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National Breastfeeding Month was founded by the United States Breastfeeding Committee in 2011 to advocate and promote breastfeeding...
Aug 25, 2023 | Talei Moore, Ryanna Quazi
On July 27, the Senate Appropriations Committee considered the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and...
Jul 28, 2023 | Lauren Mastroberardino
Last week, the House Appropriations Subcommittee advanced the draft of their Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services,...
Jul 27, 2023 | Lauren Mastroberardino
Over the past several weeks, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra testified in three different...
Mar 31, 2023 | Katie Ghougasian, Lauren Mastroberardino
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, reversing previous decisions on Roe v. Wade...
Jun 24, 2022 | Adriane Casalotti
Ian Goldstein spoke with African American Infant and Maternal Mortality Initiative (AAIMM) Outreach and Engagement Director for LA...
May 20, 2022 | Ian Goldstein
A deeper look into President Biden's FY2022 budget request to Congress.
Jun 14, 2021 | Ian Goldstein
In the United States, Black women are 3-5 times more likely to die in childbirth than white women.
Apr 15, 2021 | Adelaide Appiah
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released the HHS Maternal Health Action Plan to reduce maternal deaths...
Dec 19, 2020 | Adelaide Appiah
National Breastfeeding Month was founded by the United States Breastfeeding Committee in 2011 to advocate and promote breastfeeding and human milk feeding.
On July 27, the Senate Appropriations Committee considered the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) spending bill, which passed out of committee on a bipartisan vote of 26-2.
Last week, the House Appropriations Subcommittee advanced the draft of their Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies funding bill after a markup.
Over the past several weeks, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra testified in three different congressional hearings on the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 HHS Budget Request.
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, reversing previous decisions on Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). The 1973 landmark decision codified a person’s right to abortion nationwide, and the ruling on Dobbs removes this constitutional protection, leaving access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare, including abortion,...
Ian Goldstein spoke with African American Infant and Maternal Mortality Initiative (AAIMM) Outreach and Engagement Director for LA County Public Health Adjoa Jones.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released the HHS Maternal Health Action Plan to reduce maternal deaths and disparities that put birthing people at risk before, during, and following pregnancy.
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