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Caregiving
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More than 80% of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable. What can be done to save more lives?
A nurse practitioner and member of a Maternal Mortality Review Committee says targeted interventions and community-based care are key to prevention.
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Stacey Abrams wants more Georgians with disabilities to be able to live independently
The gubernatorial candidate said she would clear the backlog of more than 7,000 people on the waiting list for Medicaid-funded services in their own homes.
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The 19th Explains: Why the nursing shortage isn’t going away anytime soon
'You’ve got an aging population, combined with an aging workforce, combined with this pandemic,' one expert warned.
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Washington, D.C., offers financial relief to local child care workers
The application window is closing fast for early childhood educators who may qualify this year for $7,000 to $14,000 payments.
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Taking care of kids makes balancing work and life harder — particularly for moms, poll finds
The challenge mothers in particular face isn’t new — but it is complex and was only exacerbated by the pandemic. A new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll sheds light on the issue.
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Domestic workers, long excluded from labor protections, call for codified rights
Rules governing the workplace have long included exclusions rooted in racism and sexism. But the workers who care for others’ homes and families want those protections, too.
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Medicaid program expands funding for seniors and people with disabilities, but its future remains uncertain
Medicaid's Money Follows the Person has allowed over 90,000 people with disabilities and seniors to move out of nursing homes and back into their communities. But Congress still won’t make the funding permanent.
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More students will likely become pregnant post-Roe. Who will support them?
Schools often discriminate against parenting students, and services for them have dwindled. New abortion restrictions could force more young people to drop out.
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43 percent of parents ‘definitely’ won’t vaccinate their children under 5, survey finds
More than a quarter of parents plan to "wait and see" how the COVID vaccine affects other young children first.
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COVID continues to hit nursing homes harder, AARP data shows
Cases are surging everywhere, and nursing home residents remain more likely to face severe illness and death.