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Fenway Health will host its 22nd Annual Women’s Dinner Party, and hopes that between this and its Men’s Dinner, they will raise $1M for programs and services.

Dermatologist Dr. Rebecca Baxt sets the record straight (and that’s about all she’s setting straight) for those of you who think you are doomed to having bad skin. She also identifies actions that may actually be sabotaging your complexion.

Supporters gathered in Tribeca for the 15th Annual Center Women’s Event, honoring reps from MAC Cosmetics, JPMorgan Chase and the New York Liberty, and raising critical funds for programs and services at the LGBT Center on West 13th Street.

Fifty years after the pill, another birth control revolution may be on the horizon: free contraception for women in the U.S., thanks to the new health care law.

A study released in July indicated that a microbial gel might help shield women against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. But a lack of funding for follow-up studies presents a barrier to getting the gel into use, even in places where it could do the most good.

Supporters of three HIV-positive women in Namibia who say they were sterilized without their consent held protests to support the women’s decision to sue the government, a legal aid group said Wednesday.

In its first study of women’s health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44.