Stories tagged: "pregnancy"

Health Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Health Pregnancy Discrimination Still Happens. This Bill Would Ensure Workers Get the Protections They Need.

Discriminating against a pregnant person is illegal in the United States for more than 40 years, but as these women's stories show, it still happens.

Cassandra Stone Cassandra Stone October 5, 2020 12:44 pm EDT
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Health Pregnancy Is Now a Risk Factor for Severe COVID-19. Here’s How One Black Woman Is Handling It All.

Recent data found that pregnant Black and Hispanic women with COVID-19 are more likely to be hospitalized or admitted into the intensive care unit.

A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez July 27, 2020 2:20 pm EDT
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Coronavirus I’m A Doula. Here’s What’s Happening to Mothers Giving Birth During This Crisis

Pregnant women are being forced to choose between solitude or home delivery due to coronavirus.

Nilma Black Nilma Black March 26, 2020 12:55 pm EDT
Health Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2020 serves to address Black maternal health crisis
Health Landmark Legislation Seeks to Reduce Black Maternal Health Risks

The Black Maternal Health Caucus unveiled a package of bills this week that aims to comprehensively improve health outcomes for Black mothers.

Cassandra Stone Cassandra Stone March 12, 2020 2:23 pm EDT
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Health Women in Kazakhstan are more likely to survive childbirth than Americans

Improving access to care in rural America is a key focus of bill approved by House committee.

Davis Burroughs Davis Burroughs November 22, 2019 12:56 pm EST

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The post-war economic boom of the 1950s and 60s sharply increased Wisconsin crop production. In this photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society, Latino farm workers hoe a cucumber field near Wautoma in 1967. Economy From Farms to Factories to New Businesses, Latinos Have Made a Mark on Wisconsin’s Economy for More Than a Century
This 2018 photo shows the signage of the Fayetteville Works plant where the Delaware-based Chemours Company manufactures C3 dimer acid, also known as GenX. The chemical has entered the Cape Fear River, a source of drinking water for much of the southeastern part of North Carolina for an unknown time period. (Photo via AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Environment Polluters of ‘Forever Chemicals’ No Longer Getting a Pass, EPA Head Pledges
A photo of the Fall Creek School District building in Eau Claire County. Gina Kildahl, a parent whose 7-year-old son contracted COVID-19 while attending the school, recently filed a lawsuit against the district for failing to implement masking requirements and other precautions aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. (Photo courtesy of the Fall Creek School District) Coronavirus Mom Who Sued Over Lack of COVID Protections in National Spotlight
Getty Images Elections Michigan’s County Clerks are Still Living Through the 2020 Election
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Health Medicaid coverage for new moms only lasts 60 days post-birth — for now

Last week, lawmakers voted to advance legislation that would give states the option to extend the public insurance option for new mothers to a year.

Kimberly Lawson Kimberly Lawson November 21, 2019 12:57 pm EST
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Health What could happen to millions of women if the ACA is repealed

A decision in the case challenging the federal law is expected any day now.

Kimberly Lawson Kimberly Lawson November 15, 2019 3:24 pm EST