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By: 13WMAZ MACON, Ga. — Dr. Bryant Smalley and Dr. Jacob Warren from Mercer’s School of Medicine received a $5.5 million federal grant. They’re putting that money toward a new 5-year program that will help prevent maternal and infant mortality in seven rural counties. “We’re talking about infant mortality — this is a baby who […]
By: Education Week Adults are sorting, washing, and drying clothes. And the kids—well, normally they might be glued to an electronic device, or running around. But this Sunday afternoon they’re sitting on a colorful rug listening to a story. It’s all part of an effort to improve early-childhood literacy by bringing books and story time into […]
By: The New York Times The Food and Drug Administration last week approved the first-ever drug specifically for postpartum depression. The drug, Zulresso, a synthetic form of a hormone produced in the brain, acts quickly, and its effects can last for a month, but there’s a catch. Until a pill version is approved, the patient has to be […]
By: AJC Having spent more than five decades as a full-time member of the business community, I am extremely grateful for the success I have had — and for the opportunities for public service and engagement that my career helped create. There’s a common thread that ran through both my volunteer work and my experience […]
By: SaportaReport The Junior League of Atlanta, Inc. (JLA) is committed to improving the community through the effective action and leadership of our trained volunteers. With that part of our mission in mind, we offer learning opportunities to educate and empower our members about the JLA’s community impact areas – Generational Poverty, Commercial Sexual Exploitation/Human […]
By: The Washington Post At this point, it seems pretty clear that our 20th-century institutions are failing our 21st-century families. Maybe the best way to tell is this: In 1990, 74 percent of American women between the ages of 25 and 54 either had a job or were looking for one, the sixth-highest rate among […]
By: The Washington Post Democrats’ child-care proposals, such as the plan put forward by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) last week, target an increasingly rare breed: the working parent. Parents make up a smaller share of the U.S. labor force now than at any other time in at least a century, according to our analysis of Census […]
By: AJC Morehouse College visiting professor Nathan Alexander said he was just trying to help when he not only allowed a student to bring his infant daughter to his class on Friday, but volunteered to hold the child as he taught. Pictures of the unconventional situation have garnered much attention on social media, with many […]
By: AJC Years ago when children were diagnosed as infants or toddlers with special needs, whether those were physical, emotional or developmental, they were often separated from “normal” kids. That’s changed over the years, and Georgia’s Department of Early Care and Learning(DECAL) devotes a week each February to reinforcing the message that special-needs pre-schoolers are just […]
By: New York Times As many as one in seven women experience depression during pregnancy or in the year after giving birth. Now, for the first time, a national panel of health experts says there is a way to prevent it. Some kinds of counseling can keep some women from developing debilitating symptoms that can […]