Articles about women's health

Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ventures awards $250M to women’s health organizations worldwide

Melinda French Gates today announced the recipients of her $250 million open call for organizations worldwide addressing women’s physical and mental health. Read More

Gates Foundation unveils record-setting $2.5 billion initiative focused on women’s health

The Gates Foundation today announced a $2.5 billion, five-year initiative focused on women’s health that will support innovation in care,… Read More

Melinda French Gates launches $250M open-call funding opportunity for women’s health

Melinda French Gates on Wednesday launched Action for Women’s Health, a $250 million open call that aims to reach organizations… Read More

Women’s sexual health startup Joylux gets celebrity boost with new Halle Berry partnership

Joylux, a Seattle startup selling electronic devices that can help women improve their vaginal health, this week announced a partnership… Read More

Unified Women’s Healthcare acquires Seattle menopause health startup Gennev

Florida-based women’s health company Unified Women’s Healthcare announced Wednesday that it acquired Seattle startup Gennev for an undisclosed sum. Gennev,… Read More

Bayer G4A partners with Seattle startups Litesprite and Prevencio on digital health efforts

Two Seattle-area startups were hand-picked by Bayer for a competitive program to create novel digital health solutions. It’s an endorsement… Read More

Genneve to launch unique telehealth service for women experiencing menopause

A startup that launched two years ago to sell lubricants and provide information for menopausal women is expanding to become… Read More

Team Saffron enters the home stretch in competition for Women’s Safety XPRIZE

Students representing the Global Innovation Exchange are nearing the finish line in a competition to create wearable sensors that can… Read More

Joylux raising $5M as it prepares to launch its ‘intimate wellness’ device in the U.S.

Sexual health, and particularly women’s sexual health, can often be overlooked by the medical industry. Seattle-based startup Joylux is hoping… Read More

How Amazon inspired a drone delivery system for birth control in Ghana

When U.N. health experts were trying to come up with a way to deliver contraceptives to women in hard-to-reach areas of… Read More

Joylux raises cash for sonic technology that strengthens women’s pelvic muscles, boosts sexual health

For women who have had children, or who are simply getting older, it can be difficult to maintain sexual health. Of… Read More