In one of the largest philanthropic initiatives ever dedicated to women’s health, the Gates Foundation announced a $2.5 billion commitment to close long-standing gaps in care, research, investments and data collection focused...more
8/11/2025
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Contraceptives ,
Funding Opportunities ,
Gender Equity ,
Innovation ,
Investment ,
Medical Research ,
Public Health ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Research and Development ,
Research Funding
The femtech sector's evolution presents opportunities for tech, healthcare, and life sciences companies that are both vast and largely untapped. What began as a narrow focus on period-tracking applications has blossomed into...more
On June 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction in Purl v. HHS halting enforcement of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) April 2024...more
6/27/2025
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Data Privacy ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Final Rules ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
Judicial Authority ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Privacy Laws ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Substance Abuse
On Thursday, June 13, the Supreme Court maintained access to the abortion pill, mifepristone. This medication, in conjunction with misoprostol, was used in nearly two-thirds of all U.S. abortion and miscarriage treatments...more
6/17/2024
/ Abortion ,
Article III ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Medical Necessity ,
Patient Access ,
Pregnancy ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Roe v Wade ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing
On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implemented a Final Rule enhancing the HIPAA Privacy Rule to safeguard reproductive health care privacy. Given the recent Dobbs decision, HHS expressed...more
5/31/2024
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Covered Entities ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Effective Date ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues