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Coronavirus
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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.
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Suicide attempts among teen girls were already high. The pandemic might have made it worse.
Data from the CDC showed teenage girls’ hospitalizations for suspected suicide attempts shot up last year. It’s only one piece of a mental health crisis affecting young people.
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Summer camps haven't fully recovered. That could hurt working moms.
Without a full return of summer programs this year, working moms face months of uncertainty that could further splinter their relationship with the workforce.
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'I’m here by myself': Grappling with chronic pain in a pandemic
Seventy percent of people with chronic pain are women. In the pandemic, it has been increasingly hard for them to seek treatment.
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The keys to fixing child care are now in the hands of states. They may not be ready for the task
Biden’s American Rescue Plan allocated $39 billion for child care — a historic infusion. But states are relying on small staffs, old systems and a short timeline to get the money out equitably.
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The White House teams up with dating apps to promote COVID-19 vaccines
Tinder, Bumble, OkCupid and others are offering incentives to encourage users to get vaccinated.