Data from the CDC showed teenage girls’ hospitalizations for suspected suicide attempts shot up last year. It’s only one piece of a mental health crisis affecting young people.
Even in cities known for providing transgender services, trans people overwhelmingly report myriad barriers in getting mental health services, experts say.
In a country that typically separates incarcerated people from their newborns, the eight states with prison nurseries seemed groundbreaking. Minnesota introduced an entirely new solution.
Black women face a disproportionate amount of mental health concerns, which have been exacerbated by the pandemic, experts say. Online resources are helping to combat that.
The 19th spoke with Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the first Black woman to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, about her plans to address racial and gender-based health inequities.
Seventy percent of people with chronic pain are women. In the pandemic, it has been increasingly hard for them to seek treatment.
Coaches and players alike see the star’s prioritization of mental health as a chance for change.
Similar bans passed by other states have no legal standing, but an upcoming Supreme Court case could change that.
Some state lawmakers have sought to make changes, but others have perpetuated rape myths in response to bills.
The 19th spoke to advocates and experts leading the charge to make menstrual products more accessible and break stigmas.