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By India Gardener / Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan reporting for the Kent State-Ohio News Connection Collaboration. In Ohio, the rate of congenital syphilis has increased more than 300%, from 22 cases in 2018 to 93 in 2022. Nationally, syphilis in newborns reached a 10-year high in 2022 with more than 3,700 cases.  According to the Ohio Hospital Association, untreated congenital syphilis can have harmful consequences, potentially leading to miscarriage, low birth weight, premature...

This week, feminism passes a milestone of sorts as the iconic publication, Ms. Magazine, looks back on its first fifty years. A new book has just come out, called "50 Years of Ms.: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine That Ignited a Revolution." It features articles from each decade and traces the evolution of what was once known as the "womens liberation movement." Kathy Spillar, executive editor of the magazine, noted the first issue looked at the abortion...

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., recently met with reproductive-rights advocates to discuss the need to ensure all Nevada women have access to birth control without a prescription. In July, the U.S. ...

Tomorrow, the Utah Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in relation to the ongoing lawsuit against Senate Bill 174. Commonly known as the "trigger ban," it criminalizes almost all abortions in Utah. The measure has remained blocked by a preliminary injunction while litigation continues. ...

The disappearance of Carlee Russell, a 25-year-old Black woman, went viral. But police cast doubt on Russell's abduction story after she reappeared.

By Aviva Dove-Viebahn for Ms. Magazine.Broadcast version by Trimmel Gomes for Florida News Connection reporting for the Ms. Magazine-Public News Service Collaboration Scary. ...

Three years after the murder of George Floyd, The Times spoke to more than 100 people about the ongoing psychological strain.

Students packed together to listen to panelists discuss the increasing censorship movement in America and how they can combat it.

Kaye Wise Whitehead is an award-winning Baltimore radio talk show host and activist. but Saturday, Whitehead will trade in her microphone for sneakers.

Deputy President William Ruto claims there are plans to impose a presidential candidate on Kenyans in the August 9 General Election.