Category: Public Health

Tampons, Pads And Politics Mesh In New Push For Access To Menstrual Supplies

As a national movement for better access to menstrual products gains steam, “period equity” activists in Colorado are finding the path to change isn’t straight. Although Denver last summer repealed sales taxes on menstrual products and the state now requires supplies to be provided in prisons, an effort to repeal the statewide sales tax on the products failed. So, activists assemble supply kits to donate to those who need them.

Coronavirus Is Keeping Me Home From Work. Will I Get Paid?

If you are sick from the coronavirus outbreak or sent home, your financial protections may vary depending on what state you live in.

Coronavirus Is Keeping Me Home From Work. Will I Get Paid?

If you are sick from the coronavirus outbreak or sent home, your financial protections may vary depending on what state you live in.

In Texas, white, college-educated people more likely to opt out of vaccinating their kids

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Kaiser Permanente donates $1M to bolster coronavirus response

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WHO: Coronavirus outbreak is a pandemic

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Looming lab supply shortage could set back COVID-19 testing as US cases surpass 1,000

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How To Avoid Coronavirus? Lessons From People Whose Lives Depend On It

As the new coronavirus continues its spread through the U.S., the general public can look for guidance from millions of Americans with weakened immune systems who long ago adopted the rules of infection control that officials tout to avoid contagion.

Emergency physicians recommend policy changes to combat coronavirus outbreak

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National Guard to create 1-mile containment area in New York to stop biggest US cluster of coronavirus

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