Cases are surging everywhere, and nursing home residents remain more likely to face severe illness and death.
Advocates say the media misrepresentation negatively impacts how child care workers, house cleaners and others in the workforce are treated in real life.
The PUMP Act failed to pass the Senate Wednesday afternoon. Senators are now eyeing another bill, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which would also expand breastfeeding protections for workers and appears poised to pass soon.
Following reports of parents being harassed, breast milk being spoiled and breast pumps being destroyed by TSA agents, 14 Democratic senators are calling on the agency to address its uneven implementation of policies for nursing parents.
Addressing the shortages means overcoming not just disregard for people’s needs, but also the discomfort many Americans feel discussing menstruation and other issues affecting women and marginalized groups.
The order does not guarantee the mother parental rights, which will be decided at a court date in August.
The agency makes it more clear that parents qualify for reimbursement if they need breast pumps and other resources to keep their babies fed.
A new pilot program in California aims to provide the training and resources they need to take care of their clients and themselves. But advocates say increased responsibility should equal more pay.
Leaders from the country’s top formula manufacturers detailed their responses to the shortage crisis and assured families that formula would be back on shelves in the coming weeks.
Members describe the groups, where people sell or exchange formula or flag stores that have it in stock, as "life-saving."