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Women’s Health Company WOOM Partners with Global Insurer MAPFRE to Improve Women’s Well-being and Reproductive Health in Latin America

Global insurance company MAPFRE and femtech startup WOOM HEALTH have joined forces to improve women’s well-being and reproductive health. WOOM Health uses AI and machine learning techniques backed by medical professionals. The alliance seeks to foster, on behalf of women, a greater and better knowledge and understanding of the functioning and needs of their bodies in the different phases of their reproductive life. WOOM…

Elidah’s ELITONE, an At-Home Incontinence Treatment, Is Now Covered by Medicare

Elidah, with the first non-intrusive device to treat incontinence at home, announced that its ELITONE device is now covered by Medicare. Women dealing with bladder leaks can treat their leaks rather than simply covering them up with pads or diapers. Urinary incontinence symptoms often start after childbirth, but the symptoms usually progress and become more bothersome as women age. Medicare is the…

Gynesonics’ Sonata System Is Now Covered by Cigna for the Treatment of Uterine Fibroids

Gynesonics, a women’s healthcare company focused on the development of minimally invasive solutions for symptomatic uterine fibroids, announced today that Cigna has released a national coverage policy for treatment of uterine fibroids with the Sonata System.  The Sonata System uses radiofrequency energy to ablate fibroids under real time sonography guidance from within the uterine cavity, utilizing the first and only intrauterine ultrasound…

Always Participates in a U.S. Congressional Event and Releases New Global Data to Break Period Stigma

In honor of Menstrual Hygiene Day on May 28, Procter & Gamble’s leading menstrual care brand Always is launching a campaign to champion young people’s confidence through period education and other efforts aimed at tackling period stigma and improving access to period products. Tomorrow, Always will participate in the Ending Period Poverty for Women and Girls event sponsored by the Women’s Congressional Policy…

Bluestream Health and The Azadi Project Team up to Provide Women Refugees in Greece with Virtual Care Services

Bluestream Health, a telehealth platform designed to power healthcare providers and patients, no matter their location, language, or age, today announced that it has partnered with The Azadi Project to provide virtual care services to refugee women and girls fleeing from countries like Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Syria for safety in Greece. Azadi is working with refugee women living in some of the harshest conditions with little or no access to basic…

UK Women’s Health Strategy: Call for Evidence

The UK Government is currently consulting on their Women’s Health Strategy and is looking for written submissions from organizations as well as feedback from individual members of the public. We’re seeking your views to help inform the development of the government’s Women’s Health Strategy. The easiest way to participate in the call for evidence as an individual is by completing the public survey.…

Women’s Health Company Hologic and Partners Launch Project Health Equality to Help Transform the Care Women of Color Receive

Hologic, a global leader in women’s health, today launched Project Health Equality (PHE), a unique initiative that strives to address the structural and cultural barriers that prevent Black and Hispanic women in the U.S. from receiving the same quality health care as white women. PHE will focus initially on how health care is experienced by thousands of Black and Hispanic women in…

Twentyeight Health Announces U.S. Expansion to Increase Birth Control Access for Underserved Communities

Twentyeight Health, a telehealth company increasing access to sexual and reproductive healthcare for women from underserved communities, today announced that it is continuing its national expansion with launches across seven states — Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Nebraska, Tennessee, and Virginia. Twentyeight Health is now available to women across 20 states, serving over 70% of U.S. women of reproductive age.  “Telehealth had a…