Paid Family Leave

Ninety-three percent of OB/GYNs from states with abortion restrictions reported they or a colleague were unable to follow clinical standards because of the legal ramifications, according to a study on the impact of Dobbs v. Jackson.

In U.S. states with strong paid family and medical leave, there was a greater likelihood of breastfeeding and lower odds of postpartum depression symptoms, with stronger associations among those with Medicaid, researchers reported.

Healio Rheumatology’s stories “stifling the negativity” between DOs and MDs, and documenting the health care industry’s lack of response to “tectonic shifts” in paid family leave, were by far its most popular among readers in 2022.

Healio and Cardiology Today have compiled a list of the most-read news in cardiology of November 2022.

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 a standard benefit.

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.

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 standard 12 weeks of paid family leave in the United States is often unavailable to health care providers. For them, the reality of paid leave is much different, experts said.

This month, we focus on the struggle within health care to adjust to the “tectonic shift” in 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.