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AI Program Aims to Break Barriers for Female Students

A new program, backed by Cornell Tech, M.I.T. and U.C.L.A., helps prepare lower-income, Latina and Black female computing majors for artificial intelligence careers.

The Break Through Tech A.I. program provides young women with learning and career opportunities in artificial intelligence.

In Reversal, Expert Panel Recommends Breast Cancer Screening at 40

30 April 2024 at 11:32
Some researchers said the advice did not go far enough. The panel also declined to recommend extra scans for women with dense breast tissue.

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Breast cancer rates among women in their 40s are on the rise, increasing by 2 percent a year between 2015 and 2019.

Bumble Tells Women They No Longer Have to Make the First Move

30 April 2024 at 08:11
As dissatisfaction with online dating grows, the app that put women in control is shifting course.

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Since Bumble launched a decade ago, men had to wait for women on the app to make the first move. Not anymore.

FDA Approves Antibiotic to Treat Urinary Infections

24 April 2024 at 16:45
Pivmecillinam, which has been used in Europe for decades, will become available next year to women 18 and older.

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A colored scanning electron micrograph showing bacteria in a urine sample.

Supreme Court Arguments on Idaho’s Abortion Ban: 5 Takeaways

24 April 2024 at 15:19
The court’s ruling could extend to at least half a dozen other states that have similarly restrictive bans, and the implications of the case could stretch beyond abortion.

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Idaho’s attorney general, RaΓΊl Labrador, speaking outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

States Move to Ban Deepfake Nudes to Fight Sexually Explicit Images of Minors

22 April 2024 at 16:12
Legislators in two dozen states are working on bills, or have passed laws, to combat A.I.-generated sexually explicit images of minors.

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Caroline Mullet, a ninth grader, prompted her father, Mark, a Washington State senator, to work on a bill to ban A.I.-generated sexually explicit images of minors. The ban is set to take effect in June.

Some Older Women Need Extra Breast Scans. Why Won’t Medicare Pay?

19 April 2024 at 09:00
Mammography can miss tumors in women with dense breasts, so their doctors often include ultrasound or M.R.I. scans. Patients often wind up paying the bill.

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A mammography machine at a mobile cancer screening clinic in Lancaster, Calif.

Millions of Girls in Africa Will Miss HPV Shots After Merck Production Problem

18 April 2024 at 11:22
The company has told countries that it can supply only 18.8 million of the 29.6 million doses it was contracted to deliver this year.

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On the way to class in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The delayed vaccines means that girls in countries such as Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso and Mozambique who are now 14 will no longer be eligible for vaccination when these campaigns finally start.

Women Talk Through Their Abortions on TikTok

18 April 2024 at 09:58
At a time of heightened confusion and legal battles over access to abortion, women are looking to social media for answers.

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Arizona’s 1864 Abortion Ban: The History Behind the 160-Year-Old Law

10 April 2024 at 10:55
The state’s Supreme Court ruled that the 1864 law is enforceable today. Here is what led to its enactment.

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Demonstrators at a small rally led by Women’s March Tucson on Tuesday in Tucson, Ariz., after the Arizona Supreme Court revived a law dating to 1864 that bans abortion in virtually all instances.

Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools

8 April 2024 at 11:53
Using artificial intelligence, middle and high school students have fabricated explicit images of female classmates and shared the doctored pictures.

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After boys at Francesca Mani’s high school fabricated and shared explicit images of girls last year, she and her mother, Dorota, began urging schools and legislators to enact tough safeguards.
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