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"Reproductive Options for HIV-Serodiscordant Couples” (2006) by Pablo Barreiro, Ann Duerr, Karen Beckerman, and Vincent Soriano
By: Chase V. Florez
| Published: Oct 31, 2019
In July 2006, scientist Pablo Barreiro and colleagues published “Reproduction Options for HIV-Serodiscordant Couples,” in which they recommended…
LiteratureHIV-positive personsHIV infectionsAIDS (Disease)HIV-positive men--United States
Vaginal Speculum (after 1800)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Oct 31, 2019
A vaginal speculum is a medical device that allows physicians and health providers to better view a woman’s cervix and vagina during pelvic exams…
VaginaHysteriaGynecologySecond-wave feminismReproduction
First American Birth Control Clinic (The Brownsville Clinic), 1916
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Oct 11, 2019
On 16 October 1916, Margaret Sanger opened one of the first birth control clinics in the United States in Brooklyn, New York, which some have called…
OrganizationBirth ControlUnwanted pregnancyAbortionMargaret Sanger Papers Project
The Excommunication of Margaret McBride (2009–2010)
By: Claire Cleveland
| Published: Oct 11, 2019
In 2010, the Catholic Church excommunicated Margaret McBride, a nun and ethics board member at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix,…
AbortionBirth ControlethicsChurchReproductive Rights
Sperm Capacitation - Image
By: Katherine Koczwara
| Published: Sep 23, 2019
The male body, followed by male reproductive organs from which the sperm originates, is depicted from top to bottom at the left.
SpermatozoaSpermSperm Capacitation
NovaSure Endometrial Ablation
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Sep 20, 2019
NovaSure is a device for endometrial ablation, which is a procedure that removes the endometrium, that the US Food and Drug Administration, or FDA,…
TechnologyReproductionMenstruationWomen's health servicesmedical technology
She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry (2014) by Mary Dore
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Sep 20, 2019
In 2014, Mary Dore directed the documentary 'She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry,' which details the events and accomplishments of the women’s…
LiteraturefeminismWomen's rightsEqual RightsReproductive Health
Ericsson Method of Sperm Separation
By: Alysse Blight
| Published: Sep 20, 2019
In 1973, Ronald Ericsson developed the Ericsson method, which is a technique used to separate human male sperm cells by their genetic material.…
TechnologySex ChromosomesGonosomesSpermSpermatozoa
Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, later Our Bodies Ourselves (1969–)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Sep 06, 2019
The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective was a women’s health organization headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, that published the informational…
OrganizationfeminismReproductive HealthEqual RightsHealth education of women
Title 1, Subtitle B, Parts I, II, and III of the “National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993” (1993)
By: Caroline Meek
| Published: Aug 26, 2019
In 1993, the NIH published the Revitalization Act that established guidelines for minorities’ and women’s participation in clinical research. Before…
LawLegislation, DrugClinical medicine--ResearchMedical research personnelNational Institutes of Health