Coronavirus pandemic is making ‘period poverty’ worse. So she stepped in to help

BALTIMORE – The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated numerous public health disparities: food access, health care, and, less frequently discussed, “period poverty.” The term refers to the inaccessibility of feminine hygiene products, especially for low-income menstruators, and a lack of education surrounding menstrual hygiene. And according to the Alliance for Period Products, a quarter of all …