Family Leave
US earns a C grade for living organ donor protections in AKF report card
The American Kidney Fund released its 2023 State of the States: Living Donor Protection Report Card and gave the U.S. an overall grade of a C.
Dive into paid family leave leads 2022 Healio Rheumatology cover stories
The most-read cover story published by Healio Rheumatology in 2022 delved into the issue of paid family leave, examining the stigma and systematic barriers that prevent physicians from taking time away from work.
How can paid family leave help address inequity in medicine?
In this At Issue, Grace C. Wright, MD, PhD, founder and president of the Association of Women in Rheumatology and owner and president of Grace C. Wright, MD, PC, discusses how paid family leave can help address the bias experienced by health care providers.
‘We should be better than this’: Health care industry flounders on paid family leave
For a growing number of Americans, 12 weeks of paid leave from work after the birth of a child, or to care for an ailing family member, is standard.
The unhealthy state of parental leave policies in gastroenterology: A call to action
Despite strong evidence of the mental and physical health benefits of paid parental leave on parents, children and the community, the Unites States is one of only six countries that does not offer it.
Paid family leave ‘one important step’ to addressing equity in health care
This month, we focus on the struggle within health care to adjust to the “tectonic shift” in paid family leave.
Paid family leave associated with reduced burden of infant respiratory infections
Acute-care visits for respiratory tract infections were nearly 20% lower than predicted among infants in New York after the state implemented paid family leave, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.