Good OpEd...

 

I don't usually blog about OpEd's.  Most are just rants with little information.  This piece is a welcome surprise.  It's from the Atlanta Journal Constitution.  Let's start with this:

OPINION: HIV epidemic won’t end if women are left out of clinical trials...

This article details a reason why the HIV epidemic remains so prevalent.   Little research has been or is being conducted with biological women.  Most HIV research is conducted using subjects that male or born male.  

Of the estimated 38 million people living with HIV around the world, more than half are women. What’s more, AIDS is the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age.

The author writes about the lack of involvement women have had in medical research.  It's bad for all women, but worse for those of color or living in impoverished parts of the world.  

I've wrote about this before.  When are researchers going to recognize the necessity for the inclusion of actual women in their work?  Until then, medical research has been purposely hobbled.

Cya...