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Vaginal Microbiome Consortium (2007– )
By: Esther Low
| Published: Jun 13, 2025
The Vaginal Microbiome Consortium, or the VMC, established in 2007, consists of a group of researchers, clinicians, statisticians, and geneticists…
Female Urogenital DiseasesPremature BirthMicrobiotaVaginaWomen’s health services
“Impact of COVID-19 and Other Viruses on Reproductive Health” (2020), by Osamah Batiha, Taghleb Al-Deeb, Esra’a Al-zoubi, and Emad Alsharu
By: Logan Hunt
| Published: Jun 05, 2025
In 2020, Osamah Batiha and colleagues published their article “Impact of COVID-19 and Other Viruses on Reproductive Health,'' hereafter “Impact of…
COVID-19COVID-19 PandemicCOVID-19 Virus DiseaseCOVID-19 Virus InfectionPandemic Preparedness
Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (1855–1916)
By: Eboni E. Andersun
| Published: Jun 03, 2025
Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser was a physician and scientist working in Poland who, in 1879, identified the bacterium that causes gonorrhea. Before…
SyphilisGonorrheaLeprosySexually Transmitted DiseasesBacteria
Philippe Ricord (1800–1889)
By: Eboni E. Andersun
| Published: Aug 26, 2024
Philippe Ricord was a nineteenth-century physician and surgeon in France who studied syphilis and demonstrated that it is different from gonorrhea.…
SyphilisGonorrheaSexually Transmitted DiseasesChancreReproductive Health
Vasectomy for Male Sterilization
By: Cole Nichols
| Published: Jun 03, 2024
A vasectomy is a surgery that works to inhibit reproduction by interrupting the passage of sperm through the vas deferens, a tube in the male…
VasectomyVasovasostomyVasectomy ReversalEugenicsSterilization, Reproductive
Dysmenorrhea as a Menstrual Disorder
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Jul 21, 2021
Dysmenorrhea refers to painful menstrual bleeding and often includes symptoms such as cramps in the lower abdominal region, pain radiating down to…
BelladonnaDysmenorrheaWomen's health servicesReproductive HealthMenstruation, Painful
Endometriosis
By: Emily Santora, Jovanna Perez
| Published: Jun 21, 2021
Endometriosis is a medical condition that involves abnormal growths of tissue resembling the endometrium, which is the tissue that lines the inside…
EndometriosisSampson, John A. (John Albertson), 1873-DysmenorrheaMenstruation disordersReproductive Health
Stuart v. Camnitz (2014)
By: Richa Venkatraman
| Published: May 24, 2021
In Stuart v. Camnitz, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the decision of a North Carolina District Court that…
LawAbortion--Law and legislation--United StatesAbortion--Law and legislationFetus--Ultrasonic imagingFreedom of Speech
Period. End of Sentence. (2018)
By: Emily Santora
| Published: May 19, 2021
On 5 April 2018, the documentary Period. End of Sentence. premiered at the Cleveland International Film Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. In the…
LiteratureMenstruationMenstruation--Social aspectsFeminine Hygiene ProductsSanitary napkins
"Comfortably, Safely, and Without Shame: Defining Menstrual Hygiene Management as a Public Health Issue" (2015), by Marni Sommer, Jennifer S. Hirsch, Constance Nathanson, and Richard G. Parker
By: Emily Santora
| Published: May 17, 2021
In July 2015, Marni Sommer and colleagues published “Comfortably, Safely, and Without Shame: Defining Menstrual Hygiene Management as a Public Health…
LiteratureMenstruationMenstruation--Social aspectsFeminine Hygiene ProductsSanitary napkins