Barbara Rodriguez
@bcrodriguez.bsky.social
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Reporter at The 19th. 📲 DM for email / Signal
Earlier this month I wrote about why doctors say you can’t compare the United States’ vaccine recommendations to other countries. Evergreen topic amid a lot of emerging headlines.
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Some countries recommend fewer childhood vaccines. That plan is riskier in America.
Comparing the United States’ childhood vaccine schedule to other countries doesn't consider the lack of universal health care, vaccine experts say.
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/trump-childhood-vaccines-comparison-countries/
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Come join us in 2026!
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Every time you see reports of children being quarantined because of exposure or infection to measles, the ripple effect is not just on health but the economy: Kids have to stay away from the child care centers and schools that help ensure families can work and pay bills:
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When measles hits day cares, there are more than just health concerns
Children’s health is the most immediate challenge amid an exposure, but parents are grappling with tough choices and quarantines.
https://19thnews.org/2025/07/measles-day-care-outbreak-concerns/
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The impact of ICE arrests is extending into America's child care system: It's reducing the number of immigrant child care workers available — and prompting U.S. mothers with young children to leave their jobs as they scramble for stable care.
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ICE arrests are forcing American moms to leave their jobs
A new analysis shows that increased immigration enforcement is reducing labor in the child care workforce. The ripple effect is impacting mothers with young children.
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/ice-child-care-mom-workforce/
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I just wrote about this. If RFK Jr. and the federal government want to encourage more breastfeeding, experts say paid parental leave would help.
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There’s more attention today on the childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s what you need to know:
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The childhood vaccine schedule: What is it and why do we need one?
A series of recommended shots that health providers administer to children as they age has been a recent target of President Donald Trump and his administration.
https://19thnews.org/2025/10/childhood-vaccine-schedule-questions/
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Medical experts worry today’s vote that ended recommending the newborn hep B vaccine shot for all babies will increase hesitancy among parents about childhood vaccines amid misinformation messaging from the federal government.
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Vaccine advisory panel votes to end universal newborn hep B shot recommendation
Parents appear to be able to continue to get the hep B vaccine for their kids, but this major shakeup could cause confusion among families and logistical barriers for health providers.
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/vaccine-advisory-panel-ends-hepatitis-b-newborn/
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A federal advisory panel with power over vaccine policy has voted to stop recommending a universal newborn shot to prevent the hepatitis B virus, which causes liver disease — a major shakeup to the childhood vaccine schedule under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Vaccine advisory panel votes to end universal newborn hep B shot in major shakeup
Parents appear to be able to continue to get the hep B vaccine for their kids, but the move could cause confusion among families and logistical barriers for health providers.
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/vaccine-advisory-panel-ends-hepatitis-b-newborn/
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We’re all going to hear a lot about the newborn hepatitis B vaccine shot this week. Here’s some facts about the vaccine, which is safe and effective at preventing liver disease.
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What you should know about the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns
The first shot in the multi-dose vaccine has been recommended at birth for decades, but that could soon change.
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/hepatitis-b-newborns-what-to-know/
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Emily Ramshaw
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@19thnews.org
is here to help our readers navigate complex times with clarity and context. As our newsroom makes plans for 2026, tell us what information you need most.
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2025 Annual Survey
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So many moving parts with SNAP benefits right now so I wanted to slow things down and remind folks that food insecurity is here, and so is the mom guilt. My latest for
@19thnews.org
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The fight over SNAP benefits continues — and so does the mom guilt
The worry over long-term access to food collides with the reality that children and their families face detrimental health effects when they experience food insecurity.
https://19thnews.org/2025/11/snap-benefits-mom-guilt-food-insecurity/
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I wrote about low wages in statehouses back in 2021 for
@19thnews.org
. The piece begins with the story of a state lawmaker who decided not to run again because she estimated her health insurance premiums cost more than her pay in the legislature.
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Zohran Mamdani will be New York’s youngest mayor in over a century and the city’s first Muslim and first South Asian mayor. He has twice defeated Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as governor in the face of sexual harassment allegations.
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Zohran Mamdani, who ran on universal child care, elected New York City mayor
Mamdani defeated Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as governor in 2021 in the face of sexual misconduct allegations.
https://19thnews.org/2025/11/zohran-mamdani-new-york-mayor/?utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_content=Zohran%20Mamdani%20will%20be%20Ne&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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A hunger cliff is days away. Women, children and food banks will feel it first.
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A hunger cliff is days away. Women, children and food banks will feel it first.
Food banks will face logistical and financial challenges in providing the resources currently offered by the SNAP and WIC programs that are set to lose funding.
https://19thnews.org/2025/10/food-banks-snap-wic-government-shutdown/
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First ladies made history in the East Wing. It was razed for Trump’s ballroom. Latest from
@errinhaines.bsky.social
and
@amandabecker.bsky.social
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@19thnews.org
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First ladies made history in the East Wing. It was razed for Trump’s ballroom.
The East Wing is home to the Office of the First Lady and has played a key role in women’s visibility in the White House.
https://19thnews.org/2025/10/east-wing-first-ladies-history-demolished-trump-ballroom/
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Setting aside that our post has been labeled adult content because of … a bare belly photo?? ...
@slooterman.bsky.social
and I dug deep into the history of blaming moms for their kids’ autism for
@19thnews.org
and how some moms see echos of that dark history in MAHA:
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This isn't the first time moms have been blamed for their kids' autism
One of the earliest theories of autism is centered on “refrigerator mothers.” Echoes of it can be found in plans to Make America Healthy Again.
https://19thnews.org/2025/10/refrigerator-mothers-autism-tylenol-blaming/
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President Trump wants to revamp the childhood vaccine schedule, a move that would place an extra burden on working mothers — who often shoulder the responsibilities of scheduling doctor's visits and follow-up care within a household. My latest for
@19thnews.org
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Trump’s vision for childhood vaccines could hurt working moms the most
“Intentionally or not, Trump is adding weight to this burden that women are already carrying as family health managers."
https://19thnews.org/2025/09/childhood-vaccine-schedule-trump-working-moms/
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Trump to pregnant people: “Don’t take Tylenol. There’s no downside.” But acetaminophen is one of the few drugs that pregnant people can safely use to relieve pain or fever — conditions that, if left untreated, can increase risk of birth defects and premature delivery.
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Linking Tylenol to autism could harm pregnant people’s health, doctors warn
Acetaminophen is one of the few drugs that pregnant people can safely use to relieve pain or fever — conditions that, if left untreated, can increase the risk of birth defects and premature delivery.
https://19thnews.org/2025/09/rfk-jr-tylenol-autism-pregnancy/
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The federal government’s reported plans to link pregnant people’s use of acetaminophen — the pain-relief drug sold under the brand name Tylenol — as a cause of autism could worsen their health and stigmatize one of the few treatments pregnant people have for reducing pain and fever, doctors warn.
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Linking Tylenol to autism could harm pregnant people’s health, doctors warn
Acetaminophen is one of the few drugs that pregnant people can safely use to relieve pain or fever — conditions that, if left untreated, can increase the risk of birth defects and premature delivery.
https://19thnews.org/2025/09/rfk-jr-tylenol-autism-pregnancy/
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A vaccine panel just tabled a vote that would have delayed universal use of the Hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. For now, nothing has changed on use of the vaccine, which is safe and credited with saving lives. But how did we get here? My latest for
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How the newborn hepatitis B vaccine landed in MAHA’s crosshairs
A panel handpicked by RFK Jr. just tabled a vote to delay use of the hep B vaccine at birth. The debate shows how these early decisions on behalf of a newborn can be used as a litmus test of fitness f...
https://19thnews.org/2025/09/hepatitis-b-vaccine-newborns-maha-rfk/
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The new MAHA report recommends that the United States increase its breastfeeding rates. But the report makes no mention of a federal paid parental leave program that experts in breastfeeding / caregiving say could make a difference. My latest for
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The government wants more people to breastfeed. Experts say paid parental leave could help.
Researchers have been examining ways to increase breastfeeding rates for years. They warn it will take structural reform and funding.
https://19thnews.org/2025/09/government-breastfeeding-paid-parental-leave/
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I saw a lot of headlines about Florida getting rid of all its vaccine mandates for schoolchildren. So
@nadrakn.bsky.social
and I wanted to add a little context and clarity about what that means and what might happen next. Our latest for
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Florida officials say they want to eliminate school vaccine mandates. It won’t be that simple.
Many of the reversals will require action from lawmakers. Public health experts and educators warn that dropped mandates could worsen disease outbreaks and add to a teacher shortage
https://19thnews.org/2025/09/florida-school-vaccine-mandates-not-that-simple/
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If you’re looking for a better understanding of Let’s Move, Michelle Obama, RFK Jr. and MAHA, may I suggest a piece I wrote for
@19thnews.org
?
19thnews.org/2025/08/mich...
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Can you get a COVID-19 vaccine this fall? The announcement last week that RFK Jr. and his HHS administration had essentially new guidelines for the shot made me try to answer that question. And well, it’s complicated. My latest for
@19thnews.org
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The new COVID vaccine rules leave parents with more questions than answers
Eligibility for postpartum people has changed, and while children can still access shots, questions about the cost and availability are still unclear.
https://19thnews.org/2025/09/new-covid-vaccine-rules-eligibility-parents-children/
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Amanda Becker
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Trump’s power grab in the nation’s capital, and his threat to expand his militarized takeover to other Democratic-led cities, is setting up a high-stakes showdown over the country’s democracy that pits him prominently against a familiar political foe: Black women.
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Cities led by Black women are the first targets of Trump's political power grab
“This is in many ways a political warning, a political message, to say to these Black women and other Black mayors and other women of color mayors, ‘Your leadership can be challenged, too.’”
https://19thnews.org/2025/08/black-women-mayors-cities-trump-militarized-takeover/?&utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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There’s a lot going on right now, but I’m excited that
@19thnews.org
has launched a new three-year strategic plan. It has a renewed commitment to our core: gender and its many intersections — with race, ethnicity, class, disability. Learn more here:
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The 19th's Strategic Plan
As we move from our founding phase into one focused on long-term sustainability and service, we’re excited to share what’s next: a three-year plan that will guide The 19th through this next chapter.
https://19thnews.org/strategic-plan/
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Before MAHA and the Trump administration's focus on childhood obesity and fitness … there was Michelle Obama. My latest for
@19thnews.org
looks at the legacy of the first lady’s work on children’s health:
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Before Trump’s efforts to make kids healthier, there was Michelle Obama
The first lady’s “Let’s Move!” initiative to improve school nutrition and exercise drew some criticism from the right — which has been much more muted as the Trump administration promotes MAHA messagi...
https://19thnews.org/2025/08/michelle-obama-trump-maha-healthy-children/
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19thnews
5 months ago
Today is the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. As voting rights lose ground, The 19th spoke with four advocates working to preserve the path to the ballot for the most marginalized voters.
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The Voting Rights Act turns 60 — but its promise is still under threat
As voting rights lose ground, the 19th spoke with four of the advocates working to preserve the path to the ballot for the most marginalized voters.
https://19thnews.org/2025/08/voting-rights-act-60th-anniversary/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=19th-social
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Who’s running for office? Amid a rise in threats of political violence and harassment, parents with young kids are increasingly weighing the risks.
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The threat of political violence is keeping parents out of elected office
Persistent harassment and threats of violence may be impacting who decides to become an elected official or candidate — especially for parents of young children.
https://19thnews.org/2025/08/parents-candidates-elected-office-threats-political-violence/
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A few Republican lawmakers have tried to frame the Medicaid cuts as targeting men. The data tells a different story.
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19thnews
6 months ago
In May, The 19th wrote about Ruano’s fight to remain in the country despite a pending order of deportation. Last month her fight against deportation, fueled by her Milwaukee community, ended under orders from ICE.
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‘Adiós, Milwaukee’: A family uprooted, a hole left behind
Yessenia Ruano's long fight against deportation, fueled by her Milwaukee community, ended last month under orders from ICE.
https://19thnews.org/2025/07/uprooted-milwaukee-family-deportation/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=19th-social
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As a key vaccine panel (made up now of members picked by RFK Jr.) meets for the first time this morning, a new poll shows support for routine childhood vaccines is widely supported across political party lines. My latest for
@19thnews.org
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Vaccine support isn’t as controversial as it seems
A new poll shows support is shared across political party lines — and comes as Health and Human Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. could reshape the future of vaccines.
https://19thnews.org/2025/06/vaccine-support-americans-poll/
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There is a lot going on right now with vaccine policy in America. Here's how doctors are responding, and what they want parents to know about their efforts to stick with evidence-based science. My latest for
@19thnews.org
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How doctors are preparing for RFK Jr.’s shifts on vaccine policy
After Kennedy gutted a key vaccine advisory panel, physicians are figuring out how they can share guidance to keep patients healthy.
https://19thnews.org/2025/06/rfk-jr-vaccine-policy-doctors-guidance/
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There is a lot going on right now with vaccine policy in America. Here's how doctors are responding, and what they want parents to know about their efforts to stick with evidence-based science. My latest for
@19thnews.org
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How doctors are preparing for RFK Jr.’s shifts on vaccine policy
After Kennedy gutted a key vaccine advisory panel, physicians are figuring out how they can share guidance to keep patients healthy.
https://19thnews.org/2025/06/rfk-jr-vaccine-policy-doctors-guidance/
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Shefali Luthra
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"Political violence is being normalized for us as an organization." After Saturday's shootings — and the reports that abortion providers were on Vance Boelter's list of possible targets — clinics in Minnesota and around the country are tightening security & figuring out how to move forward.
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Deadly shootings in Minnesota have shaken abortion providers
The suspected shooter had a list of targets that included abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood affiliates and employees.
https://19thnews.org/2025/06/minnesota-shootings-abortion-clinics/
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This bill would limit coverage of gender-affirming care as an essential benefit under Affordable Care Act plans and prohibit Medicaid & CHIP from covering the treatment. Earlier drafts limited this prohibition to care for minors; the approved bill extends it to care for all ages.
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How Trump’s ‘one, big, beautiful’ tax bill could impact programs for women and children
House Republicans approved a sweeping package early Thursday morning that contained deep cuts to programs assisting low-income Americans, including Medicaid and SNAP food stamp eligibility.
https://19thnews.org/2025/05/trump-big-beautiful-tax-bill-impact-medicaid-snap/
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As Republicans in Congress try to tie the face of Medicaid work requirements to able-bodied people — including young men — there is data that shows many of these people are actually poor middle-aged women. My latest for
@19thnews.org
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No proof of work could mean no Medicaid — and women stand to lose the most
Congressional Republicans want to impose work requirements aimed at “able-bodied” adults. But data shows it would actually target poor middle-aged women who have left the workforce.
https://19thnews.org/2025/05/medicaid-work-requirements-women-impact/
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Terri Rupar
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Yessenia Ruano has been in the U.S. for 14 years. She's had twins, become an integral part of the school where she works and her church, bought a home, and checked in with ICE 17 times. Now she has a one-way ticket to El Salvador that she's still hoping not to use.
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Fourteen years in America. A one-way ticket to El Salvador.
Yessenia Ruano worked to build a life in Milwaukee with her family, a teaching career and church community. Now she’s fighting to stop it from being uprooted.
https://19thnews.org/2025/05/uprooted-family-immigration-america/
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While voters overwhelmingly felt safe, women and gender-nonconforming people were more likely to skip going to the polls due to safety concerns, a new report says.
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Political tension and fears of violence may have depressed voter turnout in 2024
While voters overwhelmingly felt safe, women and gender-nonconforming people were more likely to skip going to the polls due to safety concerns, a new report says.
https://19thnews.org/2025/05/voting-fears-women-gender-nonconforming-people/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=19th-social
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Parents of children with complex medical needs and disabilities are navigating uncertainty over key pillars of their kids’ lives — Medicaid and the Department of Education — as the Trump administration considers major changes. My latest with
@nadrakn.bsky.social
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‘She’ll fall through the cracks’: Parents of kids with disabilities brace for new reality
Cuts to Medicaid and the Department of Education could have detrimental impacts on keeping kids with complex medical needs healthy and educated.
https://19thnews.org/2025/05/kids-disabilities-trump-medicaid-education-cuts/
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In the fight over Medicaid, House Speaker Mike Johnson has targeted "able-bodied" men in the name of protecting women and others. But the changes he's talking about could reduce services for the very people he says he wants to protect. My latest for
@19thnews.org
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With Medicaid cuts, Republicans target men in the name of protecting women
But cuts purporting to address "able-bodied men" using Medicaid would be detrimental to women, children and caregivers, experts say.
https://19thnews.org/2025/05/medicaid-cuts-republican-strategy-women-impact/
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HHS says its new report on gender-affirming care proves that science doesn't support the care & that its risks are too great. But the report doesn't really support that blanket statement. It found “sparse” to no evidence of harm and evidence about the benefits of gender-affirming care.
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Administration condemns gender-affirming care for youth in report that finds “sparse” evidence of harm
The report, from the Department of Health and Human Services, stems from an executive order condemning medical treatment for trans youth.
https://19thnews.org/2025/05/trump-gender-affirming-care-youth/
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RFK Jr. is trying to respond to growing cases of measles in several states, in part by promoting vaccination — but that message is being undermined by his former nonprofit. My latest for
@19thnews.org
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19thnews.org/2025/04/rfk-...
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RFK Jr. says he wants to curb measles. His former nonprofit keeps undermining his message.
The Children’s Health Defense has inserted itself into the outbreak with a media operation that repeatedly disputes the MMR vaccine.
https://19thnews.org/2025/04/rfk-jr-measles-nonprofit-vaccine-safety/
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Henry Carnell
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@msjpauly.bsky.social
and I spent the last three months speaking to seven parents of trans kids and three trans teens. one 17-year-old told me that he was leaving the country: “Having to choose my safety over staying with my family at a young age is a really frustrating place to be in.”
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As the Trump administration targets migrants and transgender people, Jewish Americans increasingly feel that history is in danger of repeating itself. Trans passport restrictions & hinderances on traveling freely, without harassment, are a key concern. Read more in my latest story for
@19thnews.org
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Jewish Americans feel echoes of history in transgender passport restrictions
Many transgender Americans now hold passports that out them as being trans. LGBTQ+ Jewish people see this as part of a familiar playbook from the Holocaust.
https://19thnews.org/2025/04/trump-transgender-passports-jewish-american-history/
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Shefali Luthra
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News: Diana Greene Foster, the MacArthur-winning author of the Turnaway Study, learned her NIH grant — funding a multi-year study on Dobbs' impact — has been pulled. She was told its bc the govt won't study "gender identity." Her work has shaped our understanding of abortion bans' consequences.
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She was tracking post-Roe abortions. The government just pulled her funding.
Diana Greene Foster, who was behind the landmark Turnaway Study, wanted to study the health and economic impacts of the loss of abortion access.
https://19thnews.org/2025/04/abortion-government-funding-diana-greene-foster/
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While RFK Jr. is promoting vaccines against measles ... he's also highlighting treatments that medical experts say do not prevent or treat the virus. My latest for
@19thnews.org
looks at the mixed messaging for parents and caregivers:
19thnews.org/2025/04/rfk-...
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Parents are receiving mixed messages about measles from RFK Jr.
Medical experts say that while Kennedy is showing more direct support for the measles vaccine, he’s also sharing information about debunked remedies.
https://19thnews.org/2025/04/rfk-jr-measles-parents-mixed-messages/
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RFK Jr. is showing more direct support for the measles vaccine following the death of a 2nd unvaccinated child, but medical experts note he’s also sharing info about unproven remedies. My latest for
@19thnews.org
looks at the mixed messaging for parents and caregivers:
19thnews.org/2025/04/rfk-...
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Parents are receiving mixed messages about measles from RFK Jr.
Medical experts say that while Kennedy is showing more direct support for the measles vaccine, he’s also sharing information about debunked remedies.
https://19thnews.org/2025/04/rfk-jr-measles-parents-mixed-messages/
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"The outgoing official said he was speaking out to encourage parents to vaccinate their children against measles, as cases mount in Texas and New Mexico."
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Exclusive | Ousted Vaccine Chief Says RFK Jr.’s Team Sought Data to Justify Anti-Science Stance
Dr. Peter Marks says the new health secretary’s team wants to show vaccines aren’t safe while promoting dangerous and unproven treatments.
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/peter-marks-fda-vaccine-regulator-rfk-jr-interview-9194e3b4?st=cfaGQA&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
9 months ago
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There's too much news, but I took a moment this week to think about the nurses who are reflecting on the impact of COVID and their union power — and what might come next. My latest for
@19thnews.org
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Five years after the height of COVID, nurses are still fighting for their rights
Registered nurses from the nation’s largest union for the profession spoke with The 19th about the first days of the pandemic, and how it’s shaped their ongoing efforts for job protections.
https://19thnews.org/2025/04/nurses-unions-worker-protections/
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