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For Liv Birnstad, much what she’s learned at school about reproductive health has been about preventing sexually transmitted diseases. She learned about sex and how babies are made, but there was scant information on periods — how to prepare for them or why they happen.
“For some people, it’s taboo,” said Birnstad, a senior at Capital City Public Charter School in Northwest Washington. “Folks may not have parents who are willing to teach them about these things.”
Next school year, however, that will change. Starting in the fourth grade, every student in the District’s traditional public…
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‘It’s Been a Pretty Rocky Road.’ CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky Reflects on Her Tenure During COVID-19
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, testifies during a US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on stopping the spread of Monkeypox, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 14, 2022 Credit – Stefani Reynolds—AFP/Getty Images
Dr. Rochelle Walensky became director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2021, a fraught time in the country’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Americans’ confidence in the nation’s leading public health organization was at an all-time low, and Walensky had to not only manage the national response…
New hiring toolkit to support care providers with ‘safer’ recruitment
A first-of-its-kind Better Hiring Toolkit has been launched – a guide for care sector employers to make informed and safer recruitment decisions.
Complied as a collaboration between safeguarding experts at the Better Hiring Institute, the Disclosure and Barring Service, Reed Screening, Skills for Care, Dominic Headley & Associates and VBA Consulting, the toolkit provides simplified guidance to support employers with both obtaining and providing effective references.
With social care staff providing support for some of the most vulnerable people in society, the toolkit is focused on the safety of the people employers are entrusted to care for and the staff…