Full network of clitoral nerves mapped out for first time Anatomy of one of least studied human organs could improve outcomes for women who have pelvic surgery
Will UN plans to transform the way it works ‘throw equality under the bus’? Many of those attending the world’s largest meeting on women’s rights in New York this week are primed to defend the two key UN agencies that protect women and girls around the world
Gen Z flocks to Chinese medicine as trust in US health system plummets: ‘It’s so personalized to being human’ As Americans embrace ‘alternative’ remedies, people online joke that they’re ‘Chinamaxxing’ their wellness routines
Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages Women across Afghanistan describe the traumatic impact of disappearing clinics and contraception
World is short of nearly a million midwives, report warns Shortage raises rates of maternity intervention, while improving access to care could potentially save 4.3m lives a year, say experts
‘A potential treasure trove’: World Health Organization to explore benefits of traditional medicines UN body to study possibility of integrating centuries-old practices into mainstream healthcare
‘She was like a deer in headlights’: how unskilled radical birthkeepers took hold in Canada In holistic communities and midwifery deserts, women are turning to the Free Birth Society for information and unlicensed providers
New antibiotics hailed as ‘turning point’ in treating drug-resistant gonorrhoea First new treatments for sexually transmitted disease in decades approved by US Food and Drug Administration as number of cases worldwide surge to 82m
Five key findings from our investigation into the Free Birth Society Year-long investigation into multimillion-dollar business exposed serious concerns, from dangerous medical claims to FBS-linked stillbirths
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors