Barbie can be a doctor, but she rarely specializes or works with adults, and she almost never meets clinical safety standards for clothing or personal protective equipment (PPE), a quantitative study ...

Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu reportedly missed two critical chances to be saved, including one when she refused hospitalization because she had already booked return flight tickets, according to ...

Barbie is honoring COVID-19 first responders with a new line of "medical role model" dolls. The six-doll collection was created to highlight the valiant deeds frontline workers have taken throughout ...

You know how your kid loves to play “professor of vaccinology,” but you’ve never been able to find a Barbie with that career? Well, now you can. Mattel is honoring six real women “who are modern ...

ATLANTA — Six Barbie dolls modeled after real-life medical workers have been released, in a nod to the heroes of the COVID pandemic. Mattel, the maker of Barbie dolls, made the announcement this week ...

As first conceptualized in 1959 by American businesswoman Ruth Marianna Handler, the iconic Barbie doll has been a source of inspiration for generations of women. In a contemporary context, the doll's ...

Barbie® to donate $5 for each Barbie doctor, nurse or paramedic doll sold* at participating Target locations during the month of August EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) ...

Barbie should consider expanding her medical and scientific careers into areas where women and other under-represented groups remain a minority, suggests a study published in the Christmas issue of ...