News & Activism

Congress is currently debating health reform legislation that could leave millions of children worse, rather than better, off and that fails to fix bureaucratic, unfair barriers to care. The Children's Defense Fund is demanding that Congress and the President support changes that provide comprehensive, affordable, accessible care for all children no matter where they live.

Earlier this month, midwives, doulas, doctors, nurses, academics, researchers, students, activists, lawyers, and interested members of the public (including lots of moms and babies) gathered on the campus of Virginia’s George Mason University to discuss the current state of birth in the U.S. and elsewhere.

Earlier this month, the Maternal & Child Health Bureau of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), US Department of Health and Human Services released a study revealing that 1 in 91 children are currently diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

An unpublished study in Canada is raising concerns about the seasonal flu vaccine and has spurred several Canadian provinces to stop administering the vaccine to populations under the age of 65. The study, lead by researchers from the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and Laval University, found an increased risk of H1N1 contraction for those who had received the seasonal flu vaccine.