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Congress has sent a show of support for millions of new working mothers, passing a key piece of legislation that requires employers to support breastfeeding parents. On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed a major piece of legislation called the PUMP Act that requires employers to support breastfeeding women by providing space and time to express…
A number of young children are being hospitalized because of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, and it’s happening at an unusual time of year and among older children than in years past. COVID-19 is likely to blame. RSV infections and related emergency-room visits and hospitalizations are nearing seasonal peaks in some U.S. regions, according to…
Meet “Vaccinate Me Elmo.” The little red Sesame Street character revealed on Twitter on Tuesday that he just got his COVID-19 vaccine, a week after the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention authorized the Pfizer PFE, -2.63% and Moderna MRNA, -2.51% shots for children under 5. “Elmo got the…
A trio of Florida baby formula brokers have been sentenced by a federal judge to 18 years in prison for running a $200 million scam in which they got discounted infant formula to send to developing countries but then sold at full price in the U.S. for gigantic profits. As part of the sentencing on…