Maternity Care Crisis in the US 58% of US rural hospitals do not offer maternity services. In 10 states, >2/3 do not. >80 US rural hospitals stopped delivering babies between 2022 to 2025 Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform chqpr.org/downloads/Rura…

Millions in US Live in Places Where Doctors Don’t Practice and Telehealth Doesn’t Reach kffhealthnews.org/MTk5MzI5Nw via KFF Health News

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New Survey Finds Medicaid Cuts Would Devastate School Staffing and Services The 74 Medicaid is ~the largest federal funding streams for K-12 public school-based health and mental health services, helping to pay for $7.5 billion in services every year. the74million.org/article/new-su…

Women and children's health and services at risk while making room for tax cuts for the ultra-rich. Putting $880 Billion in Potential Federal Medicaid Cuts in Context of State Budgets and Coverage kff.org/a1e9d60/

Not ideal for patients. Over 350K Health Workers Face Deportation Risk medpagetoday.com/publichealthpo…

% of US adults who are unable to afford or access healthcare reached 11% (~29 million people), its highest level since 2021 per new Gallup poll. US is one of the richest countries in the world. In U.S., Inability to Pay for Care, Medicine Hits New High news.gallup.com/poll/658148/in…

This will not make patients safer, rather the opposite. It's hard to believe they are so shortsighted and ignorant of the significance of AHRQ. What’s Lost: Trump Whacks Tiny Agency That Works To Make the Nation's Health Care Safer kffhealthnews.org/MjAwOTQzMQ via KFF Health News

This is not in the best interests of our patients and their families. I guess they want certain populations to be on their own. Trump’s DEI Undoing Undermines Hard-Won Accommodations for Disabled People kffhealthnews.org/MjAwODYyMA via KFF Health News

Guidelines for Primary Pediatric Care Professionals to Help Patients Establish and Protect Milk Supply Breastfeeding education and support happens in the primary care setting after the birth hospitalization. Drs. Courtney Slater and Diane Spatz journals.lww.com/mcnjournal/abs…

From the Editors of MCN Implications of Ongoing Policy Changes at the Federal and State Levels in the US on the Wellbeing of Women and Children: What Can Nurses Do? Childbearing pop and children will be harmed by these policy changes and funding cuts. journals.lww.com/mcnjournal/abs…

Promoting Accurate Language on Lactation from Prenatal to to Postpartum Drs. Nina Juntereal and Diane Spatz Current practices in human milk provision expanded original lexicon; now ambiguity and potential misrepresentations in lactation-related language. journals.lww.com/mcnjournal/abs…

Growth and diversification of the perinatal nursing workforce: An AAN consensus paper There is a shortage of perinatal caregivers and birth settings, especially in rural counties. The workforce must grow and diversify to decrease adverse outcomes. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

AJOG Reduced risk of cesarean delivery with oxytocin discontinuation in active labor: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Associated with ~1/2 hr longer labor, 20% decreased risk of cesarean, and lower risk of tachysystole and nonreassuring FHR. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Understaffing and long shifts ‘increase nurse sickness’ nursingtimes.net/workforce/unde…

NEJM Gets Letter From DOJ The DOJ has no business trying to influence scientific content of journals. Opposing views or alternate theories that are basically junk science do not promote health, rather spread misinformation that confuses patients. medpagetoday.com/special-report…

This decision will cause pt harm. CDC's own data show a spike in maternal deaths during early COVID when vaccines were unavailable or limited. COVID vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women, Kennedy says apnews.com/article/covid-…