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News Articles: Children's Health

Peacemakers have a debrief before concluding their work for the day at the Lincoln Fields apartments complex in Miami, Fla. Lamont Nanton (second from left) is the group's manager and Shameka Pierce (third from left) works with the group.

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  • Health

To prevent gun violence, these peacemakers start with the basics

For South Florida's Peacemakers, stopping the shootings begins with helping people with daily needs — from diapers and groceries to medical care.

September 30, 2023
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By:
  • Verónica Zaragovia
Laila Aseel, 24, holds her 1-year-old daughter, Aram. Aseel came to the hospital from an internally displaced persons camp, where she was living with her husband and four children after fleeing fighting in the north. She says she is unable to feed her kids more than one meal a day; when she arrived at the hospital, her daughter was near death from malnutrition.

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  • Global Health

Report from Yemen: The fate of the children

Peace talks and diplomatic progress have raised hopes of an end to the war. But has there been any progress in addressing the country's devastating degree of hunger?

September 15, 2023
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By:
  • Fatma Tanis
Experts say the new COVID boosters are a much closer match to currently circulating variants than prior vaccines and boosters.

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  • Health

The new COVID boosters are coming: Here's what you need to know

Updated versions of the mRNA vaccines roll out this week. Experts say they offer good protection against current COVID variants. Who should get them, and when's the best time to roll up your sleeve?

September 14, 2023
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By:
  • Maria Godoy,
  • Rob Stein,
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A young girl watches a screen

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  • Children's Health

Researchers with Marcus Autism Center are diagnosing autism in young children based on eye movement

A study tested approximately 500 children between 16 and 30 months of age with an automated device monitoring their eye movements to determine what the children looked at and what they did not — to help diagnose autism as early as possible.

September 13, 2023
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
You will be born into a loving home

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  • Children's Health

Maternal vaccines already help protect infants against flu. New shots may also reduce risks of RSV

In August, the FDA approved the first vaccine for pregnant people that protects newborns against infections from respiratory syncytial virus, one of the leading causes of hospitalizations among infants and young children. 

September 13, 2023
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Teen mental health has suffered in recent years, partly fueled by the disruptions of the pandemic. New York City is working to expand mental health support to all high school students via telehealth.

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  • Opinion

New York City is embracing teletherapy for teens. It may not be the best approach

A proposal to establish the biggest student mental health program in the country contains a paradox. With teens' mental health struggles partly fueled by screens, is teletherapy the right tool?

September 01, 2023
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By:
  • Rainier Harris

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  • Education

As more teens overdose on fentanyl, schools face a drug crisis unlike any other

Fentanyl-related teen overdose deaths nearly tripled from 2019 to 2021. As the school year gets under way, families in mourning urge education leaders to respond.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny and
  • Lee V. Gaines
Students from the Yupiit School District learn how to prepare freshly caught salmon.

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  • Education

An Alaska district aligns its school year with traditional subsistence harvests

Three Alaska Native Villages have changed their school calendar so that students now can take part in things like the fall moose hunt and the spring migratory bird harvest.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Evan Erickson
Jenny Eckart Hoyt directs her daughter Winnie's attention to an "eye gaze" device in their Portland, Ore., home.

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  • Education

Schools could be getting millions more from Medicaid. Why aren't they?

In 2022, schools recouped $6.6 billion from federal and state Medicaid programs. They could be getting much more.

August 24, 2023
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By:
  • Shasta Kearns Moore and
  • Emily Harris
Years after one class of flame retardants was phased out, researchers detected other, similar flame-retardant compounds in U.S. women's breast milk in a recent study.

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  • Health

New flame retardants found in breast milk years after similar chemicals were banned

After a class of flame retardants called PBDEs was phased out due to links with developmental health issues, manufacturers started using another, similar group of compounds.

August 24, 2023
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By:
  • Bec Roldan
Jason Weida is the secretary for Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration, which has been named in a lawsuit.

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  • Health

Two families sue Florida for being kicked off Medicaid in 'unwinding' process

Two children and their parents are suing the state of Florida, alleging that their Medicaid coverage was terminated without proper notice or a chance to contest the state agency's decision.

August 23, 2023
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
The Bibb County Department of Family and Child Services in Macon, Georgia.

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  • Health Care

Medicaid is 'vitally important' for people in rural areas. That's at risk during unwinding

Adults and kids in most of rural Georgia are enrolled in Medicaid at almost double the rates than those in cities, a new study found. That may put them at higher risk under Medicaid unwinding. 

August 18, 2023
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
A new Georgia tax credit could help teens in foster care transition to college or independent living.

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  • News

New tax credit helps teens transition to independence after aging out of foster care

Each year, about 700 teens age out of the Georgia foster care system — and some become homeless, victims of human trafficking, or turn to crime.

August 08, 2023
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By:
  • Donna Lowry
The author awaits a bowl of ramen noodles in a Tokyo restaurant.

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  • Health

What the U.S. could learn from Japan about making healthy living easier

On a trip back to her parents' native country, a writer rediscovers what makes it different. The urban design, and a culture that values longevity, make good health come al lot more naturally.

August 06, 2023
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
RSV can be dangerous for infants. A new treatment to prevent the respiratory illness is on track to be available this fall.

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  • Children's Health

RSV prevention shot for babies gets OK from CDC

The monoclonal antibody drug prevents the lung infection that puts 58,000 to 80,000 young children in the hospital each year.

August 05, 2023
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By:
  • Pien Huang
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