New Moms Get Real Support - 10/13/26

HHS launches a new program to provide newborn essentials to mothers and families. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched the next phase of a federal initiative to support mothers and newborns by distributing kits of essential supplies to families around the time of birth. The Newborn Essentials Support Toolkit will provide families with supplies including diapers and wipes, an infant thermometer, postpartum recovery and breastfeeding supplies. And a blood pressure monitor. The program launched at West Virginia University's Medicine Golisano Children's Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Nest kits will be distributed through hospitals, federally qualified health centers, and organizations providing maternity care. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. highlighted the initiative as part of the Trump administration's efforts to support families. President Trump is putting mothers, babies, and strong families at the center of his health agenda. said Kennedy. Through NEST, HHS is delivering essential supplies and trusted health information directly to families around the time of birth. In other news, a new poll shows that a majority of voters fear Democratic Socialists winning elections.

Today is also the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, a title given for the Blessed Virgin Mary after she made a series of apparitions to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal. It was on this day in 1917 that a reported crowd of 70,000 people witnessed an extraordinary solar event known as the miracle of the sun in which the Sun appeared to dance spin and change colors in the sky I'm Josh Mercer editor of the loop taking you behind the headlines go to zeal.co for the rest of today's loop and while you're at it subscribe to get the loop in your inbox every morning again that's zeal.co