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Federal Reserve chairman Jerome H. Powell suggested on Wednesday that improved government policies to support childcare could help attract more women into the labor market.The Fed chief diligently avoided commenting on certain proposals of…

The director of the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, speaks during a White House press conference led by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White…

One of the many big questions scientists are trying to unravel is whether people who receive Covid-19 while pregnant pass natural immunity to their newborns.Recent studies have indicated that this could be the case. New findings published…

The World Health Organization on Friday changed its guidelines for pregnant women considering a Covid-19 vaccine and abandoned opposition to immunization for most expectant mothers unless they were at high risk.The change came after an…

Schwangere, die nach Leitlinien für Covid-19-Impfstoffe suchen, sind mit der Art von Verwirrung konfrontiert, die die Pandemie von Anfang an verfolgt hat: Die weltweit führenden Organisationen für öffentliche Gesundheit - die…

Mary Catherine Bateson, a cultural anthropologist who quietly wrote groundbreaking books on women's lives and was once one of America's most famous babies as the only child of Margaret Mead, died January 2 in Dartmouth, New Hampshire when…

According to a 2017 report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the gender pay gap in South Korea is the highest of its 37 member countries. Working women earn nearly 40 percent less than men, and many stop…

Kim Chernin, a feminist writer and counselor who wrote compassionately about female body dysmorphism and its cultural causes, and about her own upbringing as the daughter of a fiery communist organizer incarcerated for her belief, died on…

The fast-growing cryptocurrency start-up Coinbase has been shaken in recent months by tensions between executives and employees who claim they are being treated unfairly because of their race or gender.While the company's management has…

Drug makers and U.S. regulators plan to start clinical trials in January testing the safety of Covid-19 vaccines in pregnant women and young children, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious…