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Tag: child care

A Black woman looks at her phone while working at a table with a laptop, notebook and cup of coffee. A breast pump is also on the table ready to use.
Posted inGender health

Two laws provide greater accommodations for pregnant and nursing workers

by Rachel Crumpler January 30, 2023January 29, 2023

By Rachel Crumpler Within months of returning to work after giving birth in July, Paula Harwick said she felt her breast milk supply start to dry up.  Harwick said that was because she had no time to pump throughout her day as a high school Spanish teacher in Durham. On top of teaching her normal […]

A classroom appears in a photo that has been taped together.
Posted inChildren's Health

Experts make the urgent case: ‘Child care is a public good’

by Education NC January 27, 2023January 26, 2023
Posted inChildren's Health

Panel looks at how to improve child care access in NC

by Jennifer Fernandez January 24, 2023January 24, 2023
Graphic of Welcome to North Carolina sign
Posted inPublic Health

Annual County Health Rankings report starts conversations across the state about a community’s health

by Rachel Crumpler June 1, 2022September 27, 2022
shows a newborn baby in a hospital maternity/ obstetrics unit
Posted inChildren's Health

Pandemic babies: how are they developing in a world upended by COVID?

by Taylor Knopf October 21, 2021August 31, 2022
Words written on paper on the side of a building and cut-outs of children dancing and playing
Posted inChildren's Health

An $805 million investment in NC child care amid COVID

by Anne Blythe October 8, 2021October 7, 2021

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