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Pregnant women with two COVID-19 vaccine doses have vaccine-induced antibodies, a CDC study co-written by Abt shows, but antibodies transferred to infants wane quickly.

"We don’t have any food. They are going to take my kids! Can you help me?" The desperate plea of a mother came through my voicemail. It was dinner time; I had already left the office for the day. I had been working with this family for months to address several safety risk factors. It was a tough case, and my job as a Prevention Specialist with the Department of Social Services (DSS) was to keep this family safely intact. I felt the weight of this responsibility every day. I knew if I did not intervene, foster care would be imminent for the children. However, the call came during the few hours I slept between jobs. I made less than $30,000 per year at DSS and, to make ends meet, worked a second full-time job at a residential program for youth aging out of foster care.

Findings from a study of nearly 5,000 recently pregnant women in Bangladesh underscore the importance of universal screening for diabetes and hypertension.

HUD’s 2021 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress found enhanced social safety nets implemented due to COVID helped keep families out of shelters.

The Prosperity Fund (PF) is a UK cross-government fund that addresses barriers that prevent middle-income countries from achieving inclusive and sustainable economic growth. The PF recognises that the development of—and universal access to—a robust…

The USAID Eliminating TB in Central Asia activity builds local capacity to improve the detection and treatment of drug-resistant TB and reduce TB stigma.

A new report documents a sharp decline in prison populations in the U.S. during the pandemic and the number of COVID-19 related infections and deaths.

Abt supported a large-scale and locally-led campaign that vaccinated 180,669 young adults against COVID-19 in remote communities across Niassa province in Mozambique.