First lady touts funding for women’s health
WASHINGTON — Jill Biden announced Wednesday $100 million in federal funding for women’s health research and development as part of a new White House initiative she is leading.
The funding is the first major outcome of the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research, announced late last year. The funding comes from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), part of the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
The first lady announced the ARPA-H Sprint for Women’s Health at a press conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The White House initiative aims to change the approach and increase funding for women’s health research.
Biden said the $100 million would go to early-stage investments in “life-changing” research being undertaken by women’s health researchers and startups that don’t have access to private support.
“We will build a health system that centers women and their lived experiences,” she said. “There, women can not only survive, but live longer and healthier lives with chronic illness.”
The Health Advanced Research Projects Agency will be soliciting innovative research and development ideas to address women’s health in the coming weeks, the White House said.
Mother arrested for posting about hair removal
MEMPHIS — A Tennessee woman has been charged with child neglect after posting a photo on Instagram of her 5-year-old daughter helping an adult client get hair removed, according to police records.
The Commercial Appeal reported, citing an arrest affidavit, that Memphis Police received multiple complaints on February 15 about a post that included an image of a girl who appeared to be applying hot wax to an adult’s genital area. Ta.
The woman said in a post, which has since been deleted, that her daughter participated in waxing sessions for 24 clients over an eight-hour period, according to an arrest affidavit.
She was arrested Monday on a warrant for child neglect.
A hole dug in the shore traps children.1 death
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A girl was buried in the sand and died Tuesday when a deep hole she and a young boy were digging on a south Florida beach fell on them, authorities said.
Pompano Beach Fire Rescue spokeswoman Sandra King said emergency crews responded to Lauderdale-by-the-Sea around 3 p.m. and found an approximately 8-year-old boy buried up to his chest in sand. .
King told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that the girl, who was about 7 years old, was completely buried beneath the boy.
The hole was 5 to 6 feet deep when the collapse occurred, she said.
King said rescuers used support boards to prevent the sand from collapsing further as they used shovels to dig out the children. She did not know how long they had been buried.
The girl was rushed to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, where she was pronounced dead, King said. The boy was hospitalized and his condition was stabilized.
It was not immediately clear whether adults were helping the children dig.
Alabama hospital discontinues embryo transfer program
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — A large Alabama hospital has suspended in vitro fertilization treatments as health care providers weigh the impact of a state court ruling that says frozen embryos are legally equivalent to children.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham said in a statement Wednesday that its Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility had suspended treatment “in recognition of the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision that cryopreserved embryos are human.”
“While we regret that this will impact patients’ attempts to have babies through IVF, we do not believe that patients and physicians may face criminal prosecution or punitive damages for following the standard of care for IVF treatment. We need to assess the possibility of
Other fertility providers in the state continued to offer in vitro fertilization as lawyers investigated the impact of the ruling.
The all-Republican Alabama Supreme Court’s decision sparked a wave of concern about the future of IVF treatments in the state and the potential unintended consequences of extreme anti-abortion laws in Republican-controlled states. . The patient called the clinic to confirm whether the scheduled IVF treatment would continue. The provider then consulted an attorney.
The justices cited language in the Alabama Constitution that says the state recognizes the “rights of unborn children,” and said three couples could sue for wrongful death if their frozen embryos were destroyed in an accident at a storage facility. He said there is.
“A fetus is a ‘child’…without exception based on stage of development, physical location, or other incidental characteristics,” Justice Jay Mitchell wrote in Friday’s majority decision.
Groups representing both IVF treatment providers and patients seeking infertility treatment expressed concern about the decision.
