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21 Nov

US cancer registries, constrained by Trump policies, to recognize only ‘male’ or ‘female’ patients

DoryLatest NewsAnti-Trans, cancer, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trans Rights, Transgender, transgender health care

The top authorities of U.S. cancer statistics will soon have to classify the sex of patients strictly as male, female, or unknown, a change scientists and advocates say will harm the health of transgender people, one of the nation’s most marginalized populations.

Use of hair dye associated with uterine fibroids in Black women, study finds

PhoenixLatest NewsBlack Women, cancer, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States, Uterine Health

Using hair dye may be linked to developing non-cancerous tumors in the uterus, particularly among Black women, a recent study suggests.

We are flying blind’: RFK Jr.’s cuts halt data collection on abortion, cancer, HIV and more

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion, Abortion data, cancer, data collection, HIV, RFK Jr., STI data, United Sates

“The federal teams that count public health problems are disappearing — putting efforts to solve those problems in jeopardy. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s purge of tens of thousands of federal workers has halted efforts to collect data on everything from cancer rates in firefighters to mother-to-baby transmission of HIV and syphilis to outbreaks of drug-resistant gonorrhea to cases of carbon monoxide poisoning….”