Women’s Health

Women’s Health Activities

Women’s Health Science

Read selected scientific findings and publications regarding the health of women and girls.

Women's Health Science

Healthy Living

Learn about specific health challenges women and girls face throughout their lifespan.

Healthy Living

Women’s Health Features

College Health and Safety for Women

Schools play a critical role in ensuring students have access to available resources for a safe and healthy college experience.

Women, Caregiving, and COVID-19

Two out of every three caregivers in the United States are women. This means they provide daily or regular support to children, adults, or people with chronic illnesses or disabilities. Women caregivers have a greater risk for poor physical and mental health, including depression and anxiety.

Working Together to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality

Each year in the United States, about 700 people die during pregnancy or in the year after. Another 50,000 women each year experience severe pregnancy complications that can cause serious consequences for a woman’s health. Every pregnancy-related death is tragic, especially because two in three of them are preventable.

Women’s Health

Women’s Health Activities

Women’s Health Science

Healthy Living

Women’s Health Features

College Health and Safety for Women

Women, Caregiving, and COVID-19

Working Together to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality

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