Health Care

July 26, 2012

When I was in college during the first years of the AIDS epidemic, I assumed that by the time I had a child, all kids would be taught about HIV in school. In the past 20 years, lots of evidence shows how HIV education helps young people make healthy decisions including delaying sex and using...

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Leslie Kantor

Health Care

July 10, 2012

Ah, the call of the ice cream truck. The minute he hears the music from a distance, my four year-old begins begging, “Can I have an ice cream?!” He tries every possible approach – when I say no, he corners his father, and has even resorted to asking a neighbor to buy one for him. Lessons from the...

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Ashley Boyd

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

July 3, 2012

Fireworks. Barbeques. Antibiotics? When it comes to Fourth of July traditions, one of these things is not like the others. Unfortunately, antibiotics can crash your summer barbeque depending on the kind of meat you purchase. Antibiotics have become so rampant in meat that we're starting to see a...

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Claire Moshenberg

Health Care

July 3, 2012

We are still excited about the Supreme Court Ruling last week that upholds the Affordable Care Act! And we're still laughing about the great celebration images that have been circulating since the announcement. Here are a few of our favorites--what are we missing? THESE FIVE PEOPLE just saved...

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Claire Moshenberg

Childcare & Early Education Health Care

July 2, 2012

By Dawn Averitt Bridge Founder and Chair, The Well Project June 28 is a day I’ll never forget: the anniversary of my HIV diagnosis. It was 1988. I was only 19, and didn’t know a single other HIV-positive woman. Misinformation and fear dominated the public conversation on AIDS; everyone knew AIDS...

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Dawn Averitt

Health Care

June 28, 2012

I sat on the edge of my seat, with butterflies in my stomach, waiting this morning for the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act. Why? I, like millions of other moms, have family members with pre-existing conditions who've already been helped by the consumer protections in the...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

June 28, 2012

“I’m so overjoyed and relieved! I will be able to sleep soundly for the first time in months now knowing that the Supreme Court won’t allow the insurance industry to put a cap on my daughter’s healthcare or punish her for a pre-existing condition that is no fault of her own.” This is how MomsRising...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care Blog Carnivals MomsVote

June 28, 2012

The United States Supreme Court today announced its ruling to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) . The Maryland Women’s Coalition for Health Care Reform applauds the decision to uphold the law so that the progress we have already made in realizing a healthier, stronger...

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Leni Preston

Health Care Childcare & Early Education Food! Environmental Health

June 27, 2012

Recently, MomsRising hosted a #kidshealth tweetchat with Dr. Mark Ryan (@richmonddoc), who answered your questions about everything from childhood asthma to breastfeeding to first dentist appointments, and more! Dr. Ryan is a family doctor in Richmond, VA and a member of the board of the National...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care

June 27, 2012

Great news! Recently, California Governor Jerry Brown directed state agencies to " revise flammability standards for upholstered furniture sold in the state ." This important move will help reduce toxic flame retardants in furniture in California. According to the Breast Cancer Fund "...the whole...

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Claire Moshenberg