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Black and white photo of Writer Nobuko Yoshiya, an older Japanese woman wearing a long sleeved seater over a white collared shirt and long skirt. She poses for a photograph in a small rock garden. A small building can be seen behind her.

Expert Take

This Queer Japanese Novelist Disrupted Beliefs about Sexuality, Love, and Friendship

June 12, 2023

Photo: A doctor explains the Mammogram Procedure to a Topless Medium-skin toned Patient with Curly Hair Undergoing Mammography Scan.

Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Screenings Should Now Begin at Age 40

May 12, 2023

Photo: Protesters hold a placard that says, "Protect trans youth" and "Gay" inside the Indiana Statehouse. A young woman with short curly red hair holds a sign that reads "Protect trans youth" and a masked person next to her holds a word bubble sign that reads "Gay" . The two stand with other masked and unmasked protestors in a statehouse.

Mental Health

How Will Anti-Trans Laws Impact Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth Mental Health?

March 24, 2023

Photo: Overhead shot of a selection of reproductive health supplies including:pills, diaphragm, condoms, vaginal ring, IUD, implant, dmpa, emergency contraception, and contraceptive pills. All the supplies lie on a lie background.

Birth Control

A New Breed of Nonhormonal Birth Control

November 30, 2022

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Public Health

Birth Control Options—What You Need to Know

October 19, 2022

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Sexual Health

5 Tips for Safe and Pleasurable Sex

September 27, 2022

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Reproductive Rights

POV: End of Roe v. Wade and Right to Abortion Will Impact Research, Says ENG Professor

July 6, 2022

Line art vector illustration of a teacher teaching a lesson on Safe Sex education for teens, teenagers, students. They stand at a blackboard and point to a drawing of a condom as two students look on.

Sexual Education

With Roe v. Wade Gone, Would Better Sex Ed Help Avert Unwanted Pregnancies?

July 6, 2022

Demonstrators with Center for Popular Democracy and other organizations perform a mass civil disobedience in support of abortion access by sitting and blocking an intersection near the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on June 30, 2022. (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto via AP)

Reproductive Rights

The Battle for Reproductive Rights

July 1, 2022

Photo of Students for Reproductive Freedom co-presidents Molly Baker (CAS’22), left, and Charlotte Beatty (CAS’22) cutting the ribbon on the new vending machine during a launch party in the GSU. Two masked students bend and cut a large red ribbon tied around the machine as masked onlookers circle around and clap.

Reproductive Rights

New Plan B Vending Machine in GSU Dispenses Low-Cost Emergency Contraceptives to the BU Community

March 21, 2022

Photo of a variety of different brands of condoms scattered on a white table. Two small postcards included read "Ask first. Yes!" and "Condom Fairy"

Student Health Services

Student Health Services Rolls Out New, Easier Testing Protocols for STDs and STIs

February 25, 2022

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Vaccines

Could COVID Pandemic and Vaccine Hesitancy Let HPV, Polio, and Measles Return?

January 13, 2022

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Transgender Health

How Does Testosterone Therapy Change the Voices of Transgender Men?

November 15, 2021

Photo of Pro-choice protesters perform outside the Texas State Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 in Austin, TX. The protesters raise their fists and wear shirts that say "BANS OFF OUR BODIES"

Law

What the Texas Abortion Law Means for Roe v. Wade

September 2, 2021

Human Rights

As Taliban Retakes Afghanistan, Experts Say Biden Administration Made Strategic Blunders

August 16, 2021

A photo of a copper IUD

Opinion

From the Dalkon Shield to Britney Spears’ IUD: Why Diverse Teams Need to Be Involved in Contraceptive Design

July 1, 2021

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Public Health

How Long Will It Take You to Conceive after Stopping Birth Control?

February 23, 2021

Community Health

BU’s It’s On Us Chapter Members Pledge to Promote Consent

December 9, 2020

A pregnant African American couple place their hands over the womb

Family Planning

When Is the Best Time to Get Pregnant for Americans?

October 23, 2020

An illustration of a person wearing a mask asking two people not wearing masks to wear masks.

Student Life

Masks. Distancing. Race. How to Have Hard Conversations during Hard Times

September 14, 2020

Masks. Distancing. Race. How to Have Hard Conversations during Hard Times