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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media Durante décadas, la política de salud pública de EE. UU. ha considerado la vacunación contra la hepatitis B al nacer como algo innegociable: todos los recién nacidos, independientemente de los factores de riesgo maternos, reciben una primera dosis en las primeras 24 horas de...
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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media For decades, U.S. public health policy has treated hepatitis B vaccination at birth as non-negotiable: every newborn, regardless of maternal risk factors, receives a first dose within 24 hours of life. The approach mirrors global guidance from the World Health Organization and has been...
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California lawmakers are considering a bill to ease regulations on birth centers at a time when maternity wards are closing in many counties. Assembly Bill 55 would streamline the licensure process, which allows a birth center to accept Medi-Cal, making midwifery care available to low-income families. Sandra Poole, health...
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For the first time in seven years, the birth rate in the United States has seen an uptick. And that’s good news… up to a point. According to a new Report from the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the average...