Jess Mador
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39 appearances
6 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard 4 May
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For NPR News, I'm Jess Mador in Atlanta.
We are hanging dry, and it's not right.
It's not right.
Georgia has some of the nation's most restrictive midwifery laws, according to the American College of Nurse Midwives.
Restrictions Atlanta Birth Center Director Tamara Tate says are unnecessary, including a mandate that certified nurse midwives work under a doctor's supervision.
Georgia has just three freestanding birth centers statewide.
The lawsuits filed in Fulton County Superior Court, the state attorney general hasn't commented on it.
For NPR News, I'm Jess Mador in Atlanta.
US Health and Human Services officials told CDC employees about the indefinite pause in an email as staff returned to in person work this week and after weeks of turmoil at the agency.
Last month a gunman fired hundreds of rounds into buildings at the CDC's Atlanta campus.
HHS Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Jr.
ousted CDC director Susan Menares and other top CDC officials resigned in protest.
In a written statement, a federal labor union says ending reasonable accommodations is illegal and
And will hurt the hundreds of CDC workers who are disabled veterans.
For NPR News, I'm Jess Mador in Atlanta.
The Atlanta-based CDC is losing nearly 1,300 people with jobs classified as probationary. That includes newer hires and longtime staffers who've recently moved to new positions internally at the CDC. Affected workers are slated to get four weeks of paid administrative leave according to an employee requesting anonymity because they're not authorized to speak for the agency.
The layoffs are fueling fear across the public health community and among Democrats in Congress who say the cuts at CDC will leave the U.S. more vulnerable to disease outbreaks. For NPR News, I'm Jess Mador in Atlanta.
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