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02/27/13

It seems that the end of February has become my new fundraising time for Planned Parenthood. Its time to get out your check books and make a donation of any size to a Planned Parenthood near you. Tomorrow (actually February 29) will be a year since my mother passed away from a sudden stroke in her...

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Renee Blanchard

Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health

02/27/13

By now you've heard that federal budget cuts will take effect on Friday. And you've heard the strange-sounding name for these cuts: sequestration. Sequestration means across-the-board spending cuts, and this sequester was written into law in August 2011 as a kind of terrible incentive for lawmakers...

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Mattea Kramer

02/27/13

We can't wait to see you this Saturday, March 2, 2013 at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott Hotel , located at 333 Adams Street in downtown Brooklyn. We've got lots of great people coming out and all we need is YOU! Here is the Food Power agenda! Don't forget to register - http://action.momsrising.org/...

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Monifa Bandele

Environmental Health Family Economic Security

02/27/13

Sequestration is both an ugly word and hard to explain. As a budget wonk, I like to use this metaphor: It’s as if the American people are being squeezed into the back of a dilapidated Chevy pick-up. Careening down a dirt road, we’re headed for a brick wall. Try as we might to wake up from this...

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Jo Comerford

02/26/13

Just imagine they’re all four years old.” Someone once told me to try that when I was nervous about speaking in front of a group. Maybe you’ve heard it too: Look out at the audience and imagine them all as… preschoolers. Clearly, whoever coined that little quip had not spent a lot of time around...

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Ann Hedreen

Health Care Blog Carnivals

02/26/13

Good news arrived earlier this month in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on breastfeeding rates. The CDC found that from 2000 to 2008, the percentage of women overall who initiated breastfeeding increased from 70.3 percent to 74.6 percent. During the same time...

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Diana N. Derige

02/26/13

(Photo courtesy of the Rio Arriba Community Health Council blog.) Ever since New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez said she would support making Medicaid accessible to more uninsured New Mexicans, healthcare workers and advocates working in communities around the state have been identifying ways in...

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Elisa Batista

Health Care Blog Carnivals

02/26/13

As I travel the country in my consulting work, I’m always asking everyone and anyone if they knew of any African American IBCLC's. Sometimes I use my intrepid journalism skills and other times I must use more grapevine and Underground Railroad-like pathways. In some cities, there are stories and...

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Kimberly Seals Allers

Health Care Blog Carnivals

02/26/13

Baby Amor was born on February 6, 2012, weighing 1.92 pounds. He had surgery – with many complications – and was held in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Cook County Stroger Jr. Hospital for seven months. In March 2012, with generous support from the VNA Foundation , HealthConnect One and...

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RoiAnn Phillips

Health Care Blog Carnivals

02/26/13

There’s no doubt about it – public awareness and support for breastfeeding is at an all-time high. In fact, we just may be reaching the “tipping point.” Recent years have seen an unprecedented level of attention and commitment to improving the “landscape of breastfeeding support” and the media has...

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