Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Matters for Women[TM] E-Newsletter Update

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Matters for Women[TM] E-Newsletter Update

Federal Agency News

What I Wish I’d Known About Being Healthy (HHS OWH)

More than One Day of Early-Pregnancy Bleeding Linked to Lower Birthweight (NIH)

Panel Calls for Improvements in Research on Natural Experiments to Combat the Obesity Epidemic (NIH)

Anti-HIV Drug Combination Does Not Increase Preterm Birth Risk, Study Suggests (NIH)

HRSA-Supported Team Improves Birth Outcomes in U.S. South

FDA Restricts Sale and Distribution of Essure to Protect Women and to Require that Patients Receive Risk Information

National, State and Local News

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults

ACOG Redesigns Postpartum Care

California Releases Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review Findings (2002-2007)

Reported Sexually Transmitted Diseases Reach a New High in California

Governor Cuomo Announces Comprehensive Initiative to Target Maternal Mortality and Reduce Racial Disparities in Outcomes (New York)

Maine DHHS Releases Second Edition of SnuggleME Guidelines

Global

Statement: Sexual Violence Leaves People Behind: We Must Have Accountability and Change for Women and Girls (UN Women)