• The military says it’s changing to make the nation’s fighting force more inclusive. Among those changes, the design of body armor to better fit women could also save lives.
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• Women aren’t just upping their drinking, researchers say. Increasingly they are “drinking to cope,” instead of for pleasure — which accelerates the risk of alcohol use disorder and its health damage.
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• A UNICEF report estimates that hundreds of thousands of babies in South Asia alone have died because of the inability of pregnant women to get appropriate care. India is seeking solutions.
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• The share of female donors has surged to more than 43% this year, and it could make a big difference in some of this year’s closest political races.
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• U.S Secretary of Labor Gene Scalia called schools essential businesses at a press conference with Gov. Ron DeSantis in Jacksonville on Thursday.
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• The U.S. Womens’ Soccer Team is training in Orlando ahead of a game against England next week. Members of the team were joined by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, Commissioner Patty Sheehan and UCF Women’s Soccer coach Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak today to announce the start of Women’s History Month and an international women’s soccer tournament.
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• Prisons often give disproportionately harsher punishments for minor offenses to women than to men, according to a new federal report that backs up the findings of an earlier NPR investigation.
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