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News by Topic: Women
Apr 3, 2026 - Announces a new partnership between the Atlanta VA Healthcare System (VAHCS) and the Morehouse School of Medicine's Graduate Education in Nursing (GENIE) program. The partnership will enhance nursing education for veterans with a focus on female veterans and improving access to rural and other underserved communities in Georgia.
Source: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Mar 24, 2026 - A new proposed California bill would create a program to provide menstrual products to female farmworkers in rural communities with high poverty rates. Discusses the lack of access to stores with hygiene products in rural areas.
Source: Imperial Valley Press
CDC: Solicitation of Nominations for Appointment to the Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women
Federal Register
Mar 17, 2026 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking nominations for the CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women (ACBCYW). Nominees will be selected based on expertise in the fields of breast health, breast cancer, disease prevention and risk reduction, survivorship, hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, or in related disciplines with a specific focus on young women, or with personal experience with early onset breast cancer. Nominations are due by April 20, 2026.
Source: Federal Register