New Data Tool to Advance Gender Equality Assess the U.S. Government’s Work on Reproductive Health and Rights

AUDIO: Serra Sippel, president, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE); AND Bergen Cooper, director of policy research, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)
(Washington, DC, Wednesday, December 12, 2018) – The Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), in partnership with the Global Women’s Institute at the George Washington University, created the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Index:...

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Environmental Defense Fund Offers Resources That Make It Easier For Companies To Develop Safer Products For Consumers

AUDIO: Boma Brown-West, Senior Manager, Consumer Health at EDF+Business
(New York, NY, Wednesday, December 12, 2018) – The vast majority of the roughly 80,000 chemicals available for use have never been tested for potential threats to people or the planet. Most people don’t realize that...

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Seven in Ten Americans Use Over-The-Counter Medicines to Treat Cold and Flu Symptoms – Avoid Doubling Up on Acetaminophen

AUDIO: Anita Brikman, Executive Director, CHPA Educational Foundation
(Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 27, 2018) – On the heels of the deadliest flu season in 40 years, the Acetaminophen Awareness Coalition is urging consumers to double check their medicine labels when treating cold and...

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Infantile Spasms is a Neurological Condition that can Cause Catastrophic and Permanent Damage to a Child’s Brain

AUDIO: Dr. Shaun Hussain, Director, UCLA Infantile Spasms Program
(Silver Spring, MD, Thursday, November 29, 2018) – Every 12 minutes, a baby is diagnosed with infantile spasms. Infantile spasms (IS) are seizures, usually occurring in children under age one, which are often overlooked but constitute...

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New Report Shows the Number of Uninsured Children Increased Last Year for the First Time in Nearly a Decade

AUDIO: Joan Alker, Executive Director, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families
(Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 29, 2018) – The nation’s steady progress on children’s health care came to a halt as the number of uninsured children increased last year for the first time in nearly a decade....

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Congress Failing to Pass a Final Farm Bill Would Affect More than 2 Million People on Poverty-Reduction Programs

AUDIO: Amelia Kegan, Domestic Policy Legislative Director, Friends Committee on National Legislation
(Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 20, 2018) – If partisans in the House of Representatives succeed in pushing their agenda during this lame duck session of Congress, more than 2 million people would no longer be eligible...

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