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These are the states facing the biggest fights — and risks — over school mask mandates
The threat of COVID to kids during back-to-school season varies widely, and quite literally depends on where you live.
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'We’re crossing a threshold': Nancy Pelosi on Congress's effort to fund major new caregiving programs
In an interview with The 19th, Pelosi voiced confidence that the next budget reconciliation bill would include unprecedented commitments to child care, home care, paid family leave and early childhood education.
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The 19th Explains: What are Delta variant risks for children too young to mask?
What does the latest pandemic news mean for parents of children under the age of 2, who are too young to wear masks?
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‘We need every tool in our toolbox’: COVID-19 Delta surge threatens to overwhelm school nurses
School nurses spent the past year mitigating in-school coronavirus spread and helping vaccinate staff and students. This year, many say they are burned out – just as COVID-19 cases surge once again.
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Only 1 in 4 nursing homes are confident they can survive a year
Mounting costs from the pandemic have made a system's shortcomings untenable, leaving residents, workers and families in a precarious position.
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How safe is summer camp? Depends on their COVID-19 precautions
Directors talk about a difficult year of planning and how vaccines, early testing and quarantine helped some of them safely lift mask restrictions altogether.
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Why this mom got the COVID-19 shot but hesitates for her daughter
Misinformation about the vaccine's effect on fertility has led some parents to hesitate on approving the shot for their children.
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The COVID Delta variant puts men and people of color at risk, Biden official warns
The highly contagious variant could thwart efforts to fully end COVID-19 crisis, Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith told The 19th.
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Jobs are coming back in hospitality and child care. Women are benefiting
June was the most robust month of job growth so far this year. About 40 percent of the jobs added were in the women-dominated hospitality industry.
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The 19th Explains: How to manage post-pandemic social anxiety
Social anxiety is significantly more common in women. Experts told The 19th how to manage it as many reenter society.