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The Green Tide Washes Over: A year of free, legal abortion in Argentina

By Stéphanie Hamel & Juan Manuel Sierra In December 2020, Argentina made history by legalizing free voluntary abortion. The law has led to significant changes and helped remove the stigma around existing practices for both patients and doctors, yet there are still many obstacles to a universal access to reproductive health. 9to5’s Stéphanie Hamel and Juan Sierra investigate the impacts of the law a year … Continue reading The Green Tide Washes Over: A year of free, legal abortion in Argentina

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Long Covid: A Pandemic’s Disastrous Hangover

Himanshu Jana and Jason Smeets investigate the vast effects of Covid-19 and its lingering brother Long-Covid. The introduction of Omicron to the seemingly endless cycle of new Covid-19 variants has led to renewed fears in recent months over rising hospitalizations and eventual deaths. However, as the scientific community becomes familiar with each variant, a small percentage of Covid-19 patients continue to struggle with symptoms many … Continue reading Long Covid: A Pandemic’s Disastrous Hangover

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The Gandalf Moment: a Man’s Journey towards Men’s Health Advocacy in the Gaming Industry

On a February morning in 2020, a few days before the World Health Organisation would issue an official name for a deadly virus that was working its way across the world, Joni van der Leeuw was standing in a dimly lit room, confronting his own mortality, an empty semen jar in his hand. Given the uninspiring nature of the pornographic material displayed on an old … Continue reading The Gandalf Moment: a Man’s Journey towards Men’s Health Advocacy in the Gaming Industry

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