Department of Labor launches effort to alert teachers, farmworkers, care workers, others of new workplace protections for nursing mothers
U.S. Department of Labor | February 2, 2023 Department of Labor launches effort to alert teachers, farmworkers, care workers, others of new workplace protections for nursing mothers Campaign delivers new guidance, resources as ‘PUMP Act” enforcement begins...
Clinical Lactation Milk Expression & Pumps Special Issue: Call for Manuscripts
Clinical Lactation, the official journal of the United States Lactation Consultant Association (USLCA), is planning a special issue focusing on the expression of human milk and pumps. This special issue will provide education, research, and shared experiences on the...
Fiscal Year 2023 Federal Budget Analysis
The USBC published a blog titled "FY23 Federal Budget Signed Into Law: What It Means for Infant Feeding," and updated the "Federal Appropriations for Breastfeeding" webpage. The Senate and House passed and the President signed the Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus spending...
Media Highlights: PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act
Media highlights include: A Better Balance: "The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: What You Should Know" "STATEMENT: A Better Balance Celebrates Pregnant Workers Fairness Act & PUMP Act Inclusion in Omnibus As A Momentous Victory for Moms, Moms-To-Be, Working...
Duckworth, Author of the Friendly Airports for Mothers Act, Visits Newly Installed Lactation Pod at O’Hare
[CHICAGO, IL] – Today at O’Hare International Airport, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) visited one of the facility’s vacant newly-installed and ADA-accessible lactation pods that help make expressing breastmilk and pumping less complicated for traveling nursing...
Request for Information on Essential Health Benefits
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a request for information to solicit public comment on issues related to the Essential Health Benefits (EHB) under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). CMS is gathering input from the public on...
Our Milky Way Turns 10 & Online Learning Module Giveaway
The Healthy Children's Project weekly blog, Our Milky Way, turned 10 years old this fall. As part of the organization's celebration, they are giving away an online learning module with contact hours each week during their 10-week celebration. Read the "‘Our Milky Way’...
Access to Donor Milk Act Introduced in Senate
Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced the Senate version of the Access to Donor Milk Act (S. 5292). The Access to Donor Milk Act would increase federal support for and expand access to donated breast milk for parents and their medically-vulnerable infants at...
2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Meeting Announcement and Comment Opportunity
The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services announced that the first meeting of the newly appointed 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee will be held February 9-10, 2023, and will be accessible to the public via livestream. A public comment period will...
MCH First Research Funding Opportunity
The Health Resources and Services Administration announced the Maternal and Child Health Field-Initiated Innovative Research Studies (MCH FIRST) funding opportunity. There is a significant gap in the body of rigorous evidence on effective interventions available to...