busy women to get their annual mammogram screening.

The legislation is fashioned after a Texas law that allows citizens to take legal action against people for aiding, abetting, performing and inducing an abortion.

The legislation, commonly known as a "trigger" law, would ban abortion in almost all cases.

The initiated statute faces a challenge in the Republican-dominated legislature.

Rallies were also held in Akron, Toledo, Youngstown, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati.

Overturning Roe v. Wade, as a leaked draft document indicates the U.S. Supreme Court might do, would end the constitutional right to an abortion. For Michigan OB-GYN Lisa Harris, the leak confirmed she needed to double down.

Updated: 4:50 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021 There are currently no approved vaccines for breast cancer, which affects 1 in 8 women. But clinical trials have now begun to test one developed right here in Cleveland that targets an aggressive form of the disease. Cleveland Clinic researchers have launched a clinical trial testing a first-of-its-kind vaccine that could prevent triple-negative breast cancer - the most lethal form of the disease, officials said in a press release Tuesday.

Critics say the amendment will make it harder for abortion clinics to find doctors